Sun Ra: The Eternal Myth Part 1 (The Music History Of Sun Ra) [Transparency 0316]

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On Thursday, March 10, 2011 United Mutations reported this major announcement:

Sun Ra: The Eternal Myth Part 1 (The Music History Of Sun Ra) [Transparency 0316]

The Transparency label is teaming up with the Michael D. Anderson's Sun Ra Archive for its next release. Subtitled “The Music History Of Sun Ra”, this first installment will bring you 13 hours of ultra-rare music (plus hours of Sun Ra speech) with a 5.25” x 5.25” paperback book (approximately 80 pages) in box set of 14 CDs.


box 1

the foundation - early influences - the women blues vocalists
* 1921 - ethel waters - oh daddy
* 1924 - ma rainey / fletcher henderson - booze and blues
* 1928 - sara martin w/clarence williams orch. - hole in the wall

the foundation - early influences - the territory bands
* 1928 - bennie moten orchestra - just rite
* 1928 - tiny parham & his musicians - fat man blues
* 1933 - baron lee & his blue rhythm band - rhythm spasm
* 1931 - fletcher henderson - sugarfoot stomp
* 1931 - fletcher henderson - blue rhythm tk - 3

sun ra - his first recorded composition 1933 -
* 1933 - clarence williams - chocolate avenue

the jump blues era - wynonie harris -
* 1946 - wynonie harris w/jumpin’ jimmy jackson - dig this boogie
* 1946 - wynonie harris w/jumpin’ jimmy jackson - lightnin’ struck the poor house
* 1946 - wynonie harris w/jumpin’ jimmy jackson - my baby’s barrel house
* 1946 - wynonie harris w/jumpin’ jimmy jackson - drinkin’ by myself

- chicago - the blues & jump blues era - lil green -
* 1946 - lil green & her orchestra - blowtop blues
* 1946 - lil green & her orchestra - no good man
* 1946 - lil green & her orchestra - how come you do me like you do
* 1947 - lil green & her orchestra - lonely woman blues

the church organ recordings pt. 1 -
* 1948 - sun ra - all the things you are
* 1948 - sun ra - wind in the trees (early avant garde)

the solovox & piano rehearsals -
* 1948 - sun ra and stuff smith - vln - deep purple
* 1948 - sun ra - darn that dream
* 1948 - sun and jesse miller - tr - yesterdays
* 1948 - sun ra - if they only knew

the mary lou williams influence - her compositions -
* 1945 - mary lou williams - taurus
* 1945 - mary lou williams - cancer

the mary lou williams influence - her influence on sun ra on piano
* 1948 - sun ra - unknown title #3 (mary lou wms influence)
* 1948 - sun ra - unknown title #7 (mary lou wms influence)
* 1949 - sun ra - i got some new blues

the mary lou williams influence - her orchestrations -
* 1947 - milton orent / frank roth orchestra - lonely moments
* 1947 - milton orent / frank roth orchestra - whistle blues

the jump blues & early doo wop - the vocalists -
* 1948 - andrew tibbs w/sax mallard’s combo - he’s got her and gone
* 1948 - andrew tibbs w/sax mallard’s combo - the holidays are over
* 1948 - the dozier boys w/sax mallard’s combo - she only fools with me
* 1948 - the dozier boys w/sax mallard’s combo - st. louis blues
* 1948 - the dozier boys w/sax mallard’s combo - invitation to the blues
* 1948 - andrew tibbs w/sax mallard’s combo - in a travelin’ mood
* 1948 - andrew tibbs w/sax mallard’s combo - in every man’s life
* 1948 - the dozier boys w/eugene wright - big time baby
* 1948 - the dozier boys w/eugene wright - pork ‘n beans
* 1948 - the dozier boys w/eugene wright - dawn mist
* 1948 - the dozier boys w/eugene wright - music goes round and round

the jump blues era - red saunders -
* 1948 - red saunders orchestra - trust in me
* 1948 - red saunders orchestra - band vocal - synthesis
* 1948 - red saunders orchestra - band vocal - jitterbuggin’
* 1948 - george floyd w/red saunders orchestra - legs gettin’ bigger and bigger

the sunny blount trio - rehearsal -
* 1949 - sun ra and unknown guitar - upstairs (clip)
* 1949 - sun ra - just one of those things

sun ra sings & plays standards -
* 1949 - sun ra - smile tk - 2
* 1949 - sun ra - stuff like that there
* 1949 - sun ra - old man river

the sunny blount trio - “live” -
* 1949 - sun ra / leo blevins / w. ware - you go to my head
* 1949 - sun ra / leo blevins / w. ware - blue chicago blues

