Sun Ra And His Myth Science Arkestra: Cosmic Tones For Mental Therapy And Art Forms Of Dimensions Tomorrow
Cosmic Tones For Mental Therapy And Art Forms Of Dimensions Tomorrow
Sun Ra: Hammond B-3 organ, Clavioline, celeste, percussion
Marshall Allen: oboe, percussion
Danny Davis: alto sax, flute
John Gilmore: bass clarinet, percussion
Bernard Pettaway: bass trombone
Pat Patrick: baritone sax
Robert Cummings: bass clarinet
Ronnie Boykins: bass
Clifford Jarvis: drums
James Jacson: percussion
Tommy Hunter: percussion, reverb
And Otherness
Thither and Yon
Adventure Equation
Moon Dance
Voice of Space
Cluster of Galaxies
Ankh
Solar Drums
The Outer Heavens
Infinity of the Universe
Lights on a Satellite
Kosmos in Blue
Recorded in 1963 but not released until 1967 on Sun Ra's Saturn label, Cosmic Tones for Mental Therapy is one of the more notorious of the artist's early New York releases. It near-completely rejects existing notions of jazz in favor of conducted chaos, offering a template for the unknown. Therapeutic for some, electroshock for others. In its lysergic abstractness, Cosmic Tones prefigures by a few years the outer dimensions of psychedelia (which was inspired by psychosis-replicating chemicals), and foreshadows some of the wilder studio escapades of Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention.
Produced by: IHNFINITY Inc. and Alton Abraham
Reissue produced by: Jerry Gordon
Cosmic Tones For Mental Therapy And Art Forms Of Dimensions Tomorrow
Sun Ra: Hammond B-3 organ, Clavioline, celeste, percussion
Marshall Allen: oboe, percussion
Danny Davis: alto sax, flute
John Gilmore: bass clarinet, percussion
Bernard Pettaway: bass trombone
Pat Patrick: baritone sax
Robert Cummings: bass clarinet
Ronnie Boykins: bass
Clifford Jarvis: drums
James Jacson: percussion
Tommy Hunter: percussion, reverb
And Otherness
Thither and Yon
Adventure Equation
Moon Dance
Voice of Space
Cluster of Galaxies
Ankh
Solar Drums
The Outer Heavens
Infinity of the Universe
Lights on a Satellite
Kosmos in Blue
Recorded in 1963 but not released until 1967 on Sun Ra's Saturn label, Cosmic Tones for Mental Therapy is one of the more notorious of the artist's early New York releases. It near-completely rejects existing notions of jazz in favor of conducted chaos, offering a template for the unknown. Therapeutic for some, electroshock for others. In its lysergic abstractness, Cosmic Tones prefigures by a few years the outer dimensions of psychedelia (which was inspired by psychosis-replicating chemicals), and foreshadows some of the wilder studio escapades of Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention.
Produced by: IHNFINITY Inc. and Alton Abraham
Reissue produced by: Jerry Gordon
Cosmic Tones For Mental Therapy And Art Forms Of Dimensions Tomorrow
Sun Ra: Hammond B-3 organ, Clavioline, celeste, percussion
Marshall Allen: oboe, percussion
Danny Davis: alto sax, flute
John Gilmore: bass clarinet, percussion
Bernard Pettaway: bass trombone
Pat Patrick: baritone sax
Robert Cummings: bass clarinet
Ronnie Boykins: bass
Clifford Jarvis: drums
James Jacson: percussion
Tommy Hunter: percussion, reverb
And Otherness
Thither and Yon
Adventure Equation
Moon Dance
Voice of Space
Cluster of Galaxies
Ankh
Solar Drums
The Outer Heavens
Infinity of the Universe
Lights on a Satellite
Kosmos in Blue
Recorded in 1963 but not released until 1967 on Sun Ra's Saturn label, Cosmic Tones for Mental Therapy is one of the more notorious of the artist's early New York releases. It near-completely rejects existing notions of jazz in favor of conducted chaos, offering a template for the unknown. Therapeutic for some, electroshock for others. In its lysergic abstractness, Cosmic Tones prefigures by a few years the outer dimensions of psychedelia (which was inspired by psychosis-replicating chemicals), and foreshadows some of the wilder studio escapades of Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention.
Produced by: IHNFINITY Inc. and Alton Abraham
Reissue produced by: Jerry Gordon