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Sun Ra & Arkestra

Petrillo Music Shell
Chicago Jazz Festival
Chicago, Illinois
United States of America

3 September 1988
Labor Day weekend 1988

Broadcast over National Public Radio (Russ and rlc)

Sun Ra and his Planet Saturn Love Adventure Arkestra: Ra-p, syn, keyb, voc; Michael Ray-tp, voc; Ahmed Abdullah-tp; Tyrone Hill-tb; Marshall Allen-as, fl; Noel Scott-as; John Gilmore-ts, perc; Eloe Omoe-as, bcl, contra-alto cl; Danny Ray Thompson-bs; James Jacson-bsn, Ancient Egyptian Infinity Drum; Billy Bang-vln; Bruce Edwards-eg; Carl LeBlanc-eg; Philip Watkins-b; Buster Smith-d; Luqman Ali-d; Eric Walker-d; Kwasi Asare-African perc; Jorge Silva-Brazilian perc; Elson Nascimento-Brazilian perc; Lorimil Machado-berimbau, dance; Gato-perc, dance; June Tyson-voc, vln. (rlc; help on tunes from Ron Russ; much help on personnel from Abdullah)

01. untitled improvisation (freakout ens; Gilmore, ts; d; Ray, tp; Bang, vln; freakout ens; LeBlanc and Edwards, eg; Abdullah, tp) 12:56
02. Blue Lou (Sampson) (Scott, as; Abdullah, tp; Hill, tb; Ray, tp; Gilmore, ts) 4:54
03. Back Alley Blues (Ra) (Ra, p; eg on right; eg on left; Bang, vln; Ore, b; Ra, p; Scott, as; Ra, p) 10:50
04. I Dream Too Much (Kern) (Ra, p; Ra, voc) 3:58
05. <> Frisco Fog (Carr-Roberts) (Ra, p; Gilmore, ts) 4:00
06. Prelude to a Kiss (Ellington) (Ra, p; Allen, as) 4:59
07. Queer Notions (Hawkins) (Ra, p; Gilmore, ts; Abdullah, tp) 2:58
08-09. Sophisticated Lady (Carney-Ellington) (Ra, p; Hill, tb, incl. his favorite lick from Big T; Ra, p; Gilmore, ts; Ra, p) 1:08 & 6:55
10. Egyptian Fantasy / I'll Wait for You / Angel Race / Outer Spaceways Inc. / We Travel the Spaceways / Next Stop Mars (Ra) (Gilmore, ts; Hill, tb; Ra, Tyson, ensemble voc.) > (concert concludes with short interview with Sun Ra by Neil Tesser) 28:16

Total Time: 80:59

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Thanks to the original taper and uploader.

Setlist adapted from Sun Ra Tape-ography (http://homepage.uab.edu/moudry/tape_d.htm).

The Chicago and Montreux/Detroit Festivals featured a "notably large ensemble" with extra percussionists. Elson Nascimento and Jorge Silva were working with Ra for the first time, as were the two Brazilian capoeira dancers, Lorimil Machado and Gato. Asare made these two performances only. "This was truly spectacular." (Abdullah)

"Pat Patrick was present in Chicago but did not play. We stayed over in Chicago after the Festival and with a smaller band opened at a club called George's, a supper club. Music was really great." (Abdullah)

Well, was anyone recording at George's?

Well, at least John Litweiler was reviewing at George's for the Chicago Tribune (http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1988-09-09/features/8801290107_1_arkestra-sun-ra-jazz-band):

Mood Swings Fire Sun Ra`s Jazz Orbit
September 09, 1988|By John Litweiler.

One thing is certain about a Sun Ra performance: You never know what to expect. Last week at the Chicago Jazz Festival, he presented a huge troupe of musicians, dancers and acrobats in a veritable circus of improvisation. This week at George`s, it`s just him and his big band squeezed onto the small stage, playing swing-era songs in the inimitably outrageous, sometimes preposterous, sometimes excellent Arkestra style.

It may come as a surprise that among today`s jazz musicians, Ra has enjoyed one of the longest continually active careers. He came to Earth from the planet Saturn around 74 years ago and played in Southern bands for years before landing in Chicago in the 1940s.

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