Do you really listen to all your music? : Sun Ra - Blue Delight

What a great album. I think the AMG sums it up best:

Blue Delight is a great late-period Arkestra recording, notable for several reasons: 1. This is a very large, impeccably recorded Arkestra featuring special guests Tommy Turrentine and Don Cherry AND a number of Arkestra alumni returning for the date. 2. Although synthesizers are present, the majority of Ra’s solos are on piano. 3. John Gilmore solos on nearly every cut. 4. The band swings mightily from start to finish. Blue Delight also features a program of a handful of standards mixed with Ra originals that don’t head too far into outer space

posted : Thursday, June 4th, 2009

tags : dyrltaym jazz sun_ra