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Posts Tagged Sun Ra

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February 21, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Sun Ra: Haverford College, Jan. 25, 1980 (Solo Rhodes Piano)

Sun Ra Haverford College, Jan. 25, 1980 (Solo Rhodes Piano) Enterplanetary Koncepts Sun Ra has become shorthand for a kind of controlled chaos – exploratory in the extreme. Herman Poole Blount – aka Le Sony’r Ra or “Sun Ra” was a person, but Sun Ra wasn’t just a musician, Sun Ra was a kind of […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 1980 (Solo Rhodes Piano), Album Review, Arkestra, Bootleg, Enterplanetary Koncepts, Fender Rhodes, Haverford College, Jan 25. 1980, Jan. 25, Live, Reissue, Solo, Solo Rhodes Piano, Sun Ra, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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February 6, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Hypnotic Brass Ensemble: Fly – The Customs Prelude

Hypnotic Brass Ensemble Fly: The Customs Prelude Pheelco Entertainment It’s pretty easy to fall under the spell of the Hypnotic Brass Ensemble – a big, bold, shiny, slick brass band that plays jazz, funk and New Orleans-styled groove tunes with a hip-hop feel. There’s a lot to like – including the back-story, eight brothers, all […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Fly: The Customs Prelude, Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, Sun Ra, The Roots ·

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July 18, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1331

Sun Ra and his Astro Infinity Arkestra, Holiday For Soul Dance (1970) Goddamn discovering Sun Ra was a wonderful thing. You get lost in that world. This album is all covers, all tunes, rather than the Sun Ra explosions-of-sound but it still has his colour; his feel. Even if it’s more straightahead-like. I love this […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1970, Arkestra, Dorothy's Dance, Holiday For Soul Dance, Sun Ra, Sun Ra and his Astro Infinity, Vinyl ·

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