USA: SUN RA ARKESTRA - LIVE IN KALISZ 1986

Lanquidity Records proudly presents: SUN RA ARKESTRA - LIVE IN KALISZ (POLAND) 1986 It was one of the most peculiar landings of the Sun Ra Arkestra. Time: 7 December 1986, Polish People’s Republic, still separated from the West by the Iron Curtain. It's a grey and poor twilight of a real socialism era.


In three years the Eastern Bloc would collapse, but what still occupies the minds of Poles now is mostly the martial law imposed by the Pro-Moscow regime in 1981, when the country wanted to free itself from the influence of the Soviet Union. Place: Kalisz, one of the oldest Polish cities dating back to the 10th century, historically connected with the first kings of Poland, grew into a multinational centre with time as not only the Czech Brethren escaping the Habsburg monarchy found refuge here, but also prominent rabbis known across Europe used to operate and expound in the local Jewish community. In the 20th century,

Kalisz became a provincial city and its presence in the cultural life of Poland was most significantly marked with the International Jazz Piano Festival. It was during the 13th edition of the festival that Sun Ra Arkestra performed.


 What turned out to be most memorable for the concert-goers was the closing procession of musicians who left the stage to walk around the audience, circle the venue, and return. Researchers of the Sun Ra mysticism recognized such gestures as rituals of passage corresponding to the cosmic cycles of... more

credits released October 26, 2019 Danny Ray Thompson (bassoon, sax) Laurdine Kenneth "Pat" Patrick (baritone saxophone, alto saxophone, and Fender bass) Marshall Belford Allen (alto sax) Tyler Mitchell ( Bass ) Ronald Wilson ( Tenor Sax ) John Gilmore ( Tenor Sax, Clarinet ) James Jacson ( Bassoon, Ancient Egyptian Infinity Drums ) Leroy Taylor ( Alto Sax, Alto & Bass Clarinet ) Tyrone Hill ( Trombone ) Earl "Buster" Smith ( Drums ) Carl LeBlanc ( Guitar ) Sun Ra ( Piano, Synthesizer )