Sun Ra - Lanquidity
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Artist: Sun RaBrand: Sun Microsystems
Edition: Music CD
Format: Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2000-09-26
Music Label: Evidence
Soundtracks:
- Lanquidity
- Where Pathways Meet
- That's How I Feel
- Twin Stars of Thence
- There Are Other Worlds (They Have Not Told You Of)
Music reviews of Lanquidity
Music Review: Colorful, successful and mellow deviation from Sun Ra's norm.
Rating: 4 Stars
On paper, the whole idea of Sun Ra doing a more groundedly groovy, funky rhythm-based album seems really questionable, and for good reason (so many crossovers from typical "jazz" to "fusion" end up horribly executed and are left as really dated blemish on an artist's discography). I mean, there are some obvious precursors to this kind of thing for Ra; "Atlantis" from 1969, with its first side of (bizarrely) funky and groove-based riffing from Ra on the "Solar Sound Instrument" (a Hohner Clavinet), is a good example (and a great, great album.) But Ra executes this idea almost flawlessly; it flows organically, and is full of vivid textures, inventive, melodic and focused playing from all involved (especially Ra on keyboards and piano; his sense of syncopation and driving, rhythmic lyricism are the real engine of the music). The atmosphere the band creates on this recording is intoxicating; hazy, deeply and eccentrically funky, and evocative, especially on the last track, "There Are Other Worlds (They Have Not Told You Of)". Another classic entry in the vast Sun Ra catalog.
Description of Lanquidity
This 1978 session, coming relatively late in Sun Ra's creative history, is another extraordinary venture into uncharted musical terrain. As the name suggests, it's a liquid and languid musical state, from the lounge area of Ra's cosmos, but it can also be resiliently funky and subtly dissonant in ways unheard outside the orchestra's precincts. The rhythm section of electric bass, two guitars, and three drummers creates deep pulsing grooves for Sun Ra's assortment of ethereal organs and synthesizers and a horn complement of two trumpets and five reeds that are used sparingly for maximal effect. There are some elements of commercial crossover funk and even Miles Davis's electric period, but this is highly original music, an acid jazz prototype in which groove and electronica intersect with muted brass and a heady assortment of reeds and percussion. Sudden squiggles of funk guitar mix with strong improvisation from Sun Ra and his regular soloists, like saxophonists John Gilmore and Marshall Allen, who are always ready to bend the music into some new pitch zone. The lyrical title track bears a resemblance to Mingus's "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat," and "There Are Other Worlds" is supplemented by overdubbed "Ethnic Voices" and additional percussion and electronics, creating an eerily engaging tapestry. Recorded in a New York studio with the sound further improved by Evidence, this is unusually well recorded for Sun Ra music of the period, a warm bath in music both lush and exotic. --Stuart BroomerGeneral CDs
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