Monorails and Satellites

by Sun Ra

Monorails and Satellites cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1968
  • Label: El Saturn
  • Country: United States
  • Community rating: 3.3/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Recorded in 1966, this incredibly rare session presents the enigmatic cosmic bandleader entirely stripped of his massive Arkestra ensemble. The unaccompanied solo piano performances starkly highlight the complex, highly dissonant harmonic vocabulary and stride-influenced rhythms that lay at the very foundation of his avant-garde compositions.

Genres

Descriptors: acoustic, unaccompanied-solo, improvisation, complex, technical, instrumental

Tracklist

  1. Space Towers
  2. Cogitation
  3. Skylight
  4. The Alter Destiny
  5. Easy Street
  6. Blue Differentials
  7. Monorails And Satellites
  8. The Galaxy Way

Credits

  • Sun Ra - primary artist, piano, written-by
  • Rudy Irvin - cover [cover art]

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