Cosmo Omnibus Imagiable Illusion (subtitled Live at Pit-Inn, Tokyo, Japan, 8, 8, 1988) is a live album by jazz composer, bandleader and keyboardist Sun Ra and his Arkestra recorded in Tokyo in 1988 and released on the Japanese DIW label.[1]
| Cosmo Omnibus Imagiable Illusion | ||||
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| Live album by Sun Ra Arkestra | ||||
| Released | 1988 | |||
| Recorded | August 8, 1988 | |||
| Venue | Pit Inn, Shinjuku, Tokyo | |||
| Genre | Free jazz | |||
| Length | 58:22 | |||
| Label | DIW | |||
| Producer | Kohei Kawakami & Zen Matsuura | |||
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Reception
editThe Allmusic review by Jesse Jarnow awarded the album 3 stars stating "The recording captures the band sympathetically, managing to keep the chaos under control through a crisp and deep mix... a good introduction to Sun Ra's work".[2]
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
Track listing
editAll compositions by Sun Ra except as indicated
- " Introduction/Cosmo Approach Prelude" – 7:29
- "Angel Race/I Wait for You" – 7:18
- "Can You Take It?" – 3:14
- "If You Came from Nowhere Here" – 10:27
- "Astro Black" – 11:23
- "Prelude to a Kiss" (Duke Ellington, Irving Gordon) – 5:11
- "Why Was I Born?" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) – 5:57
- "Insterstellar Lo-Ways" – 7:23
Personnel
edit- Sun Ra – piano, synthesizer, vocals
- Michael Ray – trumpet, vocals on "Why Was I Born?"
- Ahmed Abdullah – trumpet
- Tyrone Hill – trombone
- Marshall Allen – alto saxophone
- John Gilmore – tenor saxophone, timbales
- Danny Ray Thompson – baritone saxophone
- Eloe Omoe – bass clarinet, alto saxophone, contra-alto clarinet
- June Tyson – violin, vocals on "Astro Black"
- Bruce Edwards – electric guitar
- Rollo Radford – electric bass
- Eric Walker, Earl "Buster" Smith – drums
References
edit- ^ Sun Ra discography Archived March 20, 2015, at the Wayback Machine accessed July 21, 2010
- ^ a b Jarnow, J., Allmusic Review accessed July 3, 2014