Sound Sun Pleasure!!
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Sound Sun Pleasure!! is an album by the American Jazz
musician Sun Ra
and his Astro Infinity Arkestra. Recorded March 6, 1959 , it wasn't released until 1970 on Sun Ra's Saturn
label. Recorded at the same time and with the same personnel as Jazz in Silhouette
, the album is unusual amongst early Ra albums for predominantly featuring jazz standards.
The album has been reissued on CD by Evidence with 7 tracks taken from the 1973 Saturn album Deep Purple
recorded between 1953 and 1957.
Side B:
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
musician Sun Ra
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 Astro Infinity Arkestra. Recorded March 6, 1959 , it wasn't released until 1970 on Sun Ra's Saturn
El Saturn Records
El Saturn Records is the name of an American record label. The label was one of the most active artist-owned record labels created in 1957 by Alton Abraham. Notable albums produced by the label include works by Sun Ra....
label. Recorded at the same time and with the same personnel as Jazz in Silhouette
Jazz in Silhouette
Jazz in Silhouette is a jazz album by Sun Ra and His Arkestra. Recorded on March 6, 1959 and released May of the same year. The album was recorded in Chicago during a session that also included the whole of Sound Sun Pleasure!! and Interstellar Low Ways from the album of the same name...
, the album is unusual amongst early Ra albums for predominantly featuring jazz standards.
The album has been reissued on CD by Evidence with 7 tracks taken from the 1973 Saturn album Deep Purple
Deep Purple (Sun Ra album)
Deep Purple is an album by Sun Ra and his Arkestra featuring Stuff Smith on violin.-Pressings:*Saturn LP 485 *side A reissued on Evidence 22014 *side B reissued on Evidence 22217...
recorded between 1953 and 1957.
12" Vinyl
Side A:- 'Round Midnight'Round Midnight (song)Round Midnight" is a 1944 jazz standard by pianist Thelonious Monk. Jazz artists Cootie Williams, Dizzy Gillespie, Art Pepper, and Miles Davis have further embellished the song, with songwriter Bernie Hanighen adding lyrics...
(Hanighen-Monk-Williams) - (3.55) - You Never Told Me That You Care (Hobart Dotson) - (5.37)
- Hour of Parting (Schiffer-Spoliansky) - (4.53)
Side B:
- Back in Your Own BackyardBack in Your Own Backyard"Back in Your Own Backyard" is a popular song. Officially the credits show it as written by Al Jolson, Billy Rose, and Dave Dreyer; in fact, Billy Rose was exclusively a lyricist , Dreyer a composer, and Al Jolson a performer who was often given credits so he could earn some more money, so the...
(Jolson-Rose-Dreyer) - (2.07) - Enlightenment (taken from Jazz in SilhouetteJazz in SilhouetteJazz in Silhouette is a jazz album by Sun Ra and His Arkestra. Recorded on March 6, 1959 and released May of the same year. The album was recorded in Chicago during a session that also included the whole of Sound Sun Pleasure!! and Interstellar Low Ways from the album of the same name...
) (Dotson - Ra) - (5.09) - I Could Have Danced All NightI Could Have Danced All Night"I Could Have Danced All Night" is a song from the musical My Fair Lady, with music written by Frederick Loewe and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner, published in 1956...
(Lerner-Loewe) - (3.11)
Musicians
- Sun RaSun RaSun 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...
- piano, celeste, gong - Hobart Dotson - trumpet
- Marshall AllenMarshall AllenMarshall Belford Allen is an American free jazz and avant-garde jazz alto saxophone player. He also performs on flute, oboe, piccolo, and EVI ....
- alto sax, flute - James Spaulding - alto sax, flute, percussion
- 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...
- tenor sax, percussion - Bo Bailey - Trombone
- Pat Patrick - baritone sax, flute, Percussion
- Charles Davis - baritone sax, percussion
- Ronnie BoykinsRonnie BoykinsRonnie 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...
- bass - William Cochran - drums
- Hattie Randolph - vocals