SUN RA and the COSMO AMBASSADORS of 1984
JAZZMANIA, NYC
82-10-29

audience recording - slightly hissy with background hum but reasonable balance and sound quality.
Includes a lovely version of the not very often played 'Hymn to the Sun' for all you flute lovers !

lineage: aud > ? > cd in trade > EAC > TLH > flac

disc one: 44.27
01. Big John's Special (H,Henderson)
02. Happy As The Day Is Long (Arlen-Koehler)
03. Stardust (Carmichael-Parish)
04. Blues - p,b,d
05. What's New (Burke-Haggard)
06. Prelude To A Kiss (Ellington)
07. Nuclear War - SR, ens voc

disc two: 46.06
01. Hymn To The Sun
02. Improvisation
03. Never Never Land - JT voc
04. Improvisation
05. Door Of The Cosmos - ens voc
06. Discipline 27-II
07. The Fight of All Humanity - SR, ens voc
08. Destination Unknown - ens voc (fades out)

line up:
Sun Ra - p, org, syn, voc
Ahmed Abdullah - tp
Walter Miller - tp
Fred Adams - tp
Tyrone Hill - tb
Vincent Chancey - Fr hn
Marshall Allen - as, fl, ob, perc
John Gilmore - ts, cl, timb
Eloe Omoe - as, bcl, cacl, fl
James Jacson - bsn, fl, Inf dr
Danny Ray Thompson - bars, as, fl, perc
Samarai Celestial - d
Luqman Ali - d
Atakatune - cga
June Tyson - voc