the small group swing era - dorothy donegan w/ red saunders orch.
* 1950 - dorothy donegan w/red saunders orchestra - d.d.d. (dorothy donegan’s doghouse)
* 1950 - dorothy donegan w/red saunders orchestra - ridin’ boogie the jump blues era - red saunders & “jumpin’” joe williams #1
* 1950 - jumpin’ joe williams w/red saunders orch - blow mr. low blow
* 1950 - jumpin’ joe williams w/red saunders orch - chi
* 1950 - jumpin’ joe williams w/red saunders orch - lyin’ girl blues

the unknown vocalist rehearsal -
* 1950 - sun ra / unknown vocalist - you the night and the music
* 1950 - sun ra - holiday for strings

the john jenkins rehearsal -
* 1950 - sun ra / john jenkins - the phantom

the jump blues era - “little miss share cropper” (laverne baker)
* 1950 - little miss sharecropper w/red saunders orch - take out some time baby
* 1950 - little miss sharecropper w/red saunders orch - i’ve tried
* 1950 - little miss sharecropper w/red saunders orch - how long
* 1950 - little miss sharecropper w/red saunders orch - i want to rock

the wilbur ware / john jenkins / leo blevins rehearsal
* 1951 - sun ra / wilbur ware - the nearness of you tk - 2
* 1951 - sun ra / wilbur ware - sunny’s place (dukes place) #1
* 1951 - sun ra / leo blevins / w. ware - the man i love
* 1951 - sun ra / john jenkins / w. ware - sunny’s place (dukes place) #2

the jump blues era - red saunders & “jumpin’” joe williams #2 / june davis
* 1951 - jumpin’ joe williams w/red saunders orchestra - stop pretty baby, stop
* 1951 - jumpin’ joe williams w/red saunders orchestra - weekday blues
* 1951 - red saunders orchestra - 4:00 am
* 1951 - jumpin’ joe williams w/red saunders orchestra - last nights party
* 1951 - jumpin’ joe williams w/red saunders orchestra - hey bartender
* 1951 - red saunders orchestra - boot ‘em up
* 1951 - jumpin’ joe williams w/red saunders orchestra - sugar bounce
* 1951 - june davis w/red saunders orch - gentle lover
* 1951 - june davis w/red saunders orch - j.d. blues

the jump blues era - the “hambone kids” –
* 1952 - the hambone kids w/red saunders orchestra - hambone
* 1952 - red saunders orchestra - la raspa
* 1952 - the hambone kids w/red saunders orchestra - zeke’l zeke’l
* 1952 - the hambone kids w/red saunders orchestra - piece a - puddin’

sun ra meets pat patrick -
* 1952 - sun ra / pat patrick - wonderful you
* 1952 - sun ra / pat patrick - a place in my heart

the afro cuban influence - perez prado -
* 1947 - perez prado orchestra - rica
* 1947 - perez prado orchestra - kon - toma

the afro cuban influence - sun ra w/red saunders orch / “jumpin” joe williams #3
* 1953 - red saunders orchestra - mambo in trumpet
* 1953 - red saunders orchestra - honky tonk train blues
* 1953 - jumpin’ joe williams w/red saunders orchestra - probably
* 1953 - jumpin’ joe williams w/red saunders orchestra - voodoo blues

the arkestra singers pt. 1 - thea barbara / unknown name -
* 1953 - sun ra / thea barbara / unknown male singer - unknown title - haunted melody

the jump blues era - jo jo adams -
* 1953 - jo jo adams w/red saunders orchestra - call my baby
* 1953 - jo jo adams w/red saunders orchestra - rebecca

the jump blues era - red saunders & “jumpin’” joe williams #4
* 1953 - jumpin’ joe williams w/red saunders orchestra - it’s raining again
* 1953 - jumpin’ joe williams w/red saunders orchestra - always on the blue side
* 1953 - jumpin’ joe williams w/red saunders orchestra - detour ahead
* 1953 - jumpin’ joe williams w/red saunders orchestra - blow mr. low blow

* 1953 - red saunders orchestra - summertime
* 1953 - red saunders orchestra - riverboat
* 1953 - jumpin’ joe williams w/red saunders orchestra - time for movin’
* 1953 - red saunders orchestra - lawdy lucy

the nu sounds doo wop rehearsals pt. 1 -
* 1954 - sun ra / nu sounds / r. wilson - my sweet
* 1954 - sun ra / nu sounds / r. wilson - my land of dreams
* 1954 - sun ra / nu sounds / r. wilson - dreams come true (rehearsal)
* 1954 - sun ra / nu sounds / r. wilson - spaceship lullaby (rehearsal - a)
* 1954 - sun ra / nu sounds / r. wilson - spaceship lullaby (rehearsal - b)
* 1954 - sun ra / nu sounds / r. wilson - spaceship lullaby (rehearsal w/band - a)
* 1954 - sun ra / nu sounds / r. wilson - spaceship lullaby (rehearsal w/band - b)

