Cosmo Omnibus Imagiable Illusion

Cosmo Omnibus Imagiable Illusion
Live album by Sun Ra Arkestra
Released	1988
Recorded	August 8, 1988 Pit-Inn, Shinjuku, Tokyo
Genre	Free jazz
Length	58:22
Label	DIW
Producer	Kohei Kawakami & Zen Matsuura
Sun Ra chronology
Hours After (1986) Cosmo Omnibus Imagiable Illusion (1988) Somewhere Else (1989)

Cosmo Omnibus Imagiable Illusion (subtitled Live At Pit-Inn, Tokyo, Japan, 8, 8, 1988) is a live album by jazz composer, bandleader and keyboardist Sun Ra and his Arkestra recorded in Tokyo in 1988 and released on the Japanese DIW label.^[1]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Jesse Jarnow awarded the album 3 stars stating "The recording captures the band sympathetically, managing to keep the chaos under control through a crisp and deep mix... a good introduction to Sun Ra's work".^[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Sun Ra except as indicated

1. " Introduction/Cosmo Approach Prelude" - 7:29
2. "Angel Race/I Wait for You" - 7:18
3. "Can You Take It?" - 3:14
4. "If You Came from Nowhere Here" - 10:27
5. "Astro Black" - 11:23
6. "Prelude to a Kiss" (Duke Ellington, Irving Gordon) - 5:11
7. "Why Was I Born?" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) - 5:57
8. "Insterstellar Lo-Ways" - 7:23

Personnel

• Sun Ra - piano, synthesizer, vocals
• Michael Ray - trumpet, vocals on "Why Was I Born?"
• Ahmed Abdullah - trumpet
• Tyrone Hill - trombone
• Marshall Allen - alto saxophone
• John Gilmore - tenor saxophone, timbales
• Danny Ray Thompson - baritone saxophone
• Eloe Omoe - bass clarinet, alto saxophone, contra-alto clarinet
• June Tyson - violin, vocals on "Astro Black"
• Bruce Edwards - electric guitar
• Rollo Radford - electric bass
• Eric Walker, Earl "Buster" Smith - drums

References