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Swirling Image
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  • Summary: The first studio release in over 20 years for the jazz group led by Marshall Allen features new arrangements of past Sun Ra songs was recorded in Philadelphia.
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  1. Oct 26, 2020
    100
    It’s a stately and urgent reclamation of intent from all involved. If you expected a band with such a long and storied history to ever be elegiac or pedestrian that would be a grave misstep. Under Marshall Allen’s all seeing eye, they’ve untethered themselves from the oppressive gravity of their past and launched themselves head first off back into the furthest reaches of outer space from whence they first came.
  2. Oct 26, 2020
    80
    This first album in 20 years proves an inspired tribute to the master.
  3. Mojo
    Oct 26, 2020
    80
    Offers many perfect showcases for their ability to take lounge inside a groove 'til something remarkable happens. [Nov 2020, p.85]
  4. Uncut
    Oct 26, 2020
    70
    Overall, this is a lavish, well-produced affair that still finds room for the kinks and chaos of the Arkestra. [Nov 2020, p.34]
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