Lanquidity
| Lanquidity | ||||
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| Studio album by Sun Ra | ||||
| Released | 1978 | |||
| Recorded | July 17, 1978 | |||
| Studio | Blank Tapes Studios, New York City | |||
| Genre | Jazz fusion | |||
| Length | 43:29 | |||
| Label | Philly Jazz | |||
| Producer | Sun Ra | |||
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| Professional ratings | |
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| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| All About Jazz | favorable[1] |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
| Alternative Press |  [3] |
| Jazz Times | favorable[3] |
| Spin | favorable[3] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [4] |
Lanquidity is a studio album by American jazz musician Sun Ra. It was released in 1978 by Philly Jazz (with a shiny silver cover) and reissued on HDCD by Evidence Records in 2000 (with a light grey cover).
Music
It is quite different from his earlier recordings, drawing heavily on funk, R&B and jazz fusion. Lanquidity is also unusual in featuring two guitarists, which were seldom used in the Arkestra.[1] The funk influence is also considerable, especially on "That's How I Feel". That track also contains a prominent tenor sax solo by John Gilmore, Sun Ra's sideman from the 1950s until Sun Ra's death in 1993.
"Where Pathways Meet", "That's How I Feel", and "Twin Stars of Thence" are played in a jazz fusion style.[2]
Critical reception
Spin magazine called Lanquidity "a beautiful place to enter Ra's psych-jazz omniverse", while Alternative Press wrote that it is "impossibly funky": "Often compared to Miles Davis' heaviest jazz-rock-funk fusion, Lanquidity is dense, rhythmic and curiously hypnotic".[3] Music journalist Robert Christgau is a fan of the album.[5]
Track listing
- "Lanquidity" – 8:19
- "Where Pathways Meet" – 6:30
- "That's How I Feel" – 8:09
- "Twin Stars of Thence" – 9:30
- "There Are Other Worlds (They Have Not Told You Of)" – 10:58
Personnel
- Sun Ra: Organ, Synthesizer, Piano, Arranger, Keyboards, Hammond organ, Electric piano, Vocals, Bells, Arp, Fender Rhodes, Orchestra Bells, Mini Moog
- John Gilmore: Tenor saxophone
- Danny Ray Thompson: Flute, Baritone saxophone
- Eddie Gale: Trumpet
- Michael Ray: trumpet, flugelhorn
- Marshall Allen: Flute, Oboe, Alto saxophone
- Luqman Ali: Percussion
- Artaukatune: Drums,Tympani
- Disco Kid: ( Slo Johnson ) Guitar
- Dale Williams: guitar
- Atakatun Odun: Congas
- Elo Omoe: Flute, Bass clarinet
- Julian Pressley: Baritone saxophone
- Richard Williams: bass
- James Jacson: oboe, basson, flute, voices
- June Tyson: voices
References
- 1 2 Wuethrich, Matthew (12 January 2003). "Sun Ra: Lanquidity (1978)". Retrieved 13 September 2013.
- 1 2 Ruhlmann, William. Lanquidity at AllMusic
- 1 2 3 4 "Sun Ra - Lanquidity CD Album". CD Universe. Muze. Retrieved 2012-07-14.
- ↑ Swenson, J. (Editor) (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 186. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
- ↑ Christgau, Robert (February 6, 2001). "Pazz & Jop Preview". The Village Voice. New York: Village Voice Media. p. 2. Retrieved 2012-07-14.