Sun Ra And His Arkestra – Jazz In Silhouette (Vinyl) Psychic Ills A2 A Lifetime

A2 A Lifetime

pianist Herbie Hancock began moving away from the modernist hard bop sound that defined his first two albums Takin’ Off and My Point Of View

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But it is not so much a transitional effort as a singular expression of where Jefferies head was at

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Sun Ra And His Arkestra – Jazz In Silhouette (Vinyl) Psychic Ills A2 A LifetimeRecorded in 1958, Jazz in Silhouette stands as an overlooked masterpiece, a work that shows Ra not as a mere curiosity or backwater galaxy, but as a major creative force in the jazz universe, a center of gravity around which many of jazzs major developments have orbited. This album simply inspires, no matter what perspective you adopt: rhythm, melody, ensemble or mood. You can listen to John Gilmore sculpt his solo on Saturn with sensitivity and