『Space Is The Place』は、21分にも及ぶタイトル曲の盛り上がりが印象的な、アヴァンギャルド・ジャズ、エクスペリメンタル・ロック、そしてアフロフューチャリズムを融合させたサン・ラーの別世界を旅するのに不可欠なアルバムであると同時に、新しいリスナーにとっても格好の入り口となる1973年発表作品。
〈パーソネル〉 Sun Ra and His Astro Intergalactic Infinity Arkestra
発売・販売元 提供資料(2023/07/14)
Space Is the Place provides an excellent introduction to Sun Ra's vast and free-form jazz catalog. Typical of many Sun Ra recordings, the program is varied; earthbound songs, like the swing number "Images" and Egyptian exotica piece "Discipline," fit right in with more space-age cuts, like the tumultuous "Sea of Sounds" and the humorous "Rocket Number Nine." Sun Ra fuses many of these styles on the sprawling title cut, as interlocking harmonies, African percussion, manic synthesizer lines, and joyous ensemