Sun Ra & His Arkestra - Châteauvallon, France 25-8-1976

I got this from slsk for an IS friend, but it can as well stay here

The sound is not the best, but the music is

There are two different title list, one from the original uploader (dimeadozen, maybe 2014),

one from a blog  http://nuvoid.blogspot.com/2012/01/sun-ra-sunday_29.html

I hope you enjoy

 

 

Jacques Bisceglia, 1940-2013

Black & White Fantasy

French photographer Jacques Bisceglia passed away on March 1st, 2013. Even if his tool was not a musical instrument, his work is an integral part of the history of the music we love and we feel it is important to pay tribute to him. From the 60's onward, Jacques Bisceglia photographed many moments of jazz making: iconic episodes such as the Pan-African Festival in Algiers or Albert Ayler at the Fondation Maeght, but also many more mundane moments, daily life episodes or concerts now forgotten, moments he captured masterfully.

At the end of Jacques Bisceglia's Black & White Fantasy book, published in 1984 and now out-of-print, Abbey Lincoln wrote "Bisceglia's work speaks for itself, of course." Very much so, this is why we would like to share a few pictures, taken from Black & White Fantasy.

alan silva & françois tusques - paris, 1969

don cherry - paris, 1968

anthony braxton & barbara bisceglia - paris, 1971

 

beb guérin - paris, 1970

june tyson, richard wilkinson, marshall royal, eloe omoe, sun ra - between paris and donaueschingen, 1970

sonny simmons, barbara donald & son - san francisco, 1971

For more information on Jacques Bisceglia's life and his often astute views on the history of the music, see William Parker's essential Conversations book (Rogue Art, 2011). The book features an interview with Bisceglia (the only non-musician) and is illustrated with his work. Rogue Art also published a collaboration between Bisceglia and poet Steve Dalachinsky, titled Reaching Into the Unknown (2009). French speaking readers might want to look for the "Memories of You" series of articles Bisceglia wrote for the Improjazz magazine.

peter gannushkin - peter brötzmann & jacques bisceglia - new york, 2009

 

Sun Ra Archestra - Live in Rome '80

Having listened to many Sun Ra concerts during the years
(Arkestra,small combos,solo), i can say that the level/quality
was very inconstant, from very good to tedious : this one is
good (in my opinion).
Taped by "Ilario" during the March 1980 tour.

Thanks to c & nikos for having titled the tracks !

Rec. live at "Teatro Giulio Cesare", Rome, Italy,
on March 29, 1980 (mix recording)

Sun Ra,piano,organ,synth,conductor
Michael Ray,trumpet,flugelhorn
Marshall Allen,alto saxophone,oboe,flute
Noel Scott,alto & baritone saxophone,flute
John Gilmore,tenor saxophone,clarinet,percussions
Danny Ray Thompson,baritone saxophone,flute
Kenny Williams,tenor & baritone saxophone,flute
Eric "Samurai" Walker/Chris Henderson,drums,percussions
June Tyson,vocals

01. Medley : Improv > Pleiades > Improv > Tapestry From An Asteroid > Improv > Astro Black > Strange Worlds > The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise > The Living Myth > Mystery, Mr. Ra > Discipline 27 (36:03)
02. Inside The Blues (02:08)
03. Blues (03:20)
04. Big John's Special (03:00)
05. Yeah Man! (02:30)
06. Springtime Again (06:20)
07. Limehouse Blues (03:46)
08. Watusi (07:44)
09. Lights On A Satellite (05:45)
10. Enlightenment (02:15)
11. Space Is The Place (08:55)
12. They'll Come Back (04:26)
13. Medley : Calling Planet Earth > On Jupiter > Hit That Jive Jack (15:21)
14. [cuts in >] Exotic Forest [incomplete] (01:57)
15. King Porter Stomp (04:03)
16. Sun Ra and His Band From Outer Space (01:02)

Total Time 1:48:41

Sun Ra Quartet - New Steps

cdr rip, 320 mp3, Horo

Pablo's back ! I had announced plans to shut down I Forgot Clifford which generated all kinds of comments from all planets. I was graciously invited to be able to post and administer at Inconstant Sol. I thought I would transfer my top ten downloads from Clifford to this site before closing down Clifford. This was the number one download. I believe it was because Horo has been been hard to find and everyone wants to here John Gilmore in a quartet with the Ra. There is a second cd in this series, Other Blues. I had it on a car cassette and remember preferring this one.


