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Sun Ra Lanquidity

Strut | Item No: 849173
Vinyl LP | 1978 / EU – Reissue | New
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Recorded overnight at Bob Bank’s Blank Tapes on 17th July 1978 after the Arkestra had appeared on Saturday Night Live, the album is unique in the Ra catalogue. “Most critics felt that it was more of a fusion-inspired record,” explains Michael Ray. “As the name suggests, the album is liquid and languid.” Bob Blank continues, “Musically, it was very ad hoc and freeform. There were horn charts but most tracks came out of improvised jams. Sun Ra just did his thing.”

Comprising five effortlessly fluid pieces, the album eases in with Lanquidity. Danny Ray Thompson remembers, “This was one of Sun Ra’s on-the-spot compositions. It is almost like an Ancient Egyptian Stargazing Ceremony, mapping out the stars and the planets.” Where Pathways Meet is “Sun Ra’s funky version of an Egyptian march. Pharaoh is sending his troops off to fight and this is his pep-talk!” continues Thompson. “The music seems to take different pathways but still converges.” The loping groove of That’s How I Feel, features the reflective trumpet lines of Eddie Gale with solos by John Gilmore and Marshall Allen: “Marshall comes in with that snake charming oboe.” Says Thompson. The funky Twin Stars Of Thence weaves around Richard Williams celebrated elastic bassline while the haunting closer, There Are Other Worlds (They Have Not Told You Of), is pure “space music.” The poet Mama Nzinga described it as ‘The essence of light. Spirit takes a ride inside the deep dark space of just being.”
Item Details
Item No: 849173
Artist: Sun Ra
Title: Lanquidity
Label: Strut
Catalog No: STRUT237LP
Format: Vinyl LP, Vinyl, LP
Pressing: EU – Reissue
Release Date: 1978
Genre: Organic Grooves
Style: Jazz | Fusion
Available since: 2021-09-16
Condition: New
Price: 28,99 €
Weight: 250g (plus 250g Packaging)
Tracklist
A1 Lanquidity
A2 Where Pathways Meet
A3 That’s How I Feel
B1 Twin Stars Of Thence
B2 There Are Other Worlds (They Have Not Told You Of)
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