Sun Ra Jazz In Silhouette

    Cosmic Myth Records
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    • Sun Ra – Hours After
    • Sun Ra – Horoscope
    • Sun Ra – Images (In a Mirror)
    • Sun Ra – Blues at Midnight
    • Sun Ra – Enlightenment
    • Sun Ra – Saturn
    • Sun Ra – Velvet
    • Sun Ra – Ancient Aiethopia
    • Sun Ra – State Street (alternate, unreleased)
    • Sun Ra – Blues from Saturn (unreleased)
    • Sun Ra – Hours After (single version)
    • Sun Ra – Great Balls of Fire (single)
    • Sun Ra – 'Round Midnight
    • Sun Ra – You Never Told Me That You Care
    • Sun Ra – Hour of Parting
    • Sun Ra – Back in Your Own Backyard
    • Sun Ra – I Could Have Danced All Night
    • 1. Hours After
    • 2. Horoscope
    • 3. Images (In a Mirror)
    • 4. Blues at Midnight
    • 5. Enlightenment
    • 6. Saturn
    • 7. Velvet
    • 8. Ancient Aiethopia
    • 9. State Street (alternate, unreleased)
    • 10. Blues from Saturn (unreleased)
    • 11. Hours After (single version)
    • 12. Great Balls of Fire (single)
    • 13. 'Round Midnight
    • 14. You Never Told Me That You Care
    • 15. Hour of Parting
    • 16. Back in Your Own Backyard
    • 17. I Could Have Danced All Night
    • 18. Enlightenment
    • 19. Hours After
    • 20. Velvet
    • 21. Ancient Aiethopia
    • 22. Horoscope (incomplete, unreleased)

    Recorded in 1959 at El Saturn Studio, Chicago, 'Jazz In Silhouette' is one of three records that the Arkestra released in the 1950s.  The album is considered to be one of Ra's best from his Chicago period before veering off into 'their full-fledged explorations into the avant-garde'.

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