Sun Ra - keyboards
John Gilmore - ts
Michael Ray - tpt
Luqman Ali - drums


My Favorite Things
Moon People
Sun Steps
Exactly like you
Friend and friendship
Rome at twilight
When there is no sun
The Horo

January 1978


http://rapidshare.com/files/194099423/newstep1.rar

Sun Ra - Manchester 1982

SUN RA ARKESTRA

ROYAL NORTHERN COLLEGE OF MUSIC, MANCHESTER, ENGLAND

29-7-82

DISC ONE:         (65.19)

1st set

1.   UNTITLED IMPROV >  (kora,perc)

2.   UNTITLED IMPROV >  (perc)

3.   PLEIADES >

4.   UNTITLED IMPROV  (eb,EVI,perc)

5.   ALONG CAME RA >

6.   THE LIVING MYTH

7.   DISCIPLINE 27 >

      UNTITLED IMPROV

8.   RA TO THE RESCUE #1 >

9.   RA TO THE RESCUE #2 >

10. UNTITLED IMPROV    (perc, ens)

11. 1984

12. UNIDENTIFIED TITLE   (p)

13. FATE IN APLEASANT MOOD

14. UNIDENTIFIEDE TITLE

DISC TWO:         (69.19)

1.   THEY PLAN TO LEAVE  (JG, SR voc)

2.   I COULD HAVE ENJOYED MYSELF ON THIS PLANET

3.   HAPPY AS THE DAY IS LONG

4.   SPACE IS THE PLACE >

      WE TRAVEL THE SPACEWAYS

2nd set

5.   UNTITLED IMPROV

6.   STRANGE WORLD / BLACK MYTH

7.   DISCIPLINE 27-11 >

      SEA OF IMMORTALITY >

      RIGHT ROAD, WRONG DIRECTION >

8.   THE LAST DAYS >

9.   CRAZY AS A DAISY

10. PRELUDE TO KISS

11. LIGHTS ON A SATELLITE

12. BIG JOHN'S SPECIAL

DISC THREE:        (46.34)

1.   WATUSI

2.   UNIDENTIFIED TITLE  (p)

3.   YEAH MAN !

4.   SLEEPING BEAUTY

5.   MOONSHIP JOURNEY

      (inc.  FIRST STOP MARS / SECOND STOP JUPITER /ON JUPITER

               JOURNEY TO SATURN / PLUTO TOO )

encore.....

6.   THEY'LL COME BACK >

      I HAVE MANY NAMES

CASS > DAT > CDR

AUD MASTER SONY TCS 330 > DAT > CDR > EAC > CDwave > CDR

( recorded and transfered  Simon Shepherd / retracked and titled Chris Hilling )

cover art - Christopher Eddy

SUN RA -  p, syn, voc / RONNIE BROWN -  tp / LONGINEU PARSONS -  tp

TYRONE HILL -  tb / MARSHALL ALLEN -  as, fl, ob, EVI / JOHN GILMORE -  ts, cl, timb, EVI

ELOE OMOE -  as, bcl, fl, EVI / JAMES JACSON - bsn, ob, Inf-d 

DANNY RAY THOMPSON - bars, as, fl, EVI /  ROLLO RADFORD - stand up eb 

CLIFFORD JARVIS - d / TOMMY 'BUGS' HUNTER - d / SAMARAI CELESTIAL - d

JUNE TYSON - voc / GREG PRATT - dance / CARLA WASHINGTON - dance

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3 CDs, the links to the first includes scans and text.

Flac an MP3s to follow. Please no comments until I've posted the RS links.  I'm off to Europe, will post more SunRa in  September.

Thanks and enjoy. 

Gus

Sun Ra and his Intergalactic Arkestra - Binghamton, NY

Sun Ra and his Intergalactic Arkestra

April 26, 1991

Binghamton, NY 

Source: Soundboard 

Disc 1: 

01. introduction 0:17

02. untitled improvisation 3:53 >

03. Somebody Else's Idea 6:38

04. East Of The Sun [1 sec. distortion] 3:50

05. Prelude To A Kiss 4:56

06. Blue Lou 6:18

07. Retrospect 9:35

08. Early Autumn 7:40

[tape flip]

09. Friendly Galaxy [9 sec. dropout] 8:52

10. Love In Outer Space 7:40

11. Nameless One #2 11:39

Total time: 71:16

Disc 2:

01. Sunset On The Nile [some mic shorting in & out] 9:49

02. "Thank You" 1:11

Encore:

[abrupt start]

03. They'll Come Back [5 sec. dropout] 6:60

04. "Thank You Thank You" 1:51

Total time: 19:50

[some mic/amp "buzzing" in several spots throughout the recording]

Alternate tracking suggestion:

Put tracks 1-8 on disc 1 and the remaining tracks on disc 2.

