Some Blues But Not the Kind That's Blue
Some Blues But Not the Kind That's Blue | ||||
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Studio album by Sun Ra and His Arkestra | ||||
Released | 1977 | |||
Recorded | May 3, 1973 and October 14, 1977 Philadelphia and Variety Recording Studio, NY | |||
Genre | Free jazz | |||
Length | 71:46 | |||
Label | Saturn 1014077 | |||
Producer | Adam Abraham, John Corbett | |||
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Some Blues But Not the Kind That's Blue is an album by American jazz composer, bandleader and keyboardist Sun Ra and his Arkestra.[1] It was recorded in 1977, originally released on Ra's Saturn label in 1977, and rereleased on CD on Atavistic's Unheard Music Series in 2008.
Reception
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [2] |
The Village Voice | A−[3] |
The AllMusic review by Sean Westergaard stated: "Although recorded about a decade apart, Some Blues But Not the Kind That's Blue is of a piece with Blue Delight: mostly standards albums that really put the spotlight on Sun Ra's piano playing and the tenor artistry of John Gilmore. Although the Arkestra is notorious for its outside playing and cacophonous tendencies, this album shows they could play it straight as well as anyone in the game. Wonderful stuff".[2]
Track listing
All compositions by Sun Ra except as indicated
- "Some Blues But Not the Kind Thats Blue" - 8:15
- "II'll Get By" (Fred E. Ahlert, Roy Turk) - 7:18
- "My Favorite Things" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers) - 10:01
- "Untitled" - 7:06 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "Nature Boy" (eden ahbez) - 8:52
- "Tenderly" (Walter Gross, Jack Lawrence) - 7:30
- "Black Magic" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) - 8:38
- "'ll Get By" [alternate take I] (Ahlert, Turk) - 7:24 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "I'll Get By" [alternate take II] (Ahlert, Turk) - 6:42 Bonus track on CD reissue
Personnel
- Sun Ra - piano (tracks 1–7), organ (tracks 8 & 9)
- Akh Tal Ebah - trumpet (tracks 1–7), flugelhorn (track 8)
- Marshall Allen - alto saxophone, flute, oboe (tracks 1–7)
- Danny Davis - alto saxophone, flute (tracks 1–7)
- John Gilmore - tenor saxophone, percussion (tracks 1-7 & 9)
- James Jacson - flute, bassoon (tracks 1–7)
- Eloe Omoe - bass clarinet, flute (tracks 1–7)
- Ronnie Boykins (tracks 8 & 9), Richard Williams (tracks 1–7) - bass
- Luqman Ali - drums (tracks 1–7)
- Atakatune - congas (tracks 1–7)
References
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Arkestra members
- John Gilmore
- Julian Priester
- Pat Patrick
- Charles Davis
- Victor Sproles
- Marshall Allen
- Ronnie Boykins
- James Spaulding
- Phil Cohran
- Clifford Jarvis
- Lex Humphries
- Michael Ray
- June Tyson
- Ahmed Abdullah
- Danny Ray Thompson
- Jazz by Sun Ra
- Super-Sonic Jazz
- Sound of Joy
- Visits Planet Earth
- The Nubians of Plutonia
- Jazz in Silhouette
- Sound Sun Pleasure!!
- Interstellar Low Ways
- Fate in a Pleasant Mood
- Holiday for Soul Dance
- Angels and Demons at Play
- We Travel the Space Ways
- The Futuristic Sounds of Sun Ra
- Bad and Beautiful
- Art Forms of Dimensions Tomorrow
- Secrets of the Sun
- When Sun Comes Out
- Cosmic Tones for Mental Therapy
- When Angels Speak of Love
- Other Planes of There
- The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra, Volume One
- The Magic City
- The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra, Volume Two
- Strange Strings
- Monorails and Satellites
- Atlantis
- Space Is the Place (soundtrack)
- Space Is The Place
- Pathways to Unknown Worlds
- Cosmos
- Deep Purple
- Some Blues But Not the Kind That's Blue
- New Steps
- Other Voices, Other Blues
- Visions
- Lanquidity
- Sleeping Beauty
- Strange Celestial Road
- Reflections in Blue
- Hours After
- Blue Delight
- Somewhere Else
- Purple Night
- Mayan Temples
- Featuring Pharoah Sanders & Black Harold
- Nothing Is
- Nuits de la Fondation Maeght
- It's After the End of the World
- Black Myth/Out in Space
- Live in Egypt 1
- Nidhamu
- Horizon
- Live In Montreux
- Unity
- Live from Soundscape
- I, Pharaoh
- Sunrise in Different Dimensions
- Cosmo Omnibus Imagiable Illusion
- Thunder of the Gods