Deep Purple (Sun Ra album)
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Deep Purple is an album by Sun Ra
and his Arkestra featuring Stuff Smith
on violin.
Art Hoyle was in the band from Christmas 1955 through December 1956; Tito identified by Lucious Randolph, who says he was "very African looking" and worked with Ra for a year or so; Randolph says the tracks with his sister Hattie were made after he joined the Arkestra. She confirms that Art Hoyle was out of the band by then, and thinks these were recorded at the old Budland in the basement of the Pershing Hotel.
"Piano Interlude" and "Can This Be Love?" were included on a tape of what later became The Invisible Shield Side B, sold by Sun Ra to Alan Bates of Black Lion/Freedom in the early 70s. [Vein]
Sun Ra (keyb); Kwame Hadi (Lamont McClamb) (tp); Akh Tal Ebah (D. E. Williams) (tp); Marshall Allen
(as); John Gilmore (ts, perc); Eloe Omoe (bcl); Ronnie Boykins
(b); Harry Richards (d); Derek Morris (d, perc). Probably Philadelphia, 1973 [Personnel from album jacket, sorted out by rlc); dates from Buzelin and Stahl, corrected by rlc]
Sun Ra
Sun Ra was a prolific jazz composer, bandleader, piano and synthesizer player, poet and philosopher known for his "cosmic philosophy," musical compositions and performances. He was born in Birmingham, Alabama...
and his Arkestra featuring Stuff Smith
Stuff Smith
Hezekiah Leroy Gordon Smith , better known as Stuff Smith, was a jazz violinist. He is known well for the song "If You're a Viper".-Biography:...
on violin.
Pressings
- Saturn LP 485 (1973)
- side A reissued on Evidence 22014 (CD, 1992)
- side B reissued on Evidence 22217 (CD, 2000)
Side A
- "Deep PurpleDeep Purple (song)"Deep Purple" was the biggest hit written by pianist Peter DeRose, who broadcast, 1923 to 1939, with May Singhi as "The Sweethearts of the Air" on the NBC radio network. "Deep Purple" was published in 1933 as a piano composition. The following year, Paul Whiteman had it scored for his suave "big...
" (DeRose-Parish) Sun Ra (p, Solovox); Stuff SmithStuff SmithHezekiah Leroy Gordon Smith , better known as Stuff Smith, was a jazz violinist. He is known well for the song "If You're a Viper".-Biography:...
(vln). Sun Ra's apartment, Chicago, c.1953 - "Piano Interlude" (Ra) Sun Ra (p). Chicago, c. 1955
- "Can This Be Love?" (Swift-James)Sun Ra (p); Wilbur WareWilbur WareWilbur Ware was an American jazz double-bassist known for his hard bop percussive style.Born in Chicago, Ware taught himself to play banjo and bass. In the 1940s, he worked with Stuff Smith, Sonny Stitt and Roy Eldridge. In the 1950s, Ware played with Eddie Vinson, Art Blakey, and Buddy DeFranco...
(b). Chicago, c. 1955 - "Dreams Come True" (Ra-Mayo)Sun Ra (Wurlitzer ep); Pat Patrick (as); John GilmoreJohn Gilmore (musician)John Gilmore was an American jazz tenor saxophone player best-known for his long tenure as a member of Sun Ra's Arkestra...
(ts); Art Hoyle (tp); Vic SprolesVictor SprolesVictor Sproles is a US jazz bassist.Sproles worked in the 1950s with Red Rodney and Ira Sullivan and appears on the Sun Ra recordings Super-Sonic Jazz, Sound of Joy and Deep Purple....
(b); Robert Barry (d); Clyde Williams (voc). Chicago, 1956. - "Don't Blame MeDon't Blame Me (song)"Don't Blame Me" is a popular song with music by Jimmy McHugh and lyrics by Dorothy Fields. The song was published in 1933.The song received two significant "rock era" remakes: a mellow ballad version by the Everly Brothers, released by Warner Bros...
" (McHugh-Fields)Sun Ra (p); Victor Sproles (b); Robert Barry (d); Tito (cga); Hattie Randolph (voc). Budland, Chicago, late 1956 or early 1957. - "'S Wonderful'S WonderfulS Wonderful" is a popular song composed by George Gershwin, with lyrics written by Ira Gershwin. It was introduced in the Broadway musical Funny Face by Adele Astaire and Allen Kearns....
" (Gershwin)Sun Ra (p); Victor Sproles (b); Robert Barry (d); Tito (cga); Hattie Randolph (voc). Budland, Chicago, late 1956 or early 1957. - "Lover, Come Back to MeLover, Come Back to Me"Lover, Come Back to Me" is a popular song. The music was written by Sigmund Romberg with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II for the Broadway show The New Moon, where the song was introduced by Evelyn Herbert and Robert Halliday...
" (Romberg-Hammerstein)Sun Ra (p); Victor Sproles (b); Robert Barry (d); Tito (cga); Hattie Randolph (voc). Budland, Chicago, late 1956 or early 1957.
Art Hoyle was in the band from Christmas 1955 through December 1956; Tito identified by Lucious Randolph, who says he was "very African looking" and worked with Ra for a year or so; Randolph says the tracks with his sister Hattie were made after he joined the Arkestra. She confirms that Art Hoyle was out of the band by then, and thinks these were recorded at the old Budland in the basement of the Pershing Hotel.
"Piano Interlude" and "Can This Be Love?" were included on a tape of what later became The Invisible Shield Side B, sold by Sun Ra to Alan Bates of Black Lion/Freedom in the early 70s. [Vein]
Side B
- "The World of the Invisible" (Ra)
- "The Order of the Pharaonic Jesters" (Ra)
- "The Land of the Day Star" (Ra)
Sun Ra (keyb); Kwame Hadi (Lamont McClamb) (tp); Akh Tal Ebah (D. E. Williams) (tp); Marshall Allen
Marshall Allen
Marshall Belford Allen is an American free jazz and avant-garde jazz alto saxophone player. He also performs on flute, oboe, piccolo, and EVI ....
(as); John Gilmore (ts, perc); Eloe Omoe (bcl); Ronnie Boykins
Ronnie Boykins
Ronnie Boykins was a jazz bassist and is best known for his work with pianist/bandleader Sun Ra, although he had played with such disparate musicians as Muddy Waters, Johnny Griffin, and Jimmy Witherspoon prior to joining Sun Ra's Arkestra.-Biography:He joined the Arkestra during the Chicago...
(b); Harry Richards (d); Derek Morris (d, perc). Probably Philadelphia, 1973 [Personnel from album jacket, sorted out by rlc); dates from Buzelin and Stahl, corrected by rlc]