Then the original tape side 1 would be on disc 1 and tape side 2 would be on disc 2.

MC - Mike Newmark (WHRW)

personnel:

Sun Ra - piano, synthesizer

Ahmed Abdullah - trumpet, vocals

Jothan Callins - trumpet, flugelhorn

Chris Capers - flugelhorn

Marshall Allen - alto sax, flute, piccolo

Noel Scott - alto sax, percussion

John Gilmore - tenor sax, clarinet, timbales, vocals

James Jacson - bassoon, percussion

John Ore - bass

Buster Smith - drums

poss. Clifford Barbaro - drums

Lorimil Machado - berimbau, percussion

Elson Nascimento - percussion

June Tyson - vocals [rlc, with help from Abdullah; note also personnel on Friendly Galaxy.] 

song notes: 

untitled improvisation (prob. Adams, tp; Ra, syn)

Somebody Else's Idea (Ra) (Tyson, voc; Allen, fl; Ra, p; Tyson and ensemble, voc; Ra, syn; Capers, flg)

East of the Sun (Bowman) (Ra, p; Gilmore, voc; prob. Adams, tp; Ra, p)

Prelude to a Kiss (Ellington-Mercer) (Ra, p; Allen, as; Ra, p)

Blue Lou (Sampson) (Scott, as; Abdullah, tp; Gilmore, ts)

Retrospect (Ra) (Ra, p, syn; Capers, flg; Ra, p; Ore, b)

Early Autumn (Herman-Mercer-Burns) (Ra, p; Callins, flg -- doing Hobart Dotson-like lead in a modification of the 1961 arrangement; Gilmore, ts; Ra, p)

Friendly Galaxy (Ra) (Abdullah, tp; Allen, fl; Gilmore, cl; Ra, p)

Love in Outer Space (Ra) (Ra, p; Gilmore, Tyson, and ensemble, voc; Allen, fl; Ra, p; Tyson and ens. voc.)

Nameless One #2 (Ra) (Abdullah, tp; Scott, as; Callins, tp; Ore, b)

Sunset on the Nile (Ra) (Allen, fl; Capers, flg; Tyson and ensemble, voc.; poss. Hill, voc; marching through the audience) 

They'll Come Back (Ra) (Tyson and ens. voc.) 

Sun Ra Santa Cruz 1987

Kuumbwa Jazz Center, Santa Cruz, California. 5/10/87. Broadcast over KUSP-FM. 93 min. Not the complete show. Excellent sound. (Rebroadcast on WKCR Sun Ra memorial show, 6/8/93)

1st set:
unidentified improvisation (incl. Patrick, as; Wilson, ts; Allen or Gilmore, EVI)
unidentified improvisation (Ra, p; Davis, as)
East of the Sun (Bowman) (Gilmore, voc; Ra, p and syn)
[It's Only a] Paper Moon (Rose-Harburg-Arlen) (Jenkins, voc; several verses added by Jenkins)
Frisco Fog (Carr-Roberts)
unidentified title (Jenkins, falsetto wordless voc)
Queer Notions (Hawkins) (Ra, p; Gilmore, ts)
Beautiful Love (Young-Coots-Gillespie-Van Alstyne) (Ra, voc; Gilmore, ts)
Inside the Blues (Ra) (Ra, p)
Slumming on Park Avenue (Berlin) (Jacson and ens voc; Raand ens, voc)
When You See Danger / Now's the Time (Parker) / Straight No Chaser (Monk) (Jenkins, scat voc; prob. Thompson, bs)
We Travel the Spaceways (Ra) (Ra and ens voc; the original tune; marching)
Outer Spaceways Incorporated / Space Is the Place (Ra) (Ra, declamation; more marching; not the original tunes)

The Arkestra: Ra-p, syn, voc; Eddie Gale-tp; Marshall Allen-as, ob, fl, EVI, perc; Pat Patrick-as; Danny Davis-as; John Gilmore-ts, EVI, perc, voc; Ronald Wilson-ts; Eloe Omoe-as, bcl, contra-alto cl; James Jacson-bsn, Ancient Egyptian Infinity Drum, voc; prob. Danny Thompson-bs; unidentified-b; Buster Smith-d; unidentified-cga, perc; Art Jenkins-voc. (rlc)

An exceptional concert -- one of the few times Art Jenkins' bebop scatting was captured on tape. Eddie Gale confirms his presence on this tape.

Flac and MP3 forthcoming. No scans.