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Sun Ra: Jazz In Silhouette

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In May 1959, “Saturn” label released “Jazz in Silhouette”, the third Sun Ra studio album. It was recorded on March 1959, at “El Saturn” in Chicago, and was produced by Alton Abraham.

Personnel:

  • Sun Ra – piano, celeste, gong
  • Marshall Allen – alto saxophone, flute
  • James Spaulding – alto saxophone, flute, percussion
  • John Gilmore – tenor saxophone, percussion
  • Pat Patrick – baritone saxophone, flute, percussion
  • Charles Davis – baritone saxophone, percussion
  • Hobart Dotson – trumpet
  • Bo Bailey – trombone
  • Ronnie Boykins – bass
  • William Cochran – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Sun Ra except where noted.

  1. Enlightenment – Sun Ra, Hobart Dotson
  2. Saturn
  3. Velvet
  4. Ancient Aiethopia
  5. Hours After – Sun Ra, Everett Turner
  6. Horoscope
  7. Images
  8. Blues at Midnight

Sun Ra: When Sun Comes Out

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In November 1963, “Saturn” label released “When Sun Comes Out”, the fifth Sun Ra album. It was recorded 1962 – 1963, at the “Choreographer’s Workshop” in New York, and was produced Alton Abraham.

Personnel:

  • Sun Ra – piano, electric celeste, percussion
  • Walter Miller – trumpet
  • John Gilmore – tenor sax, drums, percussion
  • Teddy Nance – trombone
  • Bernard Pettaway – trombone
  • Marshall Allen – flute, alto saxophone, percussion
  • Pat Patrick – baritone saxophone, bongos, drums
  • Danny Davis – alto saxophone
  • Ronnie Boykins – bass
  • Clifford Jarvis – drums
  • Lex Humphries – drums
  • Tommy Hunter – gong, drums, tape effects
  • Theda Barbara – vocals
  • Ensemble vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Sun Ra.

  1. Circe
  2. The Nile
  3. Brazilian Sun
  4. We Travel the Spaceways
  5. Calling Planet Earth
  6. Dancing Shadows
  7. The Rainmaker
  8. When Sun Comes Out

John Coltrane: Interstellar Space

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In September 1974, “Impulse!” label released “Interstellar Space”, album by John Coltrane. It was recorded in February 1967, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by John Coltrane.

Personnel:

  • John Coltrane – tenor saxophone, bells
  • Rashied Ali – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording
  • Joan De Cola – engineer, mixing

Track listing:

All tracks by John Coltrane.

  1. Mars
  2. Venus
  3. Jupiter
  4. Saturn

Chase: Ennea

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In March 1972, “Epic” label released “Ennea”, the second Chase album. It was recorded in 1971, and was produced by Frank Rand and Bob Destocki.

Personnel:

  • Bill Chase – lead and solo trumpet
  • Ted Piercefield – vocals, trumpet
  • Alan Ware- trumpet
  • Jerry Van Blair- trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Phil Porter- Hammond B-3 organ
  • Angel South- guitar
  • Dennis Johnson- bass guitar
  • Gary Smith- drums
  • Jay Burrid- drums
  • G. Shinn- vocals
  • Terry Richards- vocals

Track listing:

  1. Swanee River – Stephen Foster, Bill Chase
  2. So Many People – Paul Williams, Nichols
  3. Nigh – Ted Piercefield
  4. It Won’t Be Long – Phil Porter, J. Soukup
  5. I Can Feel It – Angel South
  6. Woman Of The Dark – Riley, T. Szollosi
  7. Cronus (Saturn) – Chase, Erin Adair, J. Palmer
  8. Zeus (Jupiter) – Chase, E. Adair
  9. Poseidon (Neptune) – Chase, E. Adair
  10. Aphrodite Part I (Venus) – Chase, E. Adair
  11. Aphrodite Part II (Venus) – Chase, E. Adair
  12. Hades (Pluto) – Chase, E. Adair