the jump blues era - grant jones / king kolax / billy brooks
* 1954 - grant jones w/king kolax band - what have you done to me
* 1954 - grant jones w/king kolax band - right now
* 1954 - king kolax quintette - vivian
* 1954 - king kolax w/king kolax band - goodnite blues
* 1955 - billy brooks w/red saunders band - mambo is everywhere
* 1955 - billy brooks w/red saunders band - song of the dreamer
* 1955 - billy brooks w/red saunders band - donna
* 1955 - billy brooks w/red saunders band - i want your love tonight
* 1955 - billy brooks w/red saunders band - this is my prayer

the jump blues era - billie hawkins w/the sun ra arkestra
* 1956 - billie hawkins w/sun ra band - i’m comin’ home
* 1956 - billie hawkins w/sun ra band - i’m comin’ home
* 1956 - billie hawkins w/sun ra band - kiss me sweet
* 1956 - billie hawkins w/sun ra band - last call for love
* 1956 - billie hawkins w/sun ra band - last call for love
* 1956 - billie hawkins w/sun ra band - at last tk - 10

the doo wop era - walter dunn & the metros -
* 1956 - walter dunn & the metros - i’ll close my heart
* 1956 - walter dunn & the metros - when you’re in love this way
* 1956 - walter dunn & the metros - christina, eugena, marie
* 1956 - walter dunn & the metros - perfidious lover

the sun ra bebop band “live” -
* 1956 - le sun ra and his band - live - big city blues
* 1956 - le sun ra and his band - live - delilah (slightly distorted)
* 1956 - le sun ra and his band - live - images (no solos) (slightly distorted)
* 1956 - le sun ra and his band - live - velvet (slightly distorted)

more supersonic jazz -
* 1956 - sun ra / james scales / wilburn green / robert barry - somebody else’s world tk - 1
* 1956 - sun ra / james scales / wilburn green / robert barry - blues in outer space

the arkestra singers - clyde williams -
* 1956 - clyde williams w/sun ra arkestra - dreams come true tk - 1
* 1956 - clyde williams w/sun ra arkestra - dreams come true tk - 3 (slower version)

the arkestra singers - hattie randolph -
* 1957 - hattie randolph w/sun ra arkestra - don’t blame me tk - 1
* 1957 - hattie randolph w/sun ra arkestra - (hattie randolph talking)
* 1959 - hattie randolph w/sun ra arkestra - round midnight tk - 1, 2, 3 (mono mix)
* 1976 - hattie randolph w/sun ra arkestra “live” -

the pershing ballroom jam feat. pat patrick, gene ammons & j.j. johnson
* 1958 - sun ra all - star jam - chi - town blues
* 1958 - sun ra all - star jam - just you just me

sun ra & his men from space - “play pop hits live” at bud land
* 1958 - sun ra and his men from space - tequila (pop tune) (w/announcements)
* 1958 - sun ra and his men from space - (end of set theme)


box 2

- new york city - the angels & demons at play rehearsal -
* 1960 - sun ra arkestra and his arkestra - tiny pyramids
* 1960 - sun ra arkestra and his arkestra - egyptian fantasy
* 1960 - sun ra arkestra and his arkestra - summertime tk - 3
* 1960 - sun ra arkestra and his arkestra - onward

the fate in a plesant mood session - lights on a satellite (w/echo) -
* 1960 - sun ra arkestra and his arkestra - lights on a satellite

the tenor sax of john gilmore - “live” -
* 1960 - sun ra arkestra and his arkestra - it ain’t necessarily so
* 1960 - sun ra arkestra and his arkestra - space aura
* 1960 - sun ra arkestra and his arkestra - how high the moon

the 1961 - majestic hall rehearsal -
* 1961 - sun ra arkestra and his arkestra - dark
* 1961 - sun ra arkestra and his arkestra - outer space
* 1961 - sun ra arkestra and his arkestra - lady bird
* 1961 - the arkestra - gone tk - 1 (rehearsal on miles davis’ solo)
* 1961 - the arkestra - gone tk - 2

the 1961 - unreleased savoy records audition -
* 1961 - sun ra arkestra and his arkestra - mother hood (beautiful composition)

the 1961 - calvin newborn rehearsals -
* 1961 - sun ra / calvin newborn / - ruby
* 1961 - sun ra / calvin newborn / - island in the sun

the 1962 - sun ra & pat patrick rehearsal -
* 1962 - sun ra / pat patrick w/rhythm - blues

the 1962 - what’s new session -
* 1962 - sun ra / calvin newborn - what’s new
* 1962 - sun ra / calvin newborn - wanderlust