Sun Ra Arkestra - Lights on a Satellite (2024)

Available for the very first time, the intergalactic icon Sun Ra and his Arkestra’s Lights On A Satellite: Live at the Left Bank was recorded on July 23, 1978 at the Famous Ballroom in Baltimore, Maryland by the Left Bank Jazz Society. The limited-edition 2-CD set contains audio from the Sun Ra Archives and was researched and compiled by Sun Ra archivist Michael D. Anderson. The critically acclaimed independent filmmaker Robert Mugge has also provided audio from the recordings he made at the Left Bank which was featured in his 1980 film Sun Ra: A Joyful Noise. The deluxe package includes liners notes by veteran music critic J.D. Considine, plus interviews with the centenarian Arkestra saxophonist Marshall Allen, NEA Jazz Master saxophonist Gary Bartz and pianist Craig Taborn.

Sun Ra – piano & electric piano
June Tyson – vocals
John Gilmore – tenor saxophone & clarinet
Marshall Allen – alto saxophone, flute & piccolo
Danny Davis – alto saxophone & flute
Danny Ray Thompson – baritone saxophone & flute
Walter Miller – trumpet
Michael Ray – trumpet & vocal
Eloe Omoe – alto saxophone & bass clarinet
Craig Harris – trombone
Dale Williams – guitar
Damon Choice – vibes
Richard Williams (Radu) - acoustic & electric bass
Michael D Anderson – drums
Eddie Thomas – drums
Atakatune – congas
James Jacson – ancient infinity drum & bassoon
The Jingle Brothers – bells & percussion