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Nothing Is Live album by Sun Ra Released 1970 Recorded May 1966 Genre Jazz Length 39:42 (original release) Label ESP-Disk Sun Ra chronology The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra, Volume Two
(1965)Nothing Is
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(1966)Nothing Is is a live album by American composer, bandleader and keyboardist Sun Ra recorded in 1966 and released on the ESP-Disk label in 1970.[1]
Contents
Reception
The Allmusic review by Lindsay Planer awarded the album 4½ stars and stated "Sun Ra and his Arkestra issued only a handful of titles on the groundbreaking indie ESP-Disk label. Each title respectively contains some of their most expressive musical statements to date".[2]
Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic [2]
Track listing
- All compositions by Sun Ra
12" Vinyl
Side A:
- "Dancing Shadows" - 9:50
- "Imagination" - 1:53
- "Exotic Forest" - 9:50
Side B:
- "Sun Ra and His Band from Outer Space" - 1:58
- "Shadow World" - 13:48
- "Theme of the Stargazers" - 0:40
- "Outer Spaceways Incorporated" - 1:42
- "Next Stop Mars" - 0:38
CD Bonus Tracks
- "Velvet" - 7:20
- "Outer Nothingness" - 15:43
- "We Travel the Spaceways" - 1:30
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- Recorded live on tour of New York state colleges in March 1966.
Personnel
- Sun Ra - piano, clavioline
- Ali Hassan, Teddy Nance - trombone
- Marshall Allen - alto saxophone, flute, piccolo, oboe
- John Gilmore - tenor saxophone
- Pat Patrick - baritone saxophone, flute
- Robert Cummings - bass clarinet
- James Jacson - flute, log drums
- Ronnie Boykins - bass, tuba
- Clifford Jarvis, Roger Blank, Jimmy Johnson - drum
- Carl S. Malone, Nimrod Hunt - sun horn, gong
References
- ^ Sun Ra discography accessed July 20, 2010
- ^ a b Planer, L. Allmusic Review accessed July 20, 2010
Categories:- 1970 live albums
- ESP-Disk live albums
- Sun Ra live albums
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