Sun Ra - Media Dreams

Artist: Sun Ra
Album: Media Dreams
Genre:  Free Jazz, Space-Age 
Labe: Art Yard   2008
Recording Date: 1978


Media Dream is a live recording of the Sun Ra Quartet, from January of 1978 in Italy (all the quartet recordings were done that month). It's a mostly free date, with "Constellation" and "Media Dreams" being the only tunes that seem to have been pre-composed (they are also the longest tracks on the album). The album starts with a keyboard showcase, with Ra supplying some super low tones along with some very queasy sounding organ. Then it's on to "Constellation" which has a great, really cheesy rhythm, courtesy of the Crumar Synthesizer/rhythm box, and excellent soloing from everyone, especially Gilmore. "Media Dreams" starts out really pretty, then gets progressively freakier. The rest of the tracks are basically soloing showcases for all the players. AMG

Luqman Ali drums, vocals
Sun Ra piano, organ, synthesizer, drum programming [rhythm machine]
John Gilmore tenor saxophone, drums, vocals
Michael Ray trumpet, vocals

1-1 Saturn Research 3:03
1-2 Constellation 13:30
1-3 Yera Of The Sun 4:36
1-4 Media Dreams 13:39
1-5 Twigs At Twilight 7:23
1-6 An Unbeknowneth Love 4:41
2-1 Friendly Galaxy 8:07
2-2 An Unbeknowneth Love 5:47
2-3 Of Other Tomorrows Never Known 8:09
2-4 Images 13:41
2-5 The Truth About Planet Earth 6:57
2-6 Space Is The Place 3:45
2-7 The Shadow World 2:47
Recorded live in Italy in 1978.
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