Sun Ra & His Arkestra - 1966: St. Lawrence University (Remastered) (2017)

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Date: Sept. 13, 2025

Sun Ra & His Arkestra - 1966: St. Lawrence University (2017)
FLAC (tracks) - 812 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 319 MB
2:16:45 | Jazz, Space-Age, Avant-garde | Label: Enterplanetary Koncepts

In Spring 1966 Sun Ra and his Arkestra embarked on a tour of five upstate New York colleges. Recorded on May 18, 1966, at St. Lawrence University, in Potsdam, NY, this illuminating collection presents the full 70-minute first set, a partial recording of the evening's second set, and some pre-concert, soundcheck rehearsal takes. The nature of the somewhat ad hoc 1966 engineering setup prevented a best-quality audio capture, and there are technical shortcomings in these recordings. Nonetheless, this historic set offers a spectrum of the band's repertoire, arrangements, and stage virtuosity over almost an entire evening. The performance roughly coincides with the 10th anniversary of the Arkestra's debut studio sessions in Chicago, 1956. The sets include the rarely performed "State Street," as well as alternate versions of "Theme of the Stargazers," "The Exotic Forest," "Velvet," and "The Second Stop Is Jupiter." The tour reportedly included SUNY Buffalo, Syracuse University, and several other unidentified colleges.

According to longtime Ra percussionist Tommy Hunter, the Arkestra often worked with two drummers during this period. A second drummer is audible on these recordings, but he is not identified in existing tour recording documentation. Saxophonist John Gilmore suggested Roger Blank or Jimmy Johnson as the second drummer.

The set was compiled and remastered by Michael D. Anderson of the Sun Ra Music Archive from the original source tapes.
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released October 24, 2017

Sun Ra: piano, Clavioline
Marshall Allen: alto saxophone, flute, piccolo, oboe
John Gilmore: tenor sax, percussion
Pat Patrick: baritone saxophone, flute, percussion
Robert Cummings: baritone clarinet, percussion
Ali Hassan: trombone
Teddy Nance: trombone
Ronnie Boykins: bass, tuba
Carl Nimrod: Sun horn, gong
James Jacson: Ihnfinity drum, flute
Clifford Jarvis: drums
Roger Blank or Jimmy Johnson: drums

All compositions by Sun Ra © Enterplanetary Koncepts (BMI)

Transferred and remastered by Michael D. Anderson of the Sun Ra Music Archive for Cosmic Myth Records.
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Tracklist
1. Burton Greene Introduction (02:01)
2. Sun Ra and His Band from Outer Space (12:01)
3. The Shadow World (04:40)
4. Interpolation (02:13)
5. The Satellites are Spinning (1st Set) (01:22)
6. Advice to Medics (02:51)
7. Velvet (1st Set) (08:14)
8. Space Aura (10:26)
9. The Exotic Forest (1st Set) (09:43)
10. Theme of the Stargazers / Outer Spaceways Inc. (04:15)
11. Dancing Shadows / Imagination / Second Stop is Jupiter / Next Stop Mars (12:18)
12. The Satellites are Spinning (2nd Set) (08:58)
13. Velvet (2nd Set) (07:13)
14. Interplanetary Chaos / Theme of the Stargazers (2nd Set) (06:05)
15. The Second Stop is Jupiter (2nd Set) (11:18)
16. We Travel the Spaceways (01:42)
17. Nothing Is (06:13)
18. Is Is Eternal (12:37)
19. State Street (08:21)
20. The Exotic Forest (2nd Set) (04:14)
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