Sun Ra & His Arkestra - Supersonic Jazz (Expanded Edition) (1957/2025)

Posted By: Rtax
Date: Oct. 7, 2025

Sun Ra & His Arkestra - Supersonic Jazz (Expanded Edition) (1957/2025)
FLAC (tracks) - 676 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 279 MB
1:51:05 | Jazz, Bop, Avant-garde Jazz, Big Band, Space-Age | Label: Sun Ra LLC

When Sun Ra released his debut Saturn release in 1957, he signaled the Arkestra’s mission for the future. The cover declared the album a "21st Century Limited Edition." The compositions on Supersonic Jazz conveyed optimism and hope, bringing a message auguring the World of Tomorrow. Ra declared this the first dimension of a fresh art form, as he set about evolving a new American music — a composite of the past and future, the known coalescing with the unknown. The album, not very well received upon release, reveals a vibrant universe of sound, with highly developed arrangements and sophisticated musicianship, especially Ra’s innovative keyboard work and John Gilmore’s astonishing tenor sax solos. Official expanded 2xLP / 2xCD edition features 14 tracks of alternate versions and studio takes, and the CD contains an additional four bonus tracks. Liner notes by avid Sun Ra fan Ira Kaplan of Yo La Tengo, and additional essay from longtime Ra blogger Rodger Coleman (NUVOID Sun Ra Sundays). Vinyl includes a 12x12 insert reproduction of the alternate Saturn jacket art.


Piano, keyboards, arrangements – Sun Ra
Tenor Sax – John Gilmore
Alto Sax – James Scales
Alto Sax, Baritone Sax – Pat Patrick
Baritone Sax – Charles Davis
Bass – Victor Sproles
Drums – Robert Barry, William Cochran
Electric Bass – Wilburn Green
Timpani, Timbales – Jim Herndon
Trombone – Julian Priester
Trumpet – Art Hoyle
credits
released September 26, 2025

Produced for reissue by Irwin Chusid
and Michael D. Anderson for Cosmic Myth Records

Artwork: Claude Dangerfield
Cover adaptation and package design by Edward ODowd
Mastering by Joe Lizzi
Audio restoration by I.C.

Recorded at RCA Studios in Chicago, ca. October 1956
Original recordings produced by Sun Ra
Originally issued on Saturn Records, 1957

All compositions by Sun Ra © Enterplanetary Koncepts (BMI)
except "Soft Talk" by Julian Priester © Second Floor Music (BMI)

℗ 2025 Sun Ra LLC
license
all rights reserved

Tracklist
1. India – 04:49
2. Sunology Part 1 – 05:45
3. Advice to Medics – 02:03
4. Super Blonde – 02:35
5. Soft Talk – 02:42
6. Sunology Part 2 – 07:05
7. Kingdom of Not – 05:26
8. Portrait of the Living Sky – 01:50
9. Blues at Midnight – 06:34
10. El is a Sound of Joy – 03:57
11. Springtime in Chicago – 03:52
12. Medicine for a Nightmare – 02:25
13. Journey to Discland – 03:28
14. October (Single) – 04:42
15. Somebody Else's Idea (Take 1) – 02:54
16. New Horizons (Take 1) – 02:45
17. El Viktor (Take 1) – 02:20
18. Adventure in Space – 02:34
19. Delilah – 03:13
20. Soft Talk (Take 1) – 03:42
21. Medicine for a Nightmare (Alternate) – 02:36
22. Saturn #2 – 04:02
23. Delight (Take 2) – 01:59
24. Space Aura (Take 2) – 03:19
25. State Street (Alternate) – 03:48
26. Stratosphere – 03:01
27. Velvet (Alternate) – 03:13
28. Somebody Else's Idea (Take 2) – 02:50
29. Super Blonde (Take 3) – 03:12
30. Big City Blues (Live at Budland) – 08:10
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