Space Is the Place (Sun Ra album)
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Space is the Place is a jazz album by Sun Ra. It was released in 1973. This album was originally issued in LP format on the ABC Records label, Blue Thumb Records; in the CD era it was issued with the Impulse! label.
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Track listing
(all written and arranged by Sun Ra)
- "Space is the Place" - 21:14
- "Images" - 6:15
- "Discipline" - 4:50
- "Sea of Sounds" - 7:42
- "Rocket Number Nine" - 2:50
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Recording
The album was recorded on October 19 and 20, 1972 at Streeterville Recording studio in Chicago.
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Personnel
Sun Ra and his Astro Intergalactic Infinity Arkestra:
- Sun Ra - Piano (2), Farfisa Professional = space organ (1,3,4,5)
- Akh Tal Ebah - trumpet (2), flugelhorn (4), vocal (1)
- Kwame Hadi (Lamont McClamb - trumpet (2,4)
- Marshall Allen - alto saxophone (4), flute (3)
- Danny Davis - alto saxophone (4), flute (3)
- John Gilmore - tenor saxophone (2,3,4), vocal (1,5)
- Danny Thompson - baritone saxophone (1), flute (3), vocal (5)
- Eloe Omoe - bass clarinet (1,5), flute (3)
- Pat Patrick - electric bass (1,2), baritone saxophone (4), vocal (5)
- Lex Humphries - drums (4)
- Atakatun (Stanley Morgan) and Odun (Russel Branch) - percussion (4)
("as all marines are riflemen, all members of the Arkestra are percussionists")
Space Ethnic Voices:
- June Tyson, Ruth Wright, Cheryl Banks, Judith Holton (1,5)
Producers: Alton Abraham and Ed Michel
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