Outer Nothingness

Sun Ra and His Solar Arkestra · 1965 · 7 min 40 en face A

Context

Recorded on April 20, 1965 at Studio RLA (New York) and released the same year on ESP-Disk. All compositions are by Sun Ra. Second track of side A (7 min 40 s). Gene Tyranny describes sessions that go beyond "free" improvisation, with no prior notion of melody or harmony.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Free jazz, Spiritual jazz. Among the origins and influences of Free jazz: Tristano School, Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's), Modal.

By the same artist

• The Cosmos (1965)
• Of Heavenly Things (1965)
• Ancient Aiethopia (1959)
• Space Is the Place (1973)
• Lanquidity (1978)
• Where Pathways Meet (1978)

Sources

• EN: The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra, Volume One

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