Somewhere Else (Sun Ra album)

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Somewhere Else
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Studio album by
Sun Ra
Released1993
RecordedDecember 1988 and November 1989
Genre Free jazz
Length61:14
Label Rounder
Producer John Snyder
Sun Ra chronology
Cosmo Omnibus Imagiable Illusion
(1988)		Somewhere Else
(1993)		 Blue Delight
(1989)

Somewhere Else is a 1993 album by free jazz composer, bandleader and keyboardist Sun Ra released on the Rounder label. [1] The album consists of tracks recorded in late 1989, at the same sessions which produced the albums Blue Delight and Purple Night , but it was not released until shortly before Sun Ra's death, over three years later.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars stating "Due to the variety and very interesting personnel, plus many examples of the keyboardist/leader stretching himself, this somewhat obscure effort is easily recommended to Sun Ra collectors". [2]

Professional ratings
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Track listing

All compositions by Sun Ra except as indicated. All arrangements by Sun Ra.
  1. "Priest" – 4:01
  2. "Discipline/Tall Trees in the Sun" – 8:26
  3. "'S Wonderful" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 5:32
  4. "Hole in the Sky" – 7:31
  5. "Somewhere Else Part 1" – 8:38
  6. "Somewhere Else Part 2" – 2:41
  7. "Stardust from Tomorrow" – 4:56
  8. "Love in Outer Space" – 12:01
  9. "Everything Is Space" – 3:57
  10. "Tristar" – 3:31
Recorded at Variety Recording Studios in New York in December 1988 (tracks 1 & 8–10) and at BMG Studios in New York City in November 1989 (tracks 2–7)

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ Sun Ra discography Archived 2008-09-21 at the Wayback Machine accessed January 12, 2012
  2. 1 2 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed January 12, 2012
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