Jazz in Silhouette

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Jazz in Silhouette
Studio album by Sun Ra
Released	1958
Genre	Jazz
Length	44:09
Professional reviews
All Music Guide (4/5)[1]
Sun Ra chronology
Super-Sonic Jazz (1957) Jazz in Silhouette (1958) The Nubians of Plutonia (1959)

Jazz in Silhouette is a 1958 jazz album by Sun Ra and His Arkestra. It features a set of original compositions that mark a transitional period for the group; Ra's earlier work had consisted largely in interpretations of jazz standards, while later recordings would see the group launching more into avant-garde experimentalism.^[1]

Recorded in 1958 at El Saturn Studio, Chicago.

[edit] Track listing

Tracks written by Sun Ra, except where noted

1. "Enlightenment" (Hobart Dotson, Ra) – 5:02
2. "Saturn" – 3:37
3. "Velvet" – 3:18
4. "Ancient Aiethopia" – 9:04
5. "Hours After" (Ra, Turner) – 3:41
6. "Horoscope" – 3:43
7. "Images" – 3:48
8. "Blues at Midnight" – 11:56

[edit] Musicians

• Le Sun Ra
• Pat Patrick
• Marshall Allen
• Hobart Dotson
• William Cochran
• John Gilmore
• Ronnie Boykins
• Charles Davis
• James Spaulding
• Julian Priester

[edit] References