Sun Ra & His Arkestra - Lanquidity
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Free Music Review: Top notch psychedelic jazz music
Hit: 5 Stars
Moore has no idea what he's talking about. Sun Ra never had no commercial ambitions. Whatever was created by him and his arkestra was personal expression, regardless of how many chromatic intervals there are per song (a very simplistic way of looking at Sun Ra's music). Lanquidity has been my favorite Sun Ra record because of its accessability. Much of Sun Ra's music just throws you alone into empty space; in Lanquidity Sun Ra keeps you company on this journey into outer space. The album's definately among Sun Ra's groovier stuff. It freaks out my mom.Free Music Review: The Sun Sparkles On Funk
Hit: 5 Stars
The jazz-fusion revolution was in overdrive by 1978 and the sessions which produced this album finds Sun Ra exploring free jazz within the fusion blueprint.
Heavy into hot grooves, Sun Ra's performance on synthesizers is bolstered by an electric bass, two guitars and three drummers, along with sounds from the legendary horn section. Arguably one of the most accessible releases in his vast discography, Sun Ra sparkles by delivering waves of funky rays.
Free Music Review: Entrancing Ra
Hit: 5 Stars
There may be comparisons as to what this music sounds 'like' but like must of Ra's work, it defies boundaries. These tracks are perfect for late night listening. The songs, beginning with track 1, but particularly tracks 2-4, build into a collage of slow grooving, imaginative music which ends with the hypnotic "There Are Other Worlds(They have not told you of)". This may be atypical Ra, according to some, but it IS 'must have' music for the mind.Free Music Review: The worst Sun Ra is better than most other stuff
Hit: 5 Stars
There is no "typical" Sun Ra, however this one is unique. Way unique. Well worth hearing.Free Music Review: Colorful, successful and mellow deviation from Sun Ra's norm.
Hit: 4 Stars
On paper, the whole idea of Sun Ra doing a more groundedly groovy, funky rhythm-based album seems really questionable, and for good reason (so many crossovers from typical "jazz" to "fusion" end up horribly executed and are left as really dated blemish on an artist's discography). I mean, there are some obvious precursors to this kind of thing for Ra; "Atlantis" from 1969, with its first side of (bizarrely) funky and groove-based riffing from Ra on the "Solar Sound Instrument" (a Hohner Clavinet), is a good example (and a great, great album.) But Ra executes this idea almost flawlessly; it flows organically, and is full of vivid textures, inventive, melodic and focused playing from all involved (especially Ra on keyboards and piano; his sense of syncopation and driving, rhythmic lyricism are the real engine of the music). The atmosphere the band creates on this recording is intoxicating; hazy, deeply and eccentrically funky, and evocative, especially on the last track, "There Are Other Worlds (They Have Not Told You Of)". Another classic entry in the vast Sun Ra catalog.