Jazz | 7'' New  

Waaghals Records, 2024. WR028. 

A: New Planet (Complete) (4:51)
B: Meteor Shower (3:25)

Marshall Allen - Jupiterian flute
Robert Cummings - Bass clarinet
Danny Davis - Flute
Tommy Hunter - Percussion, reverb
Sun Ra - Piano

Recorded by Tommy Hunter at the Choreographers Workshop, March 1963.

Recorded at the infamous Choreographers’ Workshop in New York, 1963, we present two songs from Sun Ra’s Continuation sessions on vinyl for the first time. Known for its lo-fi recording quality coupled with heavy use of echo and reverberation, the material recorded at the Choreographers’ Workshop holds a special place within the Sun Ra catalogue. “Low-budget musique concrete” as Sun Ra biographer John F. Szwed perfectly described it.  

Taken from the Continuation album, side a features the complete unedited version of New Planet. A bouncy Ra track that somehow ends up in a sound-bath of low, throbbing frequencies and echoes. The b-side, Meteor Shower, remained unreleased until 2014, making its first official appearance on vinyl here. The opening trumpet salvo warms us up for a micro trip through the vast cosmos, with more echoed percussion and a beautifully bowed bass solo. It is no surprise that in recent years this particular piece has been sampled, most recently by RP BOO and Armand Hammer.

New Planet (Complete) first appeared on Continuation Vol. 1. Meteor Shower first appeared on Continuation Vol. 2. Tape transfers by Michael D. Anderson of the Sun Ra Music Archive. Digital restoration by Michael D. Anderson and Irwin Chusid, 2014.

All titles composed and arranged by Sun Ra © Enterplanetary Koncepts (BMI).
Licensed from Sun Ra LLC.