Sun Ra and his Solar Arkestra Visits Planet Earth

Sun Ra and his Solar Arkestra Visits Planet Earth
Sun Ra and his Solar Arkestra Visits Planet Earth
Studio album by Sun Ra and his Solar Arkestra
Released	1966
Recorded	1956-58, Chicago
Genre	Jazz
Label	Saturn; Evidence
Producer	Alton Abraham
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Sun Ra and his Solar Arkestra Visits Planet Earth is a jazz album by the American musician Sun Ra and his Solar Arkestra. Recorded between late 1956 and 1958, the album was originally released on Ra's own Saturn label in 1966, and was reissued on CD by Evidence in 1992. In keeping with many Saturn releases, one side features cuts from the arkestra c.1958, whilst the other side comes from the 1956 sessions originally intended for Sound of Joy but still unreleased in 1966.

Track listing[]

12" Vinyl[]

All songs by Sun Ra unless otherwise noted;
Side A:

"Planet Earth" - (4.54)
"Eve" - (5.35)
"Overtones of China" - (4.21)

Side B:

"Reflections in Blue" - (5.55)
"Two Tones" (Patrick, Davis) - (3.36)
"El Viktor" - (2.28)
"Saturn" - (3.55)

The sides were switched for the Evidence reissue, as well as being coupled with the album Interstellar Low Ways.

Musicians[]

On Reflections In Blue, Two Tones, El Viktor and Saturn, recorded at the Balkan Studio, Chicago, November 1, 1956;^[3]

Sun Ra - Piano, Wurlitzer electric piano
Art Hoyle - Trumpet
John Avant or Julian Priester - Trombone
Pat Patrick - Alto sax, tenor sax
John Gilmore - Tenor sax
Charles Davis - Baritone sax
Victor Sproles - Bass
William Cochran - Drums
Jim Herndon - Tympani, timbales

On Planet Earth, Eve and Overtones of China recorded at Rehearsals, late 1957 or 1958;^[3]

Sun Ra - Wurlitzer Electric Piano, Piano, Percussion
Lucious Randolph - Trumpet
Nate Pryor - Trombone
James Spaulding - Alto Sax
Marshall Allen - Alto Sax, Flute
John Gilmore - Tenor Sax, Percussion
Pat Patrick - Baritone Sax, Alto Sax, 'Space Lute', Percussion
Charles Davis - Baritone Sax
Ronnie Boykins - Bass
Robert Barry - Drums
Jim Herndon - Tympani

References[]

External links[]

Complete Sun Ra's Discography

[1] Robert L. Campbell's Sun Ra Discography

[2] Allmusic review

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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