Name: Spaceways
Brand: Sun Ra

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

ORGM-2038

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Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

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Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2016-04-16

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier US

WEA /­ ADA

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

711574710379

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Total Cap

1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Sun Ra

Genre US

Jazz

Label US

ORG Music

Sun Ra, born Herman Blount in Birmingham, Alabama in 1914, was an American Free-Jazz composer, pianist and band leader. He was a pioneer of free improvisation and modal jazz, as well as an early user of electronic keyboards and synthesizers. Sun Ra's music innovations and visionary experiences set him apart as a true musical innovator. He formed the Sun Ra Arkestra in the 1950s and continued to compose and perform until his death in 1993.Born and raised in Alabama, Sun Ra showed exceptional talent as a pianist from a young age. By the age of 11, he could sight-read and compose music. As a teenager, he performed with local jazz and R&amp;B bands before taking on his first full-time musical job leading the Sonny Blount Orchestra. In the mid-1930s, Sun Ra had a transformative experience during deep meditation where he claimed to have been transported to Saturn by beings from outer space who tasked him with spreading peace through music.

Record Store Day Release 2016. Receiving its first ever vinyl release for Record Store Day 2016, Spaceways features live performances by Sun Ra and his Arkestra in New York City in 1966 and 1968. Free and "spacy" as ever, the recordings capture Sun Ra in his element with over a dozen Arkestra members backing him up. Remastered and pressed on a psychedlic swirl color vinyl.

Spaceways

Music US