Cosmos (Sun Ra album)

Cosmos

Studio album by Sun Ra

Released

1977

Recorded

August 1976
Studio Hautefeuille, Paris

Genre

Free jazz

Length

37:56

Label

Cobra
COB 37001

Sun Ra chronology

Live at Montreux
(1976)

Cosmos
(1976)

A Quiet Place in the Universe
(1977)

Cosmos is an album by jazz composer, bandleader and keyboardist Sun Ra and his Arkestra recorded in France in 1976 and originally released on the French Cobra label in Europe and on Inner City Records in the US.^[1]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Ron Wynn awarded the album 4 stars stating "Sun Ra provided some stunning moments on the Rocksichord, while leading The Arkestra through stomping full-band cuts of atmospheric or alternately hard bop compositions, peeling off various saxophonists for skittering, screaming, at times spacey dialogues".^[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Sun Ra

"The Mystery of Two" - 5:51
"Interstellar Low Ways" - 5:23
"Neo Project #2" - 5:04
"Cosmos" - 2:58
"Moonship Journey" - 6:17
"Journey Among the Stars" - 5:13
"Jazz from an Unknown Planet" - 7:10

Personnel

Sun Ra - Rocksichord
John Gilmore - tenor saxophone
Marshall Allen, Danny Davis - alto saxophone, flute
Danny Thompson - baritone saxophone, flute
Eloe Omoe - bass clarinet, flute
Jac Jacson - bassoon, flute
Ahmed Abdullah - trumpet
Vincent Chancey - French horn
Craig Harris - trombone
R. Anthony Bunn - electric bass
Larry Bright - drums

References

↑ Sun Ra discography accessed July 4, 2014
1 2 Wynn, R., Allmusic Review accessed July 4, 2014
↑ Swenson, J. (Editor) (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 186. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

Sun Ra

Discography

Arkestra Members	John Gilmore Julian Priester Pat Patrick Charles Davis Victor Sproles Marshall Allen Ronnie Boykins James Spaulding Phil Cohran Clifford Jarvis Lex Humphries Michael Ray June Tyson Ahmed Abdullah

Chicago Period studio albums	Jazz by Sun Ra Super-Sonic Jazz Sound of Joy Visits Planet Earth The Nubians of Plutonia Jazz in Silhouette Sound Sun Pleasure!! Interstellar Low Ways Fate in a Pleasant Mood Holiday for Soul Dance Angels and Demons at Play We Travel the Space Ways

New York Period studio albums	The Futuristic Sounds of Sun Ra Bad and Beautiful Art Forms of Dimensions Tomorrow Secrets of the Sun When Sun Comes Out Cosmic Tones for Mental Therapy When Angels Speak of Love Other Planes of There The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra, Volume One The Magic City The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra, Volume Two Strange Strings Monorails and Satellites Atlantis

Philadelphia Period studio albums	Space Is the Place (soundtrack) Space Is The Place Pathways to Unknown Worlds Cosmos Deep Purple Some Blues But Not the Kind That's Blue New Steps Other Voices, Other Blues Visions Lanquidity Sleeping Beauty Strange Celestial Road Reflections in Blue Hours After Blue Delight Somewhere Else Purple Night Mayan Temples

Live albums	Featuring Pharoah Sanders & Black Harold Nothing Is Nuits de la Fondation Maeght It's After the End of the World Black Myth/Out in Space Live in Egypt 1 Nidhamu Horizon Live In Montreux Unity Live from Soundscape Sunrise in Different Dimensions Cosmo Omnibus Imagiable Illusion

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