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Super-Sonic Jazz is the second studio album by Sun Ra, recorded in 1956 at RCA Studios, Chicago. Super-Sonic Jazz was the first album to be released on Saturn Records, the label run by Sun Ra and Alton Abraham, and was one of only three albums by Sun Ra to have been available in the 1950s. (The other two are Jazz by Sun Ra, also released in 1957, and Jazz in Silhouette, released May 1959.)[1]

Super-Sonic Jazz
Studio album by
Sun Ra and his Arkestra
ReleasedMarch 1957[1]
RecordedApril 13 - October 1956, Chicago
GenreJazz
Length49:31
LabelSaturn
Impulse! Records
Evidence
ProducerAlton Abraham
Sun Ra and his Arkestra chronology
Jazz by Sun Ra
(1956)		 Super-Sonic Jazz
(1957)		 Jazz in Silhouette
(1959)
Sun Ra recording chronology
Jazz by Sun Ra
(1956)		 Super-Sonic Jazz
(1956)		 Sound of Joy
(1956)
Reissue cover
Impulse reissue, 1974
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[3]
Rolling Stone[4]

The album was retitled as Super-Sonic Sounds when it was reissued in 1974 by Impulse!, but reverted to its original title when it was released on CD by Evidence records in 1992.


Background



El Saturn Records


Super-Sonic Jazz was the first album to be released on El Saturn Records, the label run by Sun Ra and his business partner Alton Abraham. Set up in 1955, they released their first singles, including a doo-wop group The Cosmic Rays[5] and the Arkestra's Saturn, at the beginning of 1956,[6] and had recorded the whole of their first album by the end of the year, to be released in March 1957. El Saturn is now considered, along with Charles Mingus and Max Roach’s Debut label and Harry Partch’s Gate 5 label, "one of the very first and most active artist-owned record labels."[7] Often pressed in editions of 75[8] — sometimes as few as 20 were made for specific concerts — the records would be manufactured using local black businesses, and often put together in Abraham's own home.[6] As John F. Szwed described,

El Saturn Records purchased no advertising, gave out no promotional copies for review, and no distribution channels except mail order, hand delivery to the record shops, and, in the southern tradition, sales from the bandstand after performances. An order to the El Saturn address might or might not get a response, and when a record came it might be a different one than ordered (a 1971 Saturn price list asked orderers to list five alternatives), or arrive months later.[9]


Recording


The album was primarily recorded between September and October of 1956,[1] with a handful of tracks recorded prior to the Jazz by Sun Ra sessions used to fill out the album.


Track listing


All tracks are written by Sun Ra except where noted. All tracks recorded from September - October 1956 except where noted.

Side One
No.TitleWriter(s)Recording DateLength
1."India"  4:47
2."Sunology"  5:39
3."Advice To Medics" June 16, 19562:01
4."Super Blonde" June 16, 19562:31
5."Soft Talk"Julian PriesterJune 16, 19562:40
6."Sunology, Part II"  7:03
Total length:24:41
Side Two
No.TitleRecording DateLength
7."Kingdom Of Not" 5:26
8."Portrait Of The Living Sky" 1:48
9."Blues At Midnight" 6:30
10."El Is A Sound Of Joy" 3:55
11."Springtime In Chicago"April 13, 19563:50
12."Medicine For A Nightmare"June 16, 19562:23
Total length:23:52

Musicians


The Arkestra in an unidentified club, late 1955 or 1956; l-r, Sun Ra, Richard Evans, Robert Barry, John Gilmore & Pat Patrick
The Arkestra in an unidentified club, late 1955 or 1956; l-r, Sun Ra, Richard Evans, Robert Barry, John Gilmore & Pat Patrick

Guests


Mixed at RCA studios, Chicago, February 14, 1957, and released in March with an initial pressing of 500.[1]


References


  1. From Sunny Blount to Sun Ra; R Campbell:
  2. Wynn, Ron. "Super-Sonic Jazz Allmusic Review". AllMusic.
  3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1355. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  4. Swenson, John (March 4, 1993). Review: Super-Sonic Jazz. Rolling Stone. Retrieved on 2010-10-10.
  5. Szwed, John F., "Space is the Place", Mojo, 2000, p. 152
  6. John Corbett Archived June 2, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  7. "Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago".
  8. Talk, Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame, Campbell, 1995 retrieved 31-07-09
  9. Szwed, John F., "Space is the Place", Mojo, 2000, p. 170



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Super-Sonic Jazz ist ein Jazz-Album von Sun Ra, das 1956 in zwei Studios in Chicago aufgenommen wurde und erstmals im März 1957 auf dem musikereigenen Label El Saturn Records erschien.[1]
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