Transitions 3: Chicago to New York, by Sun Ra & His Arkestra

Transitions 3: Chicago to New York

by Sun Ra & His Arkestra

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1.	I Struck a Match on the Moon (vocal: Ricky Murray) 02:14	info	buy track
2.	Tapestry from an Asteroid 02:59	info	buy track
3.	Where is Tomorrow? (2016 restoration) 02:46	info	buy track
4.	Motherhood 05:03	info	buy track
5.	Space Jazz Reverie 04:51	info	buy track
6.	New Day 05:49	info	buy track
7.	Dreamsville (vocal: Ricky Murray) 02:27	info	buy track
8.	Of Sounds and Something Else 02:50	info	buy track
9.	The Blue Set (single version) 04:40	info	buy track
10.	Jet Flight 03:11	info	buy track
11.	Other Times 03:39	info	buy track
12.	Looking Outward 02:47	info	buy track
13.	State Street (alternate) 04:24	info	buy track
14.	Bassism (2016 restoration) 04:01	info	buy track
15.	Blues from Saturn 04:31	info	buy track
16.	The Beginning (2016 restoration) 06:25	info	buy track
17.	Big City Blues (single version) 03:13	info	buy track
18.	What's That? (2016 restoration) 02:11	info	buy track
19.	China Gate (vocal: Ricky Murray) 03:20	info	buy track

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A collection of recordings by Sun Ra & His Arkestra during their later years in Chicago and their first recordings after they relocated to New York in 1961. Included are rarities and remastered titles.

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released June 13, 2016

2016, Enterplanetary Koncepts
All tracks produced by Sun Ra

Tape and disc transfers by Michael D. Anderson of the Sun Ra Music Archive. Digital restoration by Michael D. Anderson and Irwin Chusid.

All titles composed by Sun Ra © Enterplanetary Koncepts (BMI)
Except "Motherhood" (Phil Cohran), "Dreamsville" (Livingston-Mancini-Evans), and "China Gate" (Young-Adamson)

Issued under license from Sun Ra LLC
Cover art by James Flora/JimFlora.com, adapted design by Irwin Chusid

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The foremost figure in musical Afro-futurism and space-jazz. Keyboardist, composer, Arkestra leader, arranger, philosopher-jester, fashion icon, cosmic guide. Born Herman Blount in Alabama, 1914, left the planet in 1993, giving Earthlings a monumental catalog of recordings that transcend genre. ... more

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