The Sun Ra Arkestra The Magic City
CD
Free Jazz
Space-Age

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Evidence, Evidence
tracks 1, 2, 4 alto saxophone Danny Davis
tracks 1 alto saxophone Harry Spencer
alto saxophone Marshall Allen
arranged by, composed by Sun Ra
art direction Rothacker Advertising & Design
artwork [cover art] William White
tracks 1, 2 baritone saxophone Pat Patrick
bass Ronnie Boykins
tracks 1, 2 bass clarinet Robert Cummings
tracks 2 to 4 bass trombone Bernard Pettaway
tracks 2 to 4 drums Jimmy Johnson
tracks 1 drums Roger Blank
engineer [premastering] Roger Seibel
tracks 1 flute Danny Davis
tracks 1 flute Marshall Allen
tracks 1 flute Pat Patrick
tracks 1 keyboards [clavioline], piano Sun Ra
liner notes John F. Szwed
tracks 2 to 4 percussion Chris Capers
tracks 2 to 4 percussion Danny Davis
percussion James Jacson
tracks 2 to 4 percussion John Gilmore
tracks 2 to 4 percussion Marshall Allen
tracks 2 to 4 percussion Robert Cummings
photography by [sun ra photo] Raymond Ross
tracks 2 to 4 piano, celesta [electronic celeste], marimba [bass], harp [sun harp], drum [dragon drum], timpani Sun Ra
tracks 3, 4 piccolo flute [piccolo] Marshall Allen
producer Alton Abraham
producer Ihnfinity Inc.
reissue producer Jerry Gordon
research [discographical information] Prof. Robert Campbell
tracks 1, 2 tenor saxophone John Gilmore
tracks 3, 4 timpani Pat Patrick
tracks 1 trombone Ali Hassan
tracks 2 to 4 trombone Teddy Nance
tracks 2 trumpet Chris Capers
tracks 1 trumpet Walter Miller
Phonographic Copyright (p) Evidence Music, Inc.
Copyright (c) Evidence Music, Inc.
Made By DCA (3)
Glass Mastered At Technicolor, Camarillo, CA
All selections were originally issued on the LP The Magic City (El Saturn 403). Track 1 was recorded in rehearsal in New York City around September 24th, 1965. Tracks 2-4 were recorded at Olatunji's Loft, New York in the spring of 1965.

Solos on Magic City in order of appearance:

John Gilmore - Tenor Saxophone
Danny Davis - Alto Saxophone
Pat Patrick - Baritone Saxophone
Marshall Allen - Alto Saxophone
Harry Spencer - Alto Saxophone

Back of booklet and disc photo: The Archives Collection, Birmingham Public Library, Birmingham, Alabama.

This CD is made available through the kind cooperation of Saturn Research, P.O. Box 7124, Chicago, IL. 60680.

Total playing time: 45:24

℗ & © 1993 Evidence Music Inc.

Made in the U.S.A.

Barcode: 7 30182 20692 0 (Text)
Barcode: 730182206920 (Reader)
Matrix / Runout: IFPI L892 ✷✷✷1/1DCA0545✷ C2 124221-01 THE MAGIC CITY (Variant 1 & 2)
Mastering SID Code: IFPI L892 (Variant 1 & 2)
Mould SID Code: IFPI F702 (Variant 1)
Mould SID Code: IFPI F703 (Variant 2)



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