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* Sun Ra: Spontaneous Simplicity (18.0 mb)
From Nuits De La Fondation Maeght Vol 2 : Universe (Italy) : UV081

I’ve really been diggin’ on the man from Saturn recently. For whatever reason, Sun Ra’s brand of wild, big band music has really been pushing my buttons. I’ve posted some tracks from his singles compilation before (look here), but decided to post some of his big band music today. Recorded in the 1970’s in France this particular line-up of musicians, out of the probably hundreds or so that he’s used, is one of the strongest. With the addition of Alan Silva on bass to his usual cadre of musicians like Danny Davis on alto sax, flute and percussion, Marshall Allen on alto, flute, piccolo and percussion, Nimrod Hunt on drums, June Tyson on voice and dance, and about a dozen others.

Sun Ra has an amazing ability to pull together a bunch of different types of music, space chants, big band, free, psychedelic, etc and still make it all sound like his own. This track is a wonderfully extended workout of Spontaneous Simplicity. Hope y’all enjoy.

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