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- Summary: The latest full-length release from the 24-member avant-garde jazz ensemble Sun Ra Arkestra was led by 100-year-old Marshall Allen.
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- Record Label: In + Out Records
- Genre(s): Jazz, Pop/Rock
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Dec 16, 2024This is a fresh, meticulously arranged but still casual-sounding big band outing.
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Dec 16, 2024On Lights on a Satellite, you get both sides of the Ra legacy from an immaculately recorded 24-piece band. .... Alternately exuberant and mysterious.
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UncutDec 16, 2024The album is a fantastic ride along well-travelled spaceways, balancing Ra compositions with an eclectic mix of early 20th-century American music. [Jan 2025, p.30]
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MojoDec 16, 2024Studio-recorded in a single sitting, the Arkestra honour their mentor’s methods by keeping everything moving, seemingly to infinity. [Feb 2025, p.89]
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The WireFeb 4, 2025Those arrangements, many drawn from Ra’s own vintage charts but others assembled by Allen, have an urbane lushness, the 24-piece ensemble swinging hard in tight formation, only occasionally letting their freak flags fly. [Mar 2025, p.44]
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Record CollectorJan 2, 2025The album's highlights range from toe-tapping big band swingers (Big John's Special) and serene Ballads (Tapestry For An Asteroid) to more Outre pieces like the epic Friendly Galaxy and the otherworldly Reflects Motion. [Jan 2025, p.92]
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Feb 10, 2025The Sun Ra Arkestra’s sonic vision transcends time and space for these keepers of the cosmic flame, and that vitality comes through loud and clear with Lights on a Satellite.