Mayan Temples

Mayan Temples
Mayan Temples
Studio album by Sun Ra Arkestra
Released 1990
Recorded July 24 & 25, 1990
Genre Jazz
Length 79:03
Label Black Saint
Producer Giovanni Bonandrini
Sun Ra chronology
Live in London 1990
(1990)		 Mayan Temples
(1990)		 Pleiades
(1990)

Mayan Temples is an album by American composer, bandleader and keyboardist Sun Ra recorded in 1990 in Italy and released on the Black Saint label.[1]

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4½ stars and stated "One of the finest Sun Ra recordings from his final years, this effort is particularly recommended due to the many Ra keyboard solos and John Gilmore features... Overall, this is a fine all-around studio set.".[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4.5/5 stars[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Sun Ra except as indicated
  1. "Dance of the Language Barrier" - 3:58
  2. "Bygone" - 5:15
  3. "Disciple No. 1" - 4:57
  4. "Alone Together" (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) - 7:02
  5. "Prelude to Stargazers" - 5:17
  6. "Mayan Temples" - 7:40
  7. "I'll Never Be the Same" (Gus Kahn, Matty Malneck, Frank Signorelli) - 4:57
  8. "Stardust from Tomorrow" - 3:38
  9. "El Is a Sound of Joy" - 5:26
  10. "Time After Time" (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) - 4:21
  11. "Opus in Springtime" - 6:41
  12. "Theme of the Stargazers" - 14:09
  13. "Sunset on the Nile" - 5:42
  • Recorded at Mondial Sound, Milano, Italy on July 24 & 25, 1990.

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Sun Ra discography accessed July 21, 2010
  2. ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed July 21, 2010
v · d · eSun Ra (discography)
Arkestra Members
Chicago Period studio albums
Jazz by Sun Ra · Super-Sonic Jazz · Sound of Joy · Visits Planet Earth · The Nubians of Plutonia · Jazz in Silhouette · Sound Sun Pleasure!! · Interstellar Low Ways · Fate in a Pleasant Mood · Holiday for Soul Dance · Angels and Demons at Play · We Travel the Space Ways
New York Period studio albums
The Futuristic Sounds of Sun Ra · Bad and Beautiful · Art Forms of Dimensions Tomorrow · Secrets of the Sun · When Sun Comes Out · Cosmic Tones for Mental Therapy · When Angels Speak of Love · Other Planes of There · The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra, Volume One · The Magic City · The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra, Volume Two · Strange Strings · Monorails and Satellites · Atlantis
Philadelphia Period studio albums
Space Is The Place · Space Is the Place (soundtrack) · Deep Purple · Visions · Lanquidity · Reflections in Blue · Hours After · Blue Delight · Purple Night · Mayan Temples
Live albums

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