favorite Sun Ra TUNES (as compositions), or favorite specific versions

[Rooster_Ties]

Been meaning to pull together a good Sun Ra compilation sometime -- based on favorite tunes he wrote (as compositions).

I'll have to give it some thought myself, but here's a few that quickly come to mind -- to get us going...

Best Tunes

> Love in Outer Space

> Intersteller Low-Ways

> Astro Black

> Sunset on the Nile

And while we're at it, let's try to list EVERY 'funk'-related tune that Sun Ra ever recorded (there aren't that many), as I'd like to include several of them on this compilation too.

Funk Tunes

> UFO (from 'On Jupiter' -- and "UFO" really must be heard, HERE)

> Where Pathways Meet (from 'Lanquidity')

> I'll Wait for You (from 'Strange Celestial Road')

What are YOUR favorite Sun Ra tunes (and you can include notable covers, sure why not), and are there any other significant 'funk'-related Ra tunes that jump out at you??

Edited November 8, 2008 by Rooster_Ties

[Teasing the Korean]

Not interested in Sun Ra's funk tunes.

Funny you bring this up.

What I'm really excited about lately is his EXOTICA period, when his compositions and arrangements were influenced by those of THE GREAT LES BAXTER.

I recently put together a compilation which I titled "Sunratica" focusing on this music.

Here are the contents:

Overtones of China

China Gates

Circe (excerpt)

Watusa

Brazilian Sun

Looking Outward

El Viktor

Dimensions In Time

Adventure-Equation

Planet Earth

The Beginning

Space Mates (excerpt)

Ankh

New Day

Paradise

Ancient Aiethopia

The Nile

Africa

[Teasing the Korean]

Incidentally, Les Baxter's funk stuff is worth checking out. I'll be happy to hip you to this stuff if you don't already know about it.

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

Incidentally, Les Baxter's funk stuff is worth checking out. I'll be happy to hip you to this stuff if you don't already know about it.

Yes please. Or, what about a Les Baxter thread TTK?

MG

[Alexander Hawkins]

Nuclear War is a favourite funky one!

[Alexander Hawkins]

p.s. I also like to play on 'Lights on a Satellite'

[tkeith]

The Cosmos Song

Fate in a Pleasant Mood

Discipline 27

Nuclear War

as a listener, anything featuring a John Gilmore solo!

[Guest Bill Barton]

The first one that came to mind for me fits into both the "best" and "funk" tune categories:

"Where Pathways Meet"

Another one that I like a lot is "The Cosmos" from Heliocentric Worlds, Vol. 1.