"Monorails & Satellites Vols 1 and 2 were recorded in 1966 and released two years later. The subsequent but previously unreleased additional material from those sessions (Vol 3) are now included in this 3-CD set. A 3-LP edition is also available, both of which include liner notes from noted pianist Vijay Iyer, jazz historian Ben Young and producer Irwin Chusid. ther visits include memorable takes on other standards such as "Don't Blame Me" and "Gone With The Wind." Like Thelonious Monk, Sun Ra's interpretations are highly idiosyncratic, full of personality even as they stay close to the melody. You know who the pianist is, what the song is, and you pretty much know where the music is going. Sort of. That's always been the charm of listening to artists who kind of play it straight, but not really. And, like Cecil Taylor, Monk and Ra can be heard as pianist/orchestra conductors of their primary instrument. Everything is there. Which is what makes packages like this so damn interesting." (allaboutjazz)
"Het legendarische Paradiso-concert van Sun Ra uit 1970 is voor het eerst uitgebracht, en het klinkt subliem. Elke minuut is verrassend, spannend of opwindend. Het begint met de waarschijnlijk eerste opname van een van Sun Ra’s beroemdste nummers "Space Is The Place". Zoals veel van zijn composities kent het een eenvoudige melodie, met Sun Ra achter het orgel. Buitengewoon intens klinkt zijn bijna negen minuten durende solo op de dan nog vrij nieuwe Moog-synthesizer in "The Solar-Myth Approach". Gezongen wordt er ook, zoals in het funky "Walking On The Moon" (de eerste maanlanding van 1969 lag nog vers in het geheugen) en het musical-achtige "Enlightment". Wat dit livealbum zo bijzonder maakt, is dat binnen anderhalf uur alle kwaliteiten van Sun Ra met zijn Arkestra voorbijkomen. Deze door het Nederlands Jazz Archief zo voorbeeldig uitgevoerde uitgave is essentieel, niet alleen voor verzamelaars van Sun Ra-muziek, maar voor iedere jazzliefhebber." (Volkskrant; 5 uit 5 sterren)
"“People are sleeping, and I’m here to wake them up from their slumber.” That’s how Sun Ra responded when Philly Jazz Records owner Tom Buchler visited the late jazz giant at his Philadelphia apartment early in the summer of 1978 in an attempt to discuss the upcoming studio session that would yield the album Lanquidity. Stylistically, Lanquidity marks a departure from previous work in some crucial respects. For one, by this time in 1978—just two months after they appeared on Saturday Night Live—Ra and his Arkestra had downshifted from the more assertively avant-garde stylings they had become known for on titles such as 1965’s The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra (all three volumes) and 1967’s Cosmic Tones for Mental Therapy (recorded in 1963). In a nutshell, Lanquidity captures the Sun Ra Arkestra trying its hand at funk without actually surrendering to the spartan formula that gives funk its body-moving essence." (Paste Magazine)
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