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Sun Ra
Concert for the Comet Kohoutek
Genres: Jazz, Special Interest, Pop

Track Listings (9) - Disc #1
1. Kohoutek Intro [Live]
2. Astro Black [Live]
3. Variations of Kohoutek Themes [Live]
4. Journey Through the Outer Darkness [Live] - Sun Ra,
5. Enlightenment
6. Unknown Kohoutek [Live]
7. Discipline [Live]
8. Outer Space E.M. (Emergency) [Live]
9. Space Is the Place

CD Details

All Artists: Sun Ra
Title: Concert for the Comet Kohoutek
Members Wishing: 3
Total Copies: 0
Label: Esp Disk Ltd.
Original Release Date: 1/1/2006
Re-Release Date: 6/27/2006
Genres: Jazz, Special Interest, Pop
Styles: Avant Garde & Free Jazz, Swing Jazz, Experimental Music
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPCs: 646315996128, 825481030335, 0646315996128

Synopsis

Album Description

"A major innovator...Sun Ra started off playing advanced bop, but was early on open to the influences of other cultures, experimenting with primitive electric keyboards and playing free long before the avant-garde got established." - ALL MUSIC GUIDE Recorded on December 22, 1973 in New York at the famous Town Hall, this eclectic ESP-Disk'-sponsored celebration of the Comet Kohoutek featured a fire eater, talking drums, and dancers in platform shoes in addition to Sun Ra's Arkestra. After taking the stage 90 minutes late, the band expertly navigated its way through cosmic free playing, big-band romps, and didactic vocal numbers.

CD Reviews

Interstellar Overdrive

Mr. Richard D. Coreno | Berea, Ohio USA | 08/27/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"A sonic event in honor of the Comet Kohoutek, the nine compositions are an unbridled energy which takes Sun Ra's amazing vision to grand heights.

Utilizing a synthesizer throughout this December 22, 1973, concert at the Town Hall in NYC, Sun Ra seizes the moment with Kohoutek Intro and leads a journey through jazz, avant-garde, funk and psychedelia. A trio of selections - Journey Through The Outer Darkness, Enlightenment, Unknown Kohoutek - are captivating for the intensity that goes beyond the art of performance.

With a cosmic concept to shape the evening, this is Sun Ra at his most dynamic, as he seemingly sends urgent messages to outer space through the power of music."