Super-Sonic Jazz

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El Saturn Records purchased no advertising, gave out no promotional copies for review, and no distribution channels except mail order, hand delivery to the record shops, and, in the southern tradition, sales from the bandstand after performances. An order to the El Saturn address might or might not get a response, and when a record came it might be a different one than ordered (a 1971 Saturn price list asked orderers to list five alternatives), or arrive months later. [9]

Recording

The album was primarily recorded between September and October 1956, [1] with a handful of tracks recorded prior to the Jazz by Sun Ra sessions used to fill out the album.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Sun Ra except where noted. All tracks recorded from September - October 1956 except where noted.

Super-Sonic Jazz
SuperSonicJazzSunRa.jpeg
Studio album by
Sun Ra and his Arkestra
ReleasedMarch 1957 [1]
RecordedApril 13 – October 1956, Chicago
Genre Jazz
Length49:31
Label Saturn
Impulse!
Evidence
Producer Alton Abraham
Sun Ra and his Arkestra chronology
Jazz by Sun Ra
(1957)		Super-Sonic Jazz
(1957)		 Jazz in Silhouette
(1959)
Sun Ra recording chronology
Jazz by Sun Ra
(1956)		Super-Sonic Jazz
(1956)		 Sound of Joy
(1956)
Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Recording DateLength
1."India"  4:47
2."Sunology"  5:39
3."Advice to Medics" June 16, 19562:01
4."Super Blonde" June 16, 19562:31
5."Soft Talk" Julian Priester June 16, 19562:40
6."Sunology, Part II"  7:03
Total length:24:41
Side two
No.TitleRecording DateLength
7."Kingdom of Not" 5:26
8."Portrait of the Living Sky" 1:48
9."Blues at Midnight" 6:30
10."El Is a Sound of Joy" 3:55
11."Springtime in Chicago"April 13, 19563:50
12."Medicine for a Nightmare"June 16, 19562:23
Total length:23:52

Musicians

The Arkestra in an unidentified club, late 1955 or 1956; l-r, Sun Ra, Richard Evans, Robert Barry, John Gilmore & Pat Patrick SunnyRaArkestra1956.jpg
The Arkestra in an unidentified club, late 1955 or 1956; l-r, Sun Ra, Richard Evans, Robert Barry, John Gilmore & Pat Patrick

Guests

Mixed at RCA studios, Chicago, February 14, 1957, and released in March with an initial pressing of 500. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 From Sunny Blount to Sun Ra; R Campbell:
  2. ↑ Wynn, Ron. "Super-Sonic Jazz Allmusic Review". AllMusic.
  3. ↑ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1355. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
  4. ↑ Swenson, John (March 4, 1993). Review: Super-Sonic Jazz. Rolling Stone . Retrieved on 2010-10-10.
  5. ↑ Szwed, John F., "Space is the Place", Mojo , 2000, p. 152
  6. 1 2 John Corbett Archived June 2, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  7. ↑ "Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago".
  8. ↑ Talk, Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame, Campbell, 1995 retrieved 31-07-09
  9. ↑ Szwed, John F., "Space is the Place", Mojo , 2000, p. 170
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