Ancient Aiethopia

Sun Ra and His Arkestra · 1959

Context

A piece of more than nine minutes from Jazz in Silhouette, recorded at El Saturn studio in Chicago on March 6, 1959 and released by Saturn. The Arkestra of the Chicago period brings together John Gilmore, Marshall Allen, Pat Patrick and Hobart Dotson. The Penguin Guide saw the album as one of the most important jazz records of the postwar period.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Spiritual jazz, Hard bop. Among the origins and influences of Spiritual jazz: Modal, Free jazz.

By the same artist

• Space Is the Place (1973)

Sources

• EN: Jazz in Silhouette

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