Art Forms of Dimensions Tomorrow

by Sun Ra

Art Forms of Dimensions Tomorrow cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1965
  • Label: El Saturn
  • Country: United States
  • Community rating: 3.27/5 from 2 ratings

Artists on this release: Pat Patrick, Ali Hassan, Marshall Allen, Ronnie Boykins

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Recorded in Chicago during 1961 and 1962, this session captures Sun Ra utilizing extensive studio echo and primitive tape delay. The Arkestra integrates unconventional percussion and dark, droning basslines beneath scattered, free-form horn solos.

Genres

Descriptors: instrumental, acoustic, avant-garde, improvisation, rhythmic, lo-fi

Tracklist

  1. Cluster Of Galaxies
  2. Ankh
  3. Solar Drums
  4. The Outer Heavens
  5. Infinity Of The Universe
  6. Lights On A Satellite
  7. Kosmos In Blue

Credits

  • Sun Ra - primary artist
  • Ali Hassan - featuring, trombone, soloist
  • C. Scoby Stroman - featuring, percussion
  • Clifford Jarvis - featuring, percussion
  • Clifford Thornton - featuring, trumpet
  • Jimmy Johnson - featuring
  • John Gilmore - featuring, tenor saxophone, drums [space], tenor saxophone, soloist, drums [dragon], bass clarinet
  • John Ore - featuring, bass, bass, soloist [2nd solo]
  • Manny Smith - featuring, trumpet, soloist
  • Marshall Allen - featuring, alto saxophone, bells, alto saxophone, soloist, percussion [sticks], drums
  • Pat Patrick - featuring, drums [thunder], baritone saxophone, soloist, clarinet, soloist
  • Ronnie Boykins - featuring, bass, bass, soloist [1st solo]
  • Sun Ra and His Solar Arkestra - liner notes [cosmic equations, poems], design [cover design], composed by, arranged by, bandura [sun harp], percussion [spiral], gong, piano, soloist, bandura [sun harp], piano, drums [dragon drum], piano, percussion, soloist
  • Tommy Hunter - recorded by [uncredited], drums [thunder]

More from Sun Ra: full discography