Space Is The Place (Sun Ra Album)
''Space Is the Place'' is a studio album by Sun Ra. It was originally released on the Blue Thumb Records, Blue Thumb label in 1973. In 1998, it was reissued by Impulse! Records. Critical reception Stephen Cook of AllMusic commented that "''Space Is the Place'' provides an excellent introduction to Sun Ra's vast and free-form jazz catalog." He called it "a fine recording and a must for Sun Ra fans." Stevie Chick of BBC described the album's title track as "Sun Ra's ultimate anthem, espousing the fusion of science fiction and ancient myth with the panoply of jazz that would seduce Sun Ra fans on rock's innovative vanguard, the likes of the MC5, Sonic Youth and Primal Scream." Track listing Personnel Credits adapted from liner notes. Sun Ra and His Astro Intergalactic Infinity Arkestra * Sun Ra – Farfisa organ (1, 3, 4, 5), piano (2), arrangement * Akh Tal Ebah – vocals (1), trumpet (2), flugelhorn (4) * Kwame Hadi (Lamont McClamb) – trumpet (2, 4) * Marshall Allen – flu ...
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Sun Ra
Le Sony'r Ra (born Herman Poole Blount, May 22, 1914 – May 30, 1993), better known as Sun Ra, was an American jazz composer, bandleader, piano and synthesizer player, and poet known for his experimental music, "cosmic" philosophy, prolific output, and theatrical performances. For much of his career, Ra led "The Arkestra", an ensemble with an ever-changing name and flexible line-up. Born and raised in Alabama, Blount became involved in the Chicago jazz scene during the late 1940s. He soon abandoned his birth name, taking the name Le Sony'r Ra, shortened to Sun Ra (after Ra, the Egyptian god of the Sun). Claiming to be an alien from Saturn on a mission to preach peace, he developed a mythical persona and an idiosyncratic credo that made him a pioneer of Afrofuturism. Throughout his life he denied ties to his prior identity saying, "Any name that I use other than Ra is a pseudonym." His widely eclectic and avant-garde music echoed the entire history of jazz, from ragtime and ea ...
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