Artist: Sun Ra & His Myth Science Solar Arkestra
Album: The Antique Blacks
Genre: Free Jazz, Avant-Garde Jazz
Label: Art Yard
Released: 1974/2009
Quality: FLAC (tracks+.cue)
Tracklist:
- Song No. 1 (8:51)
- There is Change in the Air (10:57)
- The Antique Blacks (3:38)
- This Song is Dedicated to Nature's God (3:57)
- The Ridiculous "I" and the Cosmos Me (4:42)
- Would I for All That Were (2:55)
- Space is the Place (8:10)
- You Thought You Could Build a World Without Us (9:10)
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- Personnel:
- Alto Saxophone – Danny Davis
- Alto Saxophone, Percussion, Vocals – Marshall Allen
- Bassoon, Percussion, Vocals – James Jackson*
- Congas – Atakatune
- Drums, Vocals – Clifford Jarvis
- Electric Guitar – Sly (20)
- Engineer [Transferred By], Mastered By – Peter Beckmann
- Keyboards [Rocksichord], Synthesizer [Mini Moog], Vocals, Performer [Declamation], Composed By, Arranged By – Sun Ra
- Tenor Saxophone, Percussion, Vocals – John Gilmore
- Trumpet, Vocals – Akh Tal Ebah
The Antique Blacks is a great live date, recorded in 1974 but not released until 1978. This is a smallish band, and features the first recorded evidence of prominent electric rock guitar in the Arkestra, attributed only to "Sly." "Song No. 1" is a groovy sort of space bossa nova, with Sun Ra on rocksichord supported by great percussion as the other players join in. "There Is a Change in the Air/The Antique Blacks" is a Ra poem recited with musical accompaniment as is "The Ridiculous 'I' and the Cosmos Me." "This Song Is Dedicated to Nature's God" is actually a different tune than "To Nature's God" on Live in Egypt, Vol. 1, but is the same sort of upbeat, swinging singalong. "Would I for All That Were" is a short interlude with Moog craziness over an ominous march, which leads into a rousing version of "Space Is the Place." The Antique Blacks is notable for the recited poetry, as well as for the presence of the extroverted Sly, who adds a totally new dimension to the Arkestra sound. This one will be tough to find, but well worth it.
by Sean Westergaard