The Futuristic Sounds of Sun Ra (Craft Jazz Essentials): Vinyl LP

Label: Craft Recordings
Release Date: 10th November

Not of this earth, this lad but this is one of those accounts where he's emulating (in his way0 some of the earthly jazz masters of the time in Donald Byrd, Art Blakey and Max Roach.

This special 60th Anniversary reissue of groundbreaking jazz artist Sun Ra’s iconic 1962 album The Futuristic Sounds of Sun Ra features all-analogue re-mastering by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio, pressed on 180-gram vinyl at RTI. The package includes Tom Wilson’s original liner notes, plus insightful new essays by jazz historian Ben Young, as well as by Irwin Chusid, who is also a journalist, radio personality, and author.

Tracklist

Side A
1. Bassism
2. Of Sounds And Something Else
3. What's That?
4. Where Is Tomorrow?
5. The Beginning
6. China Gates

Side B
1. New Day
2. Tapestry From An Asteroid
3. Jet Flight
4. Looking Outward
5. Space Jazz Reverie