General Article name: Space Is the Place
Genre: Jazz Product type: LP (Vinyl) Label: Verve Number of tracks: 5 Tracklist LP - 1 Sun Ra - Space Is The Place 21:14 Sun Ra - Images 6:15 Sun Ra - Discipline 33 4:50 Sun Ra - Sea Of Sound 7:42 Sun Ra - Rocket Number Nine 2:54   Description Description

Space Is the Place provides an excellent introduction to Sun Ra's vast and free-form jazz catalog. Typical of many Sun Ra recordings, the program is varied; earthbound songs, like the swing number "Images" and Egyptian exotica piece "Discipline," fit right in with more space-age cuts, like the tumultuous "Sea of Sounds" and the humorous "Rocket Number Nine." Sun Ra fuses many of these styles on the sprawling title cut, as interlocking harmonies, African percussion, manic synthesizer lines, and joyous ensemble blowing all jell into some sort of church revival of the cosmos. Throughout the recording, Sun Ra displays his typically wide-ranging talents on space organ and piano, reed players John Gilmore and Marshall Allen contribute incisive and intense solos, and June Tyson masterfully leads the Space Ethnic Voices on dreamy vocal flights. This is a fine recording and a must for Sun Ra fans. ~ Stephen Cook

Stephen Cook

Contributors Artist: Sun Ra Record Label: Impulse!