Celestial Love

Description

True studio albums ofSun Ra with the Arkestraare rare on this planet or beyond. This studio saucer is an interplanetary interpreter, here to convert even the faintest of heart to the sounds ofSun Ra. Recorded withArkestraveterans at the same New York studio that hosted countlessSun Rasessions since the late ’60s, thisfirst ever reissueofCelestial Lovecontains the only known recordings of the titular track and “Blue Intensity,” plus abonus cutnot on the original Saturn LP!

The music here is mostly “inside Ra.” In fact, it’s one of the most accessible albums in the Ra canon. One of Ra’s early heroes, Duke Ellington, is represented twice with “Sophisticated Lady” and “Drop Me Off In Harlem,” and two other standards (“Smile” and “Sometimes I’m Happy,” both sung by June Tyson) are given snappy Ra arrangements. ThoughSun Rawas renowned for outrageous music and performances,Celestial Loveis a reminder that he was a man of many moods, with a deep respect for jazz history. His embrace of Futurism never implied a rejection of the past. Even rocket ships were constructed with raw materials discovered eons ago.

Available on vinyl LP for the first time in over 30 years courtesy of Modern Harmonic!

1. Celestial Love
2. Sometimes I’m Happy
3. Interstellarism
4. Blue Intensity
5. Sophisticated Lady
6. Nameless One #2
7. Nameless One #3
8. Smile
9. Drop Me Off In Harlem