Gilles Peterson; oltre ad essere un dj, un produttore discografico, un conduttore radiofonico ed un collezionista di dischi; è tra i fan numero uno di Sun Ra. Il defunto artista statunitense durante la sua lunga carriera ha intrapreso numerosi progetti come Sun Ra and His Arkestra, Sun Ra Quartet, Sun Ra and His Astro Infinity Arkestra, Sun Ra and His Intergalactic Myth Science Solar Arkestra, e via dicendo. Così il boss di Brownswood Recordings, Talkin’ Loud e Acid Jazz Records ha deciso di curare una raccolta dei migliori brani del jazzista, intitolata Gilles Peterson Presents Sun Ra and His Arkestra. Il doppio album uscirà via Strut e conterrà anche canzoni mai pubblicate e versioni live, come potete leggere nella tracklist qui sotto.
In occasione della rubrica del Guardian On My Radar, Jonny Greenwood dei Radiohead ha dichiarato che In the Orbit of Ra è il suo album preferito. Trovate a questo link tutti gli altri consigli culturali del chitarrista.
Gilles Peterson Presents Sun Ra and His Arkestra:
CD1
01. Sun Ra and His Myth Science Arkestra – Calling Planet Earth
02. Sun Ra – Sun Song
03. The Cosmic Rays with Sun Ra and The Arkestra – Dreaming
04. Sun Ra and His Arkestra – India
05. Sun Ra and His Myth Science Arkestra – Space Loneliness
06. Sun Ra and His Intergalactic Infinity Arkestra – Love in Outer Space
07. Sun Ra and His Myth Science Arkestra – Adventure Equation
08. Sun Ra and His Myth Science Arkestra – Spontaneous Simplicity
09. Sun Ra and His Myth Science Arkestra – Brazilian Sun
10. Sun Ra Quartet – When There Is No Sun
11. Sun Ra and His Astro Infinity Arkestra – My Brother The Wind
12. Sun Ra and His Astro Arkestra – Mystery, Mr. Ra
13. Sun Ra and His Myth Science Arkestra – Black Sky and Blue Moon
14. Sun Ra and His Myth Science Arkestra – Watusa
15. The Sun Ra Arkestra – The World of Africa
16. Sun Ra and His Solar Arkestra – Cluster Of Galaxies
17. Sun Ra and His Arkestra – Strange Worlds (Live in France)
18. Sun Ra and His Blue Universe Arkestra – Blackman
CD2
01. Sun Ra and His Myth Science Arkestra – Twilight
02. Sun Ra and His Intergalactic Myth Science Solar Arkestra – Sleeping Beauty
03. Sun Ra – Moog Solo (Live in France)
04. Sun Ra and His Arkestra – They Plan to Leave
05. Sun Ra and His Solar Arkestra – Reflects Motion (Part 1)
06. Sun Ra and His Arkestra – Children of the Sun
07. Sun Ra and His Myth Science Arkestra – We Travel the Spaceways
08. Sun Ra and His Arkestra – Astro Black (Live in Zurich)
09. Sun Ra and His Mythic Science Arkestra – Somebody Else’s idea (Live in Paris)
10. Sun Ra and His Arkestra – I Roam the Cosmos
11. Sun Ra and His Solar Arkestra – on Jupiter
12. Sun Ra – There Are Other Worlds (They Have Not Told You of)
13. Sun Ra and His Interglactic Arkestra – The All of Everything
14. Sun Ra – Enlightenment
15. Sun Ra and His Arkestra – Make Another Mistake
16. Sun Ra and His Arkestra – Space is the Place (Live in France)
