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The Magic City

Sun Ra

1966 · Jazz

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The Magic City by Sun Ra

The Magic City is a Jazz album by Sun Ra, originally released in 1966. On Gatefold: 20 pressings tracked.

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The Magic City is a studio album by Sun Ra, released in 1966.

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Tracklist

  1. 1The Magic City26:27
  2. 2The Shadow World10:36
  3. 3Abstract Eye (A.k.A. Cosmic Eye)2:44
  4. 4Abstract "I"4:05
  5. 5Other Worlds (Alternate, Bonus Track)5:03
  6. 6The Magic City (Mono Version Ending)1:38

Sound DNA

  • Jazz
  • Avant-Garde & Free Jazz
  • dense
  • frenzied
  • spacey

Album notes

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Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.

Track A1 was recorded in rehearsal in New York City around September 24th, 1965.
Tracks B1 to B3 were recorded live at Olatunji's Loft, New York in the spring of 1965.
Soloists on A in order of appearance:
John Gilmore
Danny Davis
Pat Patrick
Marshall Allen
Harry Spencer
Pat Patrick is credited on the cover with "tympani on Cosmic 'Eye'", but there is no track by that name on this record.
Back cover reads "Sun Ra with his Solar Arkestra".
This version has white Saturn labels an

Credits

The people behind it.

Performers

  • Ali HassanTROMBONE
  • Bernard PettawayTROMBONE BASS TROMBONE
  • Chris CapersTRUMPET PERCUSSION
  • Danny DavisALTO FLUTE ALTO SAXOPHONE, FLUTE FLUTE
  • Harry SpencerALTO SAXOPHONE
  • James JacsonPERCUSSION
  • Jimmy JohnsonPERCUSSION DRUMS
  • John GilmoreTENOR SAXOPHONE PERCUSSION
  • Marshall AllenALTO SAXOPHONE ALTO SAXOPHONE, FLUTE, OBOE, PICCOLO FLUTE ALTO SAXOPHONE, FLUTE, PICCOLO FLUTE
  • Pat PatrickBARITONE SAXOPHONE, FLUTE BARITONE SAXOPHONE, FLUTE, TIMPANI BARITONE SAXOPHONE
  • Robert CummingsBASS CLARINET BASS CLARINET, PERCUSSION PERCUSSION
  • Roger BlankPERCUSSION DRUMS
  • Ronnie BoykinsBASS
  • Sun RaKEYBOARDS , CELESTA , PIANO, MARIMBA , HARP , PERCUSSION , TIMPANI PIANO PIANO, ARRANGED BY, COMPOSED BY
  • Teddy NanceTROMBONE
  • The Sun Ra ArkestraDRUMS FEATURING
  • Walter MillerTRUMPET
  • Jon HardyPERCUSSION, GONG

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