Artist: Sun Ra and His Arkestra
Album: Supersonic Jazz (21st Century Expanded Edition)
Genre: Avant-Garde Jazz, Bop, Space-Age
Label: Cosmic Myth Records
Released: 2025
Quality: FLAC (tracks+.cue)
Tracklist:
CD 1:
01. India (Sun Ra) - 4:51
02. Sunology (Sun Ra) - 5:46
03. Advice to Medics (Sun Ra) - 2:05
04. Super Blonde (Sun Ra) - 2:37
05. Soft Talk (Priester) - 2:43
06. Sunology, Part 2 (Sun Ra) - 7:07
07. Kingdom of Not (Sun Ra) - 5:27
08. Portrait of the Living Sky (Sun Ra) - 1:51
09. Blues at Midnight (Sun Ra) - 6:35
10. El Is the Sound of Joy (Sun Ra) - 3:58
11. Springtime in Chicago (Sun Ra) - 3:54
12. Medicine for a Nightmare (Sun Ra) - 2:27
13. Journey to Discland (Sun Ra) - 3:30
14. October (Sun Ra) - 4:43
CD 2:
01. Somebody Else's Idea (take 1) (Sun Ra) - 2:56
02. New Horizons (take 1) (Sun Ra) - 2:47
03. El Viktor (take 1) (Sun Ra) - 2:21
04. Adventure in Space (Sun Ra) - 2:35
05. Delilah (Sun Ra) - 3:14
06. Soft Talk (take 1) (Priester) - 3:44
07. Medicine for a Nightmare (alternate) (Sun Ra) - 2:37
08. Saturn #2 (Sun Ra) - 4:04
09. Delight (take 2) (Sun Ra) - 2:00
10. Space Aura (take 2) (Sun Ra) - 3:21
11. State Street (alternate) (Sun Ra) - 3:50
12. Stratosphere (Sun Ra) - 3:02
13. Velvet (alternate) (Sun Ra) - 3:15
14. Somebody Else's Idea (take 2) (Sun Ra) - 2:51
15. Super Blonde (take 3) (Sun Ra) - 3:13
16. Big City Blues (live at Budland) (Sun Ra) - 8:10
DOWNLOAD FROM FILECAT.NET >>>
Personnel:
Sun Ra - piano, electric piano
John Gilmore - tenor saxophone
Pat Patrick - alto saxophone, baritone saxophone
Charles Davis - baritone saxophone
James Scales - alto saxophone
Art Hoyle - trumpet
Julian Priester - trombone
Victor Sproles - bass
Wilburn Green - electric bass
Robert Barry, William Cochran - drums
Jim Herndon - tympani
When Sun Ra released his debut Saturn release in 1957, he signaled the Arkestra’s mission for the future. The cover declared the album a "21st Century Limited Edition." The compositions on Supersonic Jazz conveyed optimism and hope, bringing a message auguring the World of Tomorrow. Ra declared this the first dimension of a fresh art form, as he set about evolving a new American music — a composite of the past and future, the known coalescing with the unknown. The album, not very well received upon release, reveals a vibrant universe of sound, with highly developed arrangements and sophisticated musicianship, especially Ra’s innovative keyboard work and John Gilmore’s astonishing tenor sax solos.
Official expanded 2xLP / 2xCD edition features 14 tracks of alternate versions and studio takes, and the CD contains an additional four bonus tracks. Liner notes by avid Sun Ra fan Ira Kaplan of Yo La Tengo, and additional essay from longtime Ra blogger Rodger Coleman (NUVOID Sun Ra Sundays). Vinyl includes a 12x12 insert reproduction of the alternate Saturn jacket art.