The new remaster of Sun Ra's Supersonic Jazz (the "21st Century Expanded Edition") sounds the best it ever has, and Rodger Coleman does a great job on the liner notes... recorded in early 1956 before their Transition record (Jazz by Sun Ra, aka Sun Song), Super-Sonic Jazz (originally released with the hyphen) can lay claim to being the Arkestra's first album.... and what an album it is, replete with tunes that would become Ra standards: "Sunology" (later performed with vocals as "The Lion of the Heavens"), "Advice to Medics" (which would later morph into "Friendly Galaxy"), "El Is the Sound of Joy"... as usual, Cosmic Myth has generously loaded the release with an album's worth of extra tracks, including some alternate takes of tunes on the album, but also several unreleased gems, some of which seem to have come from the Transition sessions ("Delilah," "Stratosphere")... overall a fantastic release, with one quibble: I wish they'd included the unreleased track "Journey to Discland" on the vinyl version instead of as a CD-only bonus track... oh well...
Playlist 2025-11-17:
*Muhal Richard Abrams Orchestra: Blu Blu Blu "Bloodline"
*Art Ensemble of Chicago: 1979-11-25 Washington DC (CDR) (disc 2)
*Beatles: Past Masters (2009 stereo remaster) (sides 2, 3)
*Beatles: Yesterday and Today (sides 1, 2)
*Beatles: Sgt. Peppers Lonely Heart Club Band (Super Deluxe Ed.) (disc 3)
*Anthony Braxton: Quintet (Basel) 1977 "Comp. 69J"
*Anthony Braxton: Quartet (England) 1985 (disc 1)
*D’Angelo and the Vanguard: Black Messiah (sides 3, 4)
*Miles Davis: The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings of the Miles Davis Quintet 1965-1968 (disc 4) "Circle in the Round"
*Walt Dickerson/Sun Ra: Visions
*Bob Dylan/Various artists: Theme Time Radio Hour S01 E50 "Spring Cleaning Pt. 1"
*Duke Ellington: Yale Concert
*Duke Ellington: Live in Mexico "The Mexican Suite"
*Duke Ellington: Third Sacred Concert: The Majesty Of God
*Grateful Dead: 1971-04-25/27 Fillmore East (Enjoying the Ride, disc 8)
*Grateful Dead: 1972-04-17 Copenhagen (disc 3) "Dark Star"
*Grateful Dead: Rockin' the Rhein with the Grateful Dead (disc 3) "Dark Star > Me and My Uncle > Dark Star"
*Grateful Dead: 1972-04-29 Hamburg (CDR) (disc 2) "Dark Star"
*Tim Harding/Fred McGann/Sam Byrd: 2025-09-29 RVA (CDR)
*Tim Harding/OJ Hunter/Fred McGann/Sam Byrd: 2025-10-17 RVA (CDR)
*Tim Harding/OJ Hunter/Fred McGann/Sam Byrd: 2025-11-01 RVA (CDR)
*Tim Harding/OJ Hunter/Fred McGann/Sam Byrd: 2025-11-07 RVA (CDR)
*Tim Harding/OJ Hunter/Fred McGann/Sam Byrd: 2025-11-14 RVA (CDR)
*Tim Harding/OJ Hunter/Fred McGann/Sam Byrd: Bassline Excerpts (CDR)
*Henry Cow: Unrest
*Bobby Hutcherson: Oblique
*Bobby Hutcherson: Patterns
*Henry Kaiser/Wadada Leo Smith: Yo Miles!: Upriver (disc 2)
*Pat Metheny: "Quartet"
*New Ting: 2024-07-14 "Magic Duck Feet" (wav)
*New Ting: 2025-11-10 "Thirty Year Woofer" (wav)
*Prince: Blast from the Past 8.0 (excerpts)
*Luis Russell 1929-1930 (disc 2)
*Wayne Shorter: Adam's Apple
*Sun Ra and His Arkestra: Supersonic Jazz (21st Century Expanded Ed.) (sides 1, 2, 3, 4)
*Trio of Bloom: Trio of Bloom
*UYA: 1994-03-27 Educate My Mandole (wav)
*UYA: 1994-03-29 Can I Be Your Palbino? (wav)
*Who: The Who Sell Out
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