Sun Ra And His Arkestra - Jazz In Silhouette

Double LP

Remastered with bonus tracks!

Extra disc includes the Sound Sun Pleasure plus rare mixes and bonus tracks!

Liner notes by Irwin Chusid, and an expanded essay by John Corbett

Featuring the original space nymph cover art, which only appeared in cropped and washed-out reproductions on an early 1960s version

Sun Ra's Jazz in Silhouette was enshrined in the Penguin Jazz Guide's "Core Collection" as an album that "will someday be recognized as one of the most important post-war jazz records."

Jazz in Silhouette is the quintessential record of Sun Ra's late 1950s Chicago period. Recorded and issued in 1959, it marks a coda for the bandleader's bebop-hard bop stage, as his interstellar traveler persona began to transform the band (and the music). It also charts the future, showcasing the brilliant tenor sax stylings of John Gilmore, and introduces the iconic playing of Arkestra mainstays Marshall Allen, Pat Patrick, and Ronnie Boykins. Many of the early works on these recordings would remain staples in Arkestra set lists for the rest of Sun Ra's life. This expanded edition includes the complete, contemporaneous Sound Sun Pleasure, rare stereo mixes and bonus tracks.

Enlightment (Stereo)Saturn

Velvet

Ancient Aiethopia (Stereo)

'Round Midnight

You Never Told Me That You Care

Hour of Parting

Back in Your Own Back Yard

I Could Have Danced All Night

State Street (Alternate, Previously Unreleased)

Blues from Saturn (Previously Unreleased)

Hours After (Single Version)

Great Balls of Fire (Single)

Horoscope (Stereo, Incomplete, Previously Unreleased)

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