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The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra, Vol. I

Label: ESP-Disk
Released: 2003
Track listing: 1. Heliocentric 2. Outer Nothingness 3. Other Worlds 4. The Cosmos 5. Of Heavenly Things 6. Nebulae 7. Dancing in the Sun

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Sun Ra: The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra, Vol. I

Read "The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra, Vol. I" reviewed by Matthew Wuethrich

by Matthew Wuethrich
January 13, 2003

A misconception: Sun Ra played free jazz. Critics and listeners usually lump Ra’s dissonant recordings into the free jazz category for one of two reasons. They either take his aggressive, wild sound textures to be essentially the same as that of other members of the '60s avant-garde; or there is just no good category for Ra. ...