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Warren Oates's Collection

Sun Ra   06/11/1975

New Five Spot, New York, NY
Source MAC>?>CD
Media cdr   1 disc
Tech Notes 75.6.11. New York concert Five Spot, New York, 6/11/75. Private recording, good sound. 53 min.

Yesterdays (Kern-Harbach) (Ra, p prelude)
Lightnin' (Ellington) (Ebah-mellophone; Ebah-muted tp)
Slippery Horn (Ellington)
King Porter Stomp (Morton) (Gilmore-ts; Ebah-plunger muted tp; Abdullah-tp)
Moonship Journey (Ra) (calypso version, feat. Eddie Thomas and June Tyson; includes Third Heaven with Ra-voc; Danny Davis-as)
Journey to Saturn (Ra)
Outer Space Employment Agency (Ra) (Ra, Tyson, and SEV-voc; Ra, 2 Mini-Moogs)
Shadow World (Ra) (well executed ens; Ra, org; Gilmore-falsetto ts; Davis-as; Allen-as; Omoe-bcl; Ra-keyb; Ebah-mellophone; Ra-keyb; Gilmore-falsetto ts; perc; ens)
Space is the Place (Ra) (ens voc; cuts off just before the end)


Ra-keyb, org, 2 Mini-Moog syns, voc; Akh Tal Ebah-tp, flg, mellophone, voc; Ahmed Abdullah-tp; Field (Fielder) Floyd-tp; Brother Ahh (Robert Northern)-Frh; Marshall Allen-as, ob; Danny Davis-as; John Gilmore-ts, cl, timbales; Danny Ray Thompson-bs; Eloe Omoe-bcl; Ali Moran-d; Jimmy Johnson-d; C. Scoby Stroman-perc; June Tyson-voc; Space Ethnic Voices, voc. including Eddie Thomas (Thomas Thaddeus). [Simosko, with corrections by rlc and Abdullah]

This was a two-week gig and was followed by a trip to Pittsburgh (possibly a 4-hour performance at the University of Pittsburgh, according to Pleshar). Ronnie Boykins and John Ore played bass during the gig, but neither is audible on this tape. Shadow World solo could be by Brother Ahh on French horn instead of Ebah on mellophone. [Abdullah]

Abdullah says that Charles Stephens and Dick Griffin were working with Ra on trombone in 1975 and that Pat Patrick was around in the 1975-1976 period. They may show up on other tapes. C. Scoby Stroman made the subsequent Pittsburgh gig but did not work with the Arkestra after that. Marshall Allen was already playing kora at this time.

In the later half of 1975 and the beginning of 1976, the Arkestra worked frequently in the Midwest: the Smiling Dog Saloon in Cleveland, various venues in Chicago, and colleges. They also played in New York and on the East Coast, including possibly the Left Bank Jazz Society in Baltimore (though this last could have come later). [Abdullah]

In the summer of 1976, the Arkestra began their fourth European tour (first since 1973). On July 8, they appeared at the Mutualit in Paris, playing Take the A Train among other pieces. Same lineup as Montreux Festival, with the addition of dancer Ray Sawyer. [Vein]

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