Sun Ra Monorails & Satelites: Works For Solo Piano Vol. 1 2 3

Release date:
February 1, 2019
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"I have always thought orchestra. I play that way, even when playing the piano." - Sun Ra Considering the monumental depth of Sun Ra's recorded oeuvre, there are surprisingly few solo piano albums. Monorails and Satellites Volumes 1 and 2 were the first commercial LPs of the artist's solo keyboard excursions. Recorded in 1966 and released on his Saturn imprint in 1968, Volume 1 featured seven idiosyncratic originals and one standard ("Easy Street") delivered in Sunny's singular manner. Volume 2 was released the following year, and contains five compositions, all originals. A third volume was prepped but shelved, and this deluxe edition marks it's premiere release. As with all Cosmic Myth releases these volumes are superbly mastered, and are available as a deluxe 2xCD or 3xLP tri-gatefold cover with copious liners notes by renown American jazz pianist Vijay Iyer, and additional overviews by jazz historian Ben Young and producer Irwin Chusid.

Tracklist:
  • 1. Space Towers
  • 2. Cognition
  • 3. Skylight
  • 4. The Alter Destiny
  • 5. Easy Street
  • 6. Blue Differentials
  • 7. Monorails and Satellites
  • 8. The Galaxy Way
  • 9. Astro Vision
  • 10. The Ninth Eye
  • 11. Solar Boats
  • 12. Perspective Prisms of Is
  • 13. Calundronius
  • 14. Soundscapes
  • 15. The Eternal Tomorrow
  • 16. Today Is Not Yesterday
  • 17. World Island Festival
  • 18. The Changing Wind
  • 19. Don't Blame Me
  • 20. Gone with the Wind
  • 21. How Am I to Know
  • 22. Yesterdays