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Hardly Worth Mentioning
Weird?
Sun Ra and the Omniverse Arkestra
Pisa, Italy
30 june 79
SBD

The Arkestra: Ra-p, org, syn, voc; Walter Miller-tp; Michael Ray-tp; Curt Pulliam-tp; Tony Bethel-tb; Marvin Consell (?)-tb; Marshall Allen-as, fl, ob; Hutch Jones-as; John Gilmore-ts, cl; Leroy Taylor (Eloe Omoe)-as, bcl; Danny Ray Thompson-bs, fl; James Jacson-bsn, perc; Damon Choice-vib; Taylor Richardson-eg; Skeeter McFarland-eg; "Scop"-b; Robert Barry-d; Reg McDonald-d; Atakatune (Stanley Morgan)-cga; June Tyson-voc, dance (and Evelyn Smont (?)-dance). [Trent; personnel put together from radio announcement and concert announcement]

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T79.6.30. Pisa concert
Pisa, Italy, 6/30/79. 120 min. Private recording,

disc 1 and disc 2 pt 1:
unidentified title (perc; Allen, kora; eg and perc)
Space Is the Place (Ra)
The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise (Ra)
Discipline 27 (Allen, as; Omoe, bcl; tp)
The Shadow World (Ra)
Springtime Again (Ra)
Yeah Man! (Sissle, Henderson)
Big John's Special (H. Henderson)
Watusa (Ra)
Lady Bird (Dameron) / Half Nelson (M. Davis)
King Porter Stomp (Morton)
Space Is the Place / We Travel the Spaceways / Destination Unknown / 2nd Stop Is Jupiter (Ra)
Calling Planet Earth (Ra)
Strange Celestial Road (Ra)
Somewhere over the Rainbow (Arlen, Harburg)
Outer Spaceways Inc. / Sun Ra and his Band from Outer Space (Ra)

The Arkestra: Personnel similar to Moers concert (T79.6.4). [Trent]

Watusa (called Watusi in those days) is the arrangement heard in 1979-1980 [Trent]. =========

disc 2 cont:

T79.6.4. Moers Music Festival FM
Moers, West Germany, 6/4/79.

unidentified title (Allen-ob; perc; tb; eg)
announcement
unidentified title (ensemble; Choice-vib)
Strange World (Ra) (Tyson-voc)
Tapestry from an Asteroid (Ra)
The World is Waiting for the Sunrise (Ra)
Discipline 27 (Ra)
Big John's Special (H. Henderson)
Yeah Man! (Sissle-Henderson)
Springtime Again (Ra)
The Shadow World (Ra) (r)
unidentified title (Ra-org; Gilmore-ts) (r)
Honeysuckle Rose (Waller-Razaf) (r)
Watusa (Ra) (an arrangement played in 1979/1980)
Space is the Place / We Travel the Spaceways (Ra) (r)
Calling Planet Earth (Ra) (r) (edited on the radio broadcast)
unidentified title (Ra-p solo) (r)
unidentified blues (r)
King Porter Stomp (Morton)
Destination Unknown (Ra) (Ra-keyb; Allen-as; ens.)
Strange Celestial Road (Ra)

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Sunday, March 16, 2008

Saturday, March 8, 2008

Finally, a monkey that I can believe in
According the China, a simple monk may be trying to sabotage the Olympics.
Some people prefer monkeys. Me? I much prefer chicken
Who says the music of Thelonius Monk is dead?

Tuesday, March 4, 2008

CNN.com

The headline on CNN.com just read,

"McCain locks up Republican nomination, CNN projects"

CNN, this isn't the story that you should be cautious about.....

Sunday, March 2, 2008

Studies show that over 83% of Soviets read in the bathroom. Do You?
This is what true romance is all about