Space is the Place is a jazz

Jazz

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 album by 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...

. It was released in 1973. This album was originally issued in LP format on the ABC Records

ABC Records

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 label, Blue Thumb Records

Blue Thumb Records

Blue Thumb Records was an American record label founded in 1968 by Bob Krasnow, along with former A&M Records executives Tommy LiPuma and Don Graham. Krasnow had been in the record business for a number of years, working as a promotion man for King Records and also working for Buddah/Kama Sutra...

; in the CD era it was issued with the Impulse! label.

Track listing

(all written and arranged by Sun Ra)

1. "Space is the Place" - 21:14
2. "Images" - 6:15
3. "Discipline" - 4:50
4. "Sea of Sounds" - 7:42
5. "Rocket Number Nine" - 2:50

Recording

The album was recorded on October 19 and 20, 1972 at Streeterville Recording studio in Chicago

Chicago

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.

Personnel

Sun Ra and his Astro Intergalactic Infinity Arkestra:

• Sun Ra - Piano (2), Farfisa
  Farfisa
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   Professional = space organ (1,3,4,5)
• Akh Tal Ebah - trumpet (2), flugelhorn
  Flugelhorn
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   (4), vocal (1)
• Kwame Hadi (Lamont McClamb - trumpet (2,4)
• Marshall Allen
  Marshall Allen
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   - alto saxophone
  Alto saxophone
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   (4), flute (3)
• Danny Davis - alto saxophone (4), flute (3)
• John Gilmore
  John Gilmore (musician)
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   - tenor saxophone
  Tenor saxophone
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   (2,3,4), vocal (1,5)
• Danny Thompson - baritone saxophone
  Baritone saxophone
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   (1), flute (3), vocal (5)
• Eloe Omoe - bass clarinet
  Bass clarinet
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   (1,5), flute (3)
• Pat Patrick - electric bass
  Bass guitar
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   (1,2), baritone saxophone (4), vocal (5)
• Lex Humphries
  Lex Humphries
  Lex Humphries was a jazz drummer. He worked with two musicians known for mixing world music with jazz; Sun Ra and Yusef Lateef. As a member of Sun Ra's "Arkestra" he appeared in the film Space Is the Place....
  
   - drums (4)
• Atakatun (Stanley Morgan) and Odun (Russel Branch) - percussion (4)

("as all marines are riflemen, all members of the Arkestra are percussionists")

Space Ethnic Voices:

• June Tyson
  June Tyson
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  , Ruth Wright, Cheryl Banks, Judith Holton (1,5)

Producers: Alton Abraham

Alton Abraham

Alton Abraham was an African American social entrepreneur who acted as business manager for Sun Ra.Alton born in Chicago and served in the U.S Military in Okinawa from 1945-1947 When he returned to Chicago, he studied at the DuSable High School and Wilson Junior College gaining qualifications as...

 and Ed Michel