Friday, September 28, 2007

Sun Ra - Toward The Stars (Pioneering In 1955-1956)


A compilation of Sun Ra's pioneering mid 50s work in Chicago - key years in Ra's evolution that find him taking familiar styles of the time, from doo wop to bebop - and sending them into the stratosphere on a vessel that's all Ra!
All of the tracks are from 1955 and 56, and most appear to have been previously released on CD, but it's still a fine and richly varied demonstration of Ra's range during a couple of key early Saturn years in Chicago!

Label: Cherry Red
Cat. #: fivefour19
Format: CD
Release date: 2007

Tracklisting:
01 - Spaceship Lullaby (02:21)
02 - Can This Be Love (06:04)
03 - Call For All Demons (05:15)
04 - Future (02:53)
05 - Sun Song (03:40)
06 - Lullaby For Realville (04:45)
07 - Urnack (03:48)
08 - Demon's Lullaby (02:36)
09 - Piano Interlude (01:55)
10 - India (04:51)
11 - Advice To Medics (02:049
12 - Kingdom Of Not (05:34)
13 - El Is A Sound Of Joy (03:59)
14 - Dreams Come True (03:06)

Links:
Cherry Red
Sun Ra

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