Cosmos

by Sun Ra

Cosmos cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1976
  • Label: Cobra
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 37:49
  • Community rating: 3.9/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Recorded in France during a European tour, this deeply atmospheric offering finds the legendary bandleader pushing his Arkestra through complex, space-themed avant-garde jazz. The use of the Rocksichord keyboard gives the compositions a distinctive, surreal timbre. It remains a fascinating document of his mid-70s big band experimentation, balancing chaotic free improvisation with tightly structured space-bop.

Genres

Descriptors: improvisation, space, avant-garde, atmospheric

Tracklist

  1. The Mystery of Two (05:45)
  2. Interstellar Low Ways (05:32)
  3. Neo Project No. 2 (05:05)
  4. Cosmos (03:03)
  5. Moonship Journey (06:13)
  6. Journey Among the Stars (05:03)
  7. Jazz from an Unknown Planet (07:08)

Credits

  • Sun Ra - primary artist, composed by, keyboards [rocksichord]
  • Michel Salou - advisor
  • Danny Davis - alto saxophone, flute
  • Marshall Allen - alto saxophone, flute
  • Danny Ray Thompson - baritone saxophone, flute
  • Eloe Omoe - bass clarinet, flute
  • James Jacson - bassoon, flute
  • Larry Bright - drums

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