Cosmos (Sun Ra album)

1976 studio album by Sun Ra

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
| Live at Montreux
(1976)  | Cosmos
(1976)  | A Quiet Place in the Universe
(1977)

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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

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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 ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
Allmusic| [2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide| [3]

## Track listing

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All compositions by Sun Ra

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

## Personnel

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* 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

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1. ^ Sun Ra discography Archived 2015-03-20 at the Wayback Machine accessed July 4, 2014
2. ^ a b Wynn, R., Allmusic Review accessed July 4, 2014
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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Arkestra members

* John Gilmore
* Julian Priester
* Pat Patrick
* Charles Davis
* Victor Sproles
* Marshall Allen
* Ronnie Boykins
* James Spaulding
* Phil Cohran
* Clifford Jarvis
* Lex Humphries
* Michael Ray
* June Tyson
* Ahmed Abdullah
* Danny Ray Thompson

Studio albums|

* Jazz by Sun Ra
* Super-Sonic Jazz
* Sound of Joy
* Visits Planet Earth
* The Nubians of Plutonia
* Jazz in Silhouette
* Sound Sun Pleasure!!
* Interstellar Low Ways
* Fate in a Pleasant Mood
* Holiday for Soul Dance
* Angels and Demons at Play
* We Travel the Space Ways
* The Futuristic Sounds of Sun Ra
* Bad and Beautiful
* Art Forms of Dimensions Tomorrow
* Secrets of the Sun
* When Sun Comes Out
* Cosmic Tones for Mental Therapy
* When Angels Speak of Love
* Other Planes of There
* The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra, Volume One
* The Magic City
* The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra, Volume Two
* Strange Strings
* Monorails and Satellites
* Atlantis
* Space Is the Place (soundtrack)
* Space Is The Place
* Pathways to Unknown Worlds
* Cosmos
* Deep Purple
* Some Blues But Not the Kind That's Blue
* New Steps
* Other Voices, Other Blues
* Visions
* Lanquidity
* Sleeping Beauty
* Strange Celestial Road
* Reflections in Blue
* Hours After
* Blue Delight
* Somewhere Else
* Purple Night
* Mayan Temples

Live albums|

* Featuring Pharoah Sanders & Black Harold
* Nothing Is
* Nuits de la Fondation Maeght
* It's After the End of the World
* Black Myth/Out in Space
* Live in Egypt 1
* Nidhamu
* Horizon
* Live In Montreux
* Unity
* Live from Soundscape
* I, Pharaoh
* Sunrise in Different Dimensions
* Cosmo Omnibus Imagiable Illusion
* Thunder of the Gods

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