Cosmos (Sun Ra album)

Cosmos
Cosmos
Studio album by Sun Ra
Released	1976
Recorded	August 1976; Studio Hautefeuille, Paris
Genre	Free jazz
Length	37:56
Label	Cobra; COB 37001
Sun Ra chronology

Cosmos is an album by jazz composer, bandleader and keyboardist Sun Ra and his Arkestra recorded in France in 1976 and originally released on the French Cobra label in Europe and on Inner City Records in the US.^[1]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Ron Wynn awarded the album 4 stars stating "Sun Ra provided some stunning moments on the Rocksichord, while leading The Arkestra through stomping full-band cuts of atmospheric or alternately hard bop compositions, peeling off various saxophonists for skittering, screaming, at times spacey dialogues".^[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Sun Ra

"The Mystery of Two" - 5:51
"Interstellar Low Ways" - 5:23
"Neo Project #2" - 5:04
"Cosmos" - 2:58
"Moonship Journey" - 6:17
"Journey Among the Stars" - 5:13
"Jazz from an Unknown Planet" - 7:10

Personnel

Sun Ra - Rocksichord
John Gilmore - tenor saxophone
Marshall Allen, Danny Davis - alto saxophone, flute
Danny Ray Thompson - baritone saxophone, flute
Eloe Omoe - bass clarinet, flute
Jac Jacson - bassoon, flute
Ahmed Abdullah - trumpet
Vincent Chancey - French horn
Craig Harris - trombone
R. Anthony Bunn - electric bass
Larry Bright - drums

References

^ Sun Ra discography Archived 2015-03-20 at the Wayback Machine accessed July 4, 2014
^ ^a ^b Wynn, R., Allmusic Review accessed July 4, 2014
^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 186. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

[Ra_discography-1] Sun Ra discography Archived 2015-03-20 at the Wayback Machine accessed July 4, 2014

[Allmusic-2] Wynn, R., Allmusic Review accessed July 4, 2014

[RSJRG-3] Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 186. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

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