Live from Soundscape (Sun Ra album)

Live from Soundscape is a live album by jazz composer, bandleader and keyboardist Sun Ra and his Arkestra recorded in New York City in 1979 and released on the Japanese DIW label in 1994.^[1] Initial pressings of the album contained a bonus CD featuring a lecture by Sun Ra.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Sean Westergaard awarded the album 3 stars stating "Sound quality, while good, is not perfect, gearing the release more towards the serious fan".^[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Sun Ra

Disc One:

" Astro Black" - 11:52
"Where There Is No Sun" - 4:05
"Living in the Space Age" - 2:03
"Keep Your Sunny Side Up" (Lew Brown, Buddy DeSylva, Ray Henderson ) - 2:52
"D.27" - 12:36
"Watusi" - 12:23
"Space Is the Place" - 7:56
"We Travel the Space Ways " - 7:33
"On Jupiter, the Skies are Always Blue" - 6:40

Disc Two:

The Possibility of Altered Destiny - 72:40

Personnel

Sun Ra - piano, keyboards
Michael Ray - trumpet, vocals
Walter Miller - trumpet
Vincent Chancey - French horn
Charles Stephens - trombone
Marshall Allen - alto saxophone
Skeeter McFarland - electric guitar
Damon Choice - vibraphone
Richard Williams - bass
Luqman Ali - drums
Atakatune - percussion
June Tyson - vocals, dance

References

↑ Sun Ra discography accessed July 3, 2014
1 2 Westergaard, S., Allmusic Review accessed July 3, 2014

Sun Ra

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

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 Sunrise in Different Dimensions Cosmo Omnibus Imagiable Illusion

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