| Live from Soundscape | ||||
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| Live album by Sun Ra Arkestra | ||||
| Released | July 21, 1994 | |||
| Recorded | November 10 & 11, 1979 | |||
| Venue | Soundscape, NYC | |||
| Genre | Free jazz | |||
| Length | 140:36 | |||
| Label | DIW DIW 388 | |||
| Producer | Verna Gillis | |||
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Live from Soundscape is a live album by jazz composer, bandleader and keyboardist Sun Ra and his Arkestra recorded in New York City in 1979 and released on the Japanese DIW label in 1994. [1] Initial pressings of the album contained a bonus CD featuring a lecture by Sun Ra.
The Allmusic review by Sean Westergaard awarded the album 3 stars stating "Sound quality, while good, is not perfect, gearing the release more towards the serious fan". [2]
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All compositions by Sun Ra except where noted
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