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Living Sky

Sun Ra Arkestra

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Format: LP

Cat No: LPOS1001

Release Date:  02 December 2022

Label:  Omnisound

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  634457081086

Genres:  Jazz  Avant-garde  

Release Date:  14 October 2022

Label:  Omnisound

Packaging Type:  Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  634457084841

Genres:  Jazz  Avant-garde  

Release Date:  14 October 2022

Label:  Omnisound

Packaging Type:  Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  634457081581

Genres:  Jazz  Avant-garde  

  • Description

    For more than two decades alto saxophonist Marshall Allen has carried on the legacy and sound of the Sun Ra Arkestra - He turned 98 in 2022 and as evidenced by Living Sky, his influence and leadership remain undiminished. On the group's first recording since the pandemic and their Grammy nomination, bandleader Marshall Allen and company give us something we can hold onto, an instrumental album rich in spirituality to guide us through the unknown yet again. The album includes the first studio recording of Sun Ra's elaboration of Frederic Chopin's "Prelude in A Major", first instrumental recording of Ra's "Somebody Else's Idea". Features Allen's "Day of the Living Sky", a meditative work that is a belated response to Sun Ra's composition "Night of the Living Sky" which is also featured in the album.

    Cover art by Damon Locks. Mixed & mastered by two time Grammy winner Dave Darlington.

    Description

    For more than two decades alto saxophonist Marshall Allen has carried on the legacy and sound of the Sun Ra Arkestra - He turned 98 in 2022 and as evidenced by Living Sky, his influence and leadership remain undiminished. On the group's first recording since the pandemic and their Grammy nomination, bandleader Marshall Allen and company give us something we can hold onto, an instrumental album rich in spirituality to guide us through the unknown yet again.

    The album includes the first studio recording of Sun Ra's elaboration of Frederic Chopin's "Prelude in A Major", first instrumental recording of Ra's "Somebody Else's Idea". Features Allen's "Day of the Living Sky", a meditative work that is a belated response to Sun Ra's composition "Night of the Living Sky" which is also featured in the album.

    Cover art by Damon Locks. Mixed & mastered by two time Grammy winner Dave Darlington.

    Description

    For more than two decades alto saxophonist Marshall Allen has carried on the legacy and sound of the Sun Ra Arkestra - He turned 98 in 2022 and as evidenced by Living Sky, his influence and leadership remain undiminished. On the group's first recording since the pandemic and their Grammy nomination, bandleader Marshall Allen and company give us something we can hold onto, an instrumental album rich in spirituality to guide us through the unknown yet again.

    The album includes the first studio recording of Sun Ra's elaboration of Frederic Chopin's "Prelude in A Major", first instrumental recording of Ra's "Somebody Else's Idea". Features Allen's "Day of the Living Sky", a meditative work that is a belated response to Sun Ra's composition "Night of the Living Sky" which is also featured in the album.

    Cover art by Damon Locks. Mixed & mastered by two time Grammy winner Dave Darlington.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Chopin (Frederic Chopin)
      • 2. Somebody Else's Idea (Sun Ra)
      • 3. Day of the Living Sky (Marshall Allen)
      • 4. Marshall's Groove (Marshall Allen)
      • 5. Night of the Living Sky (Sun Ra)
      • 6. Firefly (Marshall Allen)
      • 7. Wish Upon a Star (Leigh Harline)

    Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Chopin (Frédéric Chopin)
      • 2. Somebody Else’s Idea (Sun Ra)

      Side 2

      • 3. Day of the Living Sky (Marshall Allen)
      • 4. Marshall's Groove (Marshall Allen)

      Side 3

      • 5. Night of the Living Sky (Sun Ra)

      Side 4

      • 6. Firefly (Marshall Allen)
      • 7. Wish Upon a Star (Leigh Harline)

    Tracklisting

    1. Chopin (Fr?d?ric Chopin)
    2. Somebody Else?s Idea (Sun Ra)
    2.3. Day of the Living Sky (Marshall Allen)
    2.4. Marshall's Groove (Marshall Allen)
    3.5. Night of the Living Sky (Sun Ra)
    4.6. Firefly (Marshall Allen)