Hust one month after the Mannheim show, the Arkestra landed in our region again. The reaseon was a cancelled festival in Berlin due to noise prevention (!?!). What a luck to live in the backwoods instead of the German party metropolis...

read the details here: https://www.instagram.com/p/Bw8-i2sHsXj/

A smaller room, no seats, standing close to the stage, an altered setlist - this second show was more than an update to the first one. Maybe not for the musicicians, being pent-up on the small stage. Especially Knoel Scott fought a heroic fight against collapsing instrument stands and non-functional microphones.

For my second show, I'm far more experienced with the repertoire, but there's still one nasty bugger which refuses to be recognized (help appreciated). The vocals are a bit buried, so I couldn't figure out the lyrics. Apart from that the sound is phantastic.


00 [introduction, happy birthday Marshall Allen] 2:46
01 Astro Nation (Of the United World in Outer Space) 2:24
02 Sunology / The Lion of the Heavens 6:49
03 Dancing Shadows 5:57
04 Stranger In Paradise 7:59
05 Springtime again 8:24
06 Cosmic Hop 8:05
07 When there is no Sun 5:17
08 Watch the Sunshine 7:23
09 If You came from Nowhere here 4:10
[break]
10 [unknown] 8:49
11 Angel Race / I'll wait for You 5:02
12 Whiskey Drinkin' Woman 9:11 (vocals: Knoel Scott)
13 Space is the Place 10:02
14 Saturn 7:12
15 Angels and Demons at Play 8:11
16 We travel the Space Ways / Hit that Jive, Jack 9:07

total: 1:56:49


Marshall Allen - alto saxophone, chant
Tara Middleton - Vocals
Vincent Chancey - Horn
Cecil H. Brooks - Trumpet
Emmett Orvictor Mc Donald - Trombone
James E. Stewart - Tenor saxophone
Knoel Scott - bariton saxophone, voice, percussion & space dance
Danny Ray Thompson - Baritone saxophone
George Burton - Piano
Stephen Tyler Mitchell - Bass
Wayne A. Smith - Drums
Elson Nascimento - Percussion


Photos:
https://jazzpages.de/das-sun-ra-arkestra-im-cafe-central-in-weinheim-fotos-schindelbeck-1906031/


technical stuff:
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recording position: 2m from stage, center
zoom h5 48 kHz 24bit / internal mics / clean input signal -> mastering - wavelab) -> flac 44 kHz 16 bit

mastering: eq - a bit of high end), limiter

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