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# "[[Yesterdays (1933 song)|Yesterdays]]" ([Jerome Kern]], [[Otto Harbach]]) - 5:39 |
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# "Lightnin'" ([[Duke Ellington]]) - 2:37 |
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# "How Am I To Know?" (Jack King, [[Dorothy Parker]]) - 9:33 |
# "How Am I To Know?" (Jack King, [[Dorothy Parker]]) - 9:33 |
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# "Lights" - 5:42 |
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# "Yeah Man" ([[ |
# "Yeah Man" ([[Fletcher Henderson]]) - 3:01 |
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# "[[King Porter Stomp]]" ([[Jelly Roll Morton]]) - 4:04 |
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# "[[Rose Room]]" ([[Art Hickman]], [[Harry Williams (songwriter)|Harry Williams]]) - 9:37 |
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# "Enlightment" (Hobart Dotson, Sun Ra) - 2:06 |
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==Personnel== |
==Personnel== |
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*[[Sun Ra]] - [[Electronic organ|organ]], [[Rocksichord]] |
*[[Sun Ra]] - [[Electronic organ|organ]], [[Rocksichord]] |
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Revision as of 08:01, 4 July 2014
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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 label.[1]
Reception
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]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
Track listing
All compositions by Sun Ra except as indicated
Side One:
- "Yesterdays" (Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach) - 5:39
- "Lightnin'" (Duke Ellington) - 2:37
- "How Am I To Know?" (Jack King, Dorothy Parker) - 9:33
- "Lights" - 5:42
Side Two:
- "Yeah Man" (Fletcher Henderson) - 3:01
- "King Porter Stomp" (Jelly Roll Morton) - 4:04
- "Images" - 10:31
- "Penthouse Serenade" (Val Burton, Will Jason) - 4:10
Side Three:
- "Lady Bird/Half Nelson" (Tadd Dameron/Miles Davis) - 8:00
- "Halloween" - 6:02
- "My Favorite Things" (Oscar Hammerstein III, Richard Rodgers) - 6:00
Side Four:
- "The Satellites" - 7:30
- "Rose Room" (Art Hickman, Harry Williams) - 9:37
- "Enlightment" (Hobart Dotson, Sun Ra) - 2:06
Personnel
- Sun Ra - organ, Rocksichord
- Ahmed Abdullah, Michael Ray - trumpet
- Akh Tal Ebah - trumpet, vocals
- Craig Harris, Charles Stephens - trombone
- Vincent Chancey - French horn
- Emmett McDonald - bass horn
- Marshall Allen - alto saxophone, oboe, flute
- Danny Davis - alto saxophone, flute
- John Gilmore - tenor saxophone, clarinet, percussion
- Danny Ray Thompson - baritone saxophone, flute
- Eloe Omoe - bass clarinet, flute
- James Jacson - flute, bassoon, percussion
- Richard Williams - bass
- Luqman Ali, Thomas Hunter - drums
- Atakatune, Eddie Thomas - percussion
- [[June Tyson] - vocals
References
- ^ Sun Ra discography accessed July 4, 2014
- ^ a b Nastos, M. G., Allmusic Review accessed July 4, 2014