Cosmo Omnibus Imagiable Illusion

Cosmo Omnibus Imagiable Illusion
Cosmo Omnibus Imagiable Illusion
Live album by Sun Ra Arkestra
Released	1988
Recorded	August 8, 1988
Venue	Pit Inn, Shinjuku, Tokyo
Genre	Free jazz
Length	58:22
Label	DIW
Producer	Kohei Kawakami & Zen Matsuura
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Cosmo Omnibus Imagiable Illusion (subtitled Live at Pit-Inn, Tokyo, Japan, 8, 8, 1988) is a live album by jazz composer, bandleader and keyboardist Sun Ra and his Arkestra recorded in Tokyo in 1988 and released on the Japanese DIW label.^[1]

Reception[]

The Allmusic review by Jesse Jarnow awarded the album 3 stars stating "The recording captures the band sympathetically, managing to keep the chaos under control through a crisp and deep mix... a good introduction to Sun Ra's work".^[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]

Track listing[]

All compositions by Sun Ra except as indicated

" Introduction/Cosmo Approach Prelude" – 7:29
"Angel Race/I Wait for You" – 7:18
"Can You Take It?" – 3:14
"If You Came from Nowhere Here" – 10:27
"Astro Black" – 11:23
"Prelude to a Kiss" (Duke Ellington, Irving Gordon) – 5:11
"Why Was I Born?" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) – 5:57
"Insterstellar Lo-Ways" – 7:23

Personnel[]

Sun Ra – piano, synthesizer, vocals
Michael Ray – trumpet, vocals on "Why Was I Born?"
Ahmed Abdullah – trumpet
Tyrone Hill – trombone
Marshall Allen – alto saxophone
John Gilmore – tenor saxophone, timbales
Danny Ray Thompson – baritone saxophone
Eloe Omoe – bass clarinet, alto saxophone, contra-alto clarinet
June Tyson – violin, vocals on "Astro Black"
Bruce Edwards – electric guitar
Rollo Radford – electric bass
Eric Walker, Earl "Buster" Smith – drums

References[]

^ Sun Ra discography Archived March 20, 2015, at the Wayback Machine accessed July 21, 2010
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Jarnow, J., Allmusic Review accessed July 3, 2014

[Ra_discography-1] Sun Ra discography Archived March 20, 2015, at the Wayback Machine accessed July 21, 2010

[Allmusic-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b Jarnow, J., Allmusic Review accessed July 3, 2014

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Discography
Arkestra Members	John Gilmore Julian Priester Pat Patrick Charles Davis Victor Sproles Marshall Allen Ronnie Boykins James Spaulding Phil Cohran Clifford Jarvis Lex Humphries Michael Ray June Tyson Ahmed Abdullah Danny Ray Thompson
Chicago period studio albums	Jazz by Sun Ra Super-Sonic Jazz Sound of Joy Visits Planet Earth The Nubians of Plutonia Jazz in Silhouette Sound Sun Pleasure!! Interstellar Low Ways Fate in a Pleasant Mood Holiday for Soul Dance Angels and Demons at Play We Travel the Space Ways
New York period studio albums	The Futuristic Sounds of Sun Ra Bad and Beautiful Art Forms of Dimensions Tomorrow Secrets of the Sun When Sun Comes Out Cosmic Tones for Mental Therapy When Angels Speak of Love Other Planes of There The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra, Volume One The Magic City The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra, Volume Two Strange Strings Monorails and Satellites Atlantis
Philadelphia period studio albums	Space Is the Place (soundtrack) Space Is The Place Pathways to Unknown Worlds Cosmos Deep Purple Some Blues But Not the Kind That's Blue New Steps Other Voices, Other Blues Visions Lanquidity Sleeping Beauty Strange Celestial Road Reflections in Blue Hours After Blue Delight Somewhere Else Purple Night Mayan Temples
Live albums	Featuring Pharoah Sanders & Black Harold Nothing Is Nuits de la Fondation Maeght It's After the End of the World Black Myth/Out in Space Live in Egypt 1 Nidhamu Horizon Live In Montreux Unity Live from Soundscape I, Pharaoh Sunrise in Different Dimensions Cosmo Omnibus Imagiable Illusion Thunder of the Gods