Saturn

Sun Ra and His Arkestra · 1959 · Thème de Sun Ra, 3 minutes 37, sur Jazz in Silhouette

Context

Composition by Sun Ra, recorded at El Saturn Studio, the studio of the Saturn label that releases the album. It precedes the more avant-garde experiments Sun Ra carried out in New York in the 1960s.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Modern big bands, Hard bop. Among the origins and influences of Modern big bands: Swing, big bands, Third stream.

By the same artist

• Ancient Aiethopia (1959)
• Enlightenment (1959)
• Horoscope (1959)
• Blues at Midnight (1959)
• Outer Nothingness (1965)
• The Cosmos (1965)

Sources

• EN: Jazz in Silhouette

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