Sun Ra: Spaceship Lullaby - Unheard Music Series

Avant Jazz / Free Improvisation / Avant-Garde
premiera polska: 2004-07-21
seria wydawnicza: Unheard Music Series
kontynent: Ameryka Północna
kraj: USA
opakowanie: Jewelcaseowe etui
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Editor's info:
Ever-ready to delve into some serious sonic archeology, The Unheard Music Series is proud to bring to light a compelling and particularly obscure facet of Sun Ra's Chicago activities from the mid-1950's: a collection entitled SPACESHIP LULLABY, featuring Ra's work with several vocal ensembles from the period.

Although similar musings had heretofore been heard only on the rare 7"s compiled on THE SINGLES (Evidence), SPACESHIP LULLABY presents a full CD's worth of unreleased material, including songs by Nu Sounds & The Cosmic Rays, plus a previously unknown doo-wop group known as The Lintels- each singing popular tunes of the day.

Strange, wonderful- and even hilarious in places- this is pop music as only Ra could envision it, featuring him on piano along with the great Robert Barry on drums; on a few select tracks, the Arkestra is even backing The Cosmic Rays.

Included here for your enjoyment and edification are two songs (the glorious title track & "Chicago U.S.A."), which were known to exist but thought to be lost forever- as well as 35 (!) other tracks. Finally a recent, exclusive interview with The Cosmic Rays' manager illuminates this little-known aspect of Sun Ra's early work with these vocal groups, thereby completing SPACESHIP LULLABY.

So hold onto to your horses, Ra fans: you ain't heard it all just yet...!!!

utwory:
By NU SOUNDS:
SPACESHIP LULLABY
STRANGER IN PARADISE
JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS
HONKY TONK
HAUNTED HEART
EVELYN
HONEYSUCKLE ROSE
HONEY
BLACK SKY & BLUE MOON
"RA COACHING ROLAND WILLIAMS"
HOLIDAY FOR STRINGS (RA DYNAMICS DEMO)
HOLIDAY FOR STRINGS
I FALL ASLEEP COUNTING MY BLESSINGS
NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT
SOMEBODY LOVES ME
CHICAGO U.S.A (2 VERSIONS)
A FOGGY DAY
A PERFUME COUNTER
LOVE IS...
WORDLESS PIECE
I WAS WRONG
LOUISE
ST. LOUIS BLUES
THE WOODEN SOLDIER & THE CHINA DOLL
By THE LINTELS:
C'EST SI BON
BLUE MOON
BABY PLEASE BE MINE
BLUE SKIES
MY ONLY LOVE
... And By THE COSMIC RAYS:
AFRICA
SOMEBODY'S IN LOVE
BYE BYE
BLACK SKY & BLUE MOON
HONEY (2 VERSIONS)
COME RAIN OR COME SHINE
wydano: 2003-11
nagrano: 1954-1960
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