Le Sun Ra and his Arkestra - Super Sonic Jazz (1956)

Some more very early Sun Ra, with a smattering of tracks recorded throughout 1956. Like "Tiny Pyramids," the opening track on this album is unmistakable...A beautiful Eastern sound....Advice to Medics has a beat that will be more fully explored in later albums, under different names ('Watusi')...not to be missed...

Le Sun Ra and his Arkestra
Super Sonic Jazz
(retitled Super Sonic Sounds)


Included Tracks:
Side A:
India (Ra) (4:49)
Ra-Wurlitzer ep, space gong; Art Hoyle-tp; William Cochran?-d; Jim Herndon-tympani; perc; John Gilmore-bells; other members of the band, perc. Late 1956.

Sunology (Ra) (5:40)
Ra-p, ep, space gong; Art Hoyle-tp, perc; Pat Patrick-as; John Gilmore-ts; Charles Davis-bs; Victor Sproles-b; William Cochran-d; poss. Jim Herndon-perc. Late 1956.

Advice to Medics (Ra) (2:02)
Ra-ep. 1956.

Super Blonde (retitled or misspelled Super Bronze on Impulse) (Ra) (2:35)
Ra-p; Art Hoyle-tp; Julian Priester-tb; James Scales-as; John Gilmore-ts; Pat Patrick -bs; Wilburn Green-eb; Robert Barry-d. Early 1956.

Soft Talk (Priester) (2:41)
Ra-p; Art Hoyle-tp; Julian Priester-tb; James Scales-as; John Gilmore-ts; Pat Patrick-bs; Wilburn Green-eb; Robert Barry-d. Early 1956.

Sunology, part II (Ra) (7:05)
Ra-p, ep; Art Hoyle-tp, perc; Pat Patrick-as; John Gilmore-ts; Charles Davis-bs; Victor Sproles-b; William Cochran-d; Jim Herndon?-perc. Early 1956.

Side B:
Kingdom of Not (Ra) (5:32)
Ra-p; Art Hoyle-tp; Pat Patrick-as; John Gilmore-ts; Charles Davis-bs; Victor Sproles- b; William Cochran-d; Jim Herndon-tympani, perc. Late 1956.

Portrait of the Living Sky (Ra) (1:48)
Ra-p; Victor Sproles-b; William Cochran-d; Jim Herndon-tympani, perc. Late 1956.

Blues at Midnight (Ra) (6:30)
Ra-p; Victor Sproles-b; prob. William Cochran-d. Late 1956.

El is a Sound of Joy (Ra) (3:56)
Ra-p; Pat Patrick-ss; John Gilmore-ts; Charles Davis-bs; Victor Sproles-b; William Cochran-d; Jim Herndon-perc. Late 1956.

Springtime in Chicago (Ra) (3:51)
Ra-p, ep; James Scales-as; Wilburn Green-eb; John Gilmore-space bells, perc. Early 1956.

Medicine for a Nightmare (Ra) (2:25)
Ra-p, ep; Julian Priester-tb; John Gilmore-ts; Pat Patrick-bs; Wilburn Green-eb; Robert Barry-d; Jim Herndon-tympani. Early 1956.

MP3s @ 320kbps:
http://rapidshare.de/files/21160653/1956_-_Le_Sun_Ra_and_his_Arkestra_-_Super_Sonic_Jazz__rel.1957_.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.de/files/21162134/1956_-_Le_Sun_Ra_and_his_Arkestra_-_Super_Sonic_Jazz__rel.1957_.part2.rar