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- Artist(s): Sun Ra
- Summary: Marshall Allen, the current member of the Arkestra worked on this compilation of the jazz musician's works from the 1950s to the '70s.
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- Record Label: Strut
- Genre(s): Jazz, Avant-Garde Jazz, Spiritual Jazz
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Oct 6, 2014Across a mere 20 tracks, In the Orbit of Ra acts as a receptacle for everything that was exciting about Sun Ra whilst somehow managing to be neither wilfully impenetrable nor disingenuously accessible.
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Oct 6, 2014In the Orbit of Ra is close to essential for fans and a pretty good place to start for the curious Sun Ra novice. He really was writing music for the 21st century.
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Oct 6, 2014Ra alights on almost all aspects of its bandleader’s multidimensional sound and presents a coherent trajectory through it, alternating between otherworldly explorations and earthbound beats.
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Oct 6, 2014On In the Orbit of Ra Marshall Allen presents a portrait of Sun Ra every bit as complicated and strange as a cross-section of his reality could possibly be.
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MojoDec 12, 2014With these selections long-time Arkestra saxophonist Marshall Allen proves himself an excellent guide. [Oct 2014, p.105]
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Oct 7, 2014Whilst Sun Ra's enormous back catalogue will always mean that certain aspects of his music may be deemed unrepresented on any given compilation, this collection has huge appeal for both newcomers and obsessive fans alike.
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The WireDec 2, 2014So it's Ra the entertainer we get here.... On the second disc the first three tracks take matters further out. [Oct 2014, p.70]
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