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{{Infobox Album | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
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| Name = Unity|
| Type = Live album |
| name = Unity
| Artist = [[Sun Ra]] Arkestra |
| type = Live album
| Cover = Unity (Sun Ra album).jpg |
| artist = [[Sun Ra]] Arkestra
| Released = 1978 |
| cover = Unity (Sun Ra album).jpg
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| alt =
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| Recorded = October 24 & 28, 1977<br><small>Storyville, NYC|
| Genre = [[Free jazz]] |
| released = 1978
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| recorded = October 24 & 28, 1977<br><small>Storyville, NYC</small>
| Length = |
| venue =
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| Label = [[Horo Records|Horo]]<br><small>HDP 19-20 |
| Producer = Aldo Sinesio |
| studio =
| Chronology = [[Sun Ra]]|
| genre = [[Free jazz]]
| length =
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| Last album = ''[[Taking a Chance on Chances]]''<br />(1977) |
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| label = [[Horo Records|Horo]]<br><small>HDP 19–20</small>
| This album = '''''Unity'''''<br />(1977) |
| producer = Aldo Sinesio
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| Next album = ''[[Piano Recital - Teatro La Fenice, Venezia]]''<br />(1977) |
| chronology = [[Sun Ra]]
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| prev_title = [[Taking a Chance on Chances]]
| prev_year = 1977
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| next_title = [[Piano Recital - Teatro La Fenice, Venezia]]
| next_year = 1977
}}
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'''''Unity''''' is a live [[double album]] by [[jazz]] composer, bandleader and keyboardist [[Sun Ra]] and his Arkestra recorded in 1977 and originally released on the Italian [[Horo Records|Horo]] label.<ref name="Ra discography">[http://www.the-temple.net/sunradisco/detail.php?parametro=89 Sun Ra discography] accessed July 4, 2014</ref>
'''''Unity''''' is a live [[double album]] by [[jazz]] composer, bandleader and keyboardist [[Sun Ra]] and his Arkestra recorded in 1977 and originally released on the Italian [[Horo Records|Horo]] label.<ref name="Ra discography">[http://www.the-temple.net/sunradisco/detail.php?parametro=89 Sun Ra discography] accessed July 4, 2014</ref>
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'''''Side One:'''''
'''''Side One:'''''
# "[[Yesterdays (1933 song)|Yesterdays]]" ([[Jerome Kern]], [[Otto Harbach]]) - 5:39
# "[[Yesterdays (1933 song)|Yesterdays]]" ([[Jerome Kern]], [[Otto Harbach]]) – 5:39
# "Lightnin'" ([[Duke Ellington]]) - 2:37
# "Lightnin'" ([[Duke Ellington]]) – 2:37
# "How Am I To Know?" (Jack King, [[Dorothy Parker]]) - 9:33
# "How Am I To Know?" (Jack King, [[Dorothy Parker]]) – 9:33
# "Lights" - 5:42
# "Lights" – 5:42
'''''Side Two:'''''
'''''Side Two:'''''
# "Yeah Man" ([[Fletcher Henderson]]) - 3:01
# "Yeah Man" ([[Fletcher Henderson]]) – 3:01
# "[[King Porter Stomp]]" ([[Jelly Roll Morton]]) - 4:04
# "[[King Porter Stomp]]" ([[Jelly Roll Morton]]) – 4:04
# "Images" - 10:31
# "Images" – 10:31
# "Penthouse Serenade" (Val Burton, Will Jason) - 4:10
# "Penthouse Serenade" (Val Burton, Will Jason) – 4:10
'''''Side Three:'''''
'''''Side Three:'''''
# "[[Lady Bird (composition)|Lady Bird]]/Half Nelson" ([[Tadd Dameron]]/[[Miles Davis]]) - 8:00
# "[[Lady Bird (composition)|Lady Bird]]/Half Nelson" ([[Tadd Dameron]]/[[Miles Davis]]) – 8:00
# "Halloween" - 6:02
# "Halloween" – 6:02
# "[[My Favorite Things (song)|My Favorite Things]]" ([[Oscar Hammerstein II]], [[Richard Rodgers]]) - 6:00
# "[[My Favorite Things (song)|My Favorite Things]]" ([[Oscar Hammerstein II]], [[Richard Rodgers]]) – 6:00
'''''Side Four:'''''
'''''Side Four:'''''
# "The Satellites" - 7:30
# "The Satellites" – 7:30
# "[[Rose Room]]" ([[Art Hickman]], [[Harry Williams (songwriter)|Harry Williams]]) - 9:37
# "[[Rose Room]]" ([[Art Hickman]], [[Harry Williams (songwriter)|Harry Williams]]) – 9:37
# "Enlightment" (Hobart Dotson, Sun Ra) - 2:06
# "Enlightment" (Hobart Dotson, Sun Ra) – 2:06


==Personnel==
==Personnel==
*[[Sun Ra]] - [[Electronic organ|organ]], [[Rocksichord]]
*[[Sun Ra]] – [[Electronic organ|organ]], [[Rocksichord]]
*[[Ahmed Abdullah]], [[Michael Ray]] - [[trumpet]]
*[[Ahmed Abdullah]], [[Michael Ray (trumpeter)|Michael Ray]] – trumpet
*Akh Tal Ebah - trumpet, [[vocals]]
*Akh Tal Ebah – trumpet, vocals
*[[Craig S. Harris|Craig Harris]], Charles Stephens - [[trombone]]
*[[Craig S. Harris|Craig Harris]], Charles Stephens – [[trombone]]
*[[Vincent Chancey]] - [[French horn]]
*[[Vincent Chancey]] – [[French horn]]
*Emmett McDonald - [[Serpent (instrument)|bass horn]]
*Emmett McDonald – [[Serpent (instrument)|bass horn]]
*[[Marshall Allen]] - [[alto saxophone]], [[oboe]], [[flute]]
*[[Marshall Allen]] – [[alto saxophone]], [[oboe]], flute
*Danny Davis - alto saxophone, flute
*Danny Davis – alto saxophone, flute
*[[John Gilmore (musician)|John Gilmore]] - [[tenor saxophone]], [[clarinet]], [[percussion]]
*[[John Gilmore (musician)|John Gilmore]] – [[tenor saxophone]], [[clarinet]], percussion
*Danny Ray Thompson - [[baritone saxophone]], flute
*[[Danny Ray Thompson]] – [[baritone saxophone]], flute
*Eloe Omoe - [[bass clarinet]], flute
*Eloe Omoe – [[bass clarinet]], flute
*James Jacson - flute, [[bassoon]], percussion
*James Jacson – flute, [[bassoon]], percussion
*Richard Williams - [[double bass|bass]]
*Richard Williams – [[double bass|bass]]
*[[Luqman Ali]], Thomas Hunter - [[drum kit|drums]]
*[[Luqman Ali]], Thomas Hunter – drums
*Atakatune, Eddie Thomas - percussion
*Atakatune, Eddie Thomas – percussion
*[[June Tyson]] - vocals
*[[June Tyson]] – vocals


== References ==
== References ==

Latest revision as of 08:41, 12 May 2021

Unity
Live album by
Sun Ra Arkestra
Released1978
RecordedOctober 24 & 28, 1977
Storyville, NYC
GenreFree jazz
LabelHoro
HDP 19–20
ProducerAldo Sinesio
Sun Ra chronology
Taking a Chance on Chances
(1977) 		Unity
(1978) 		Piano Recital - Teatro La Fenice, Venezia
(1977)

Unity is a live double album by jazz composer, bandleader and keyboardist Sun Ra and his Arkestra recorded in 1977 and originally released on the Italian Horo label.[1]

Reception

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The Allmusic review by Michael G. Nastos awarded the album 4½ stars naming it "The Arkestra's best live album. Loaded with standards. Incredible musicianship".[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]

Track listing

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All compositions by Sun Ra except as indicated

Side One:

  1. "Yesterdays" (Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach) – 5:39
  2. "Lightnin'" (Duke Ellington) – 2:37
  3. "How Am I To Know?" (Jack King, Dorothy Parker) – 9:33
  4. "Lights" – 5:42

Side Two:

  1. "Yeah Man" (Fletcher Henderson) – 3:01
  2. "King Porter Stomp" (Jelly Roll Morton) – 4:04
  3. "Images" – 10:31
  4. "Penthouse Serenade" (Val Burton, Will Jason) – 4:10

Side Three:

  1. "Lady Bird/Half Nelson" (Tadd Dameron/Miles Davis) – 8:00
  2. "Halloween" – 6:02
  3. "My Favorite Things" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers) – 6:00

Side Four:

  1. "The Satellites" – 7:30
  2. "Rose Room" (Art Hickman, Harry Williams) – 9:37
  3. "Enlightment" (Hobart Dotson, Sun Ra) – 2:06

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ Sun Ra discography accessed July 4, 2014
  2. ^ a b Nastos, M. G., Allmusic Review accessed July 4, 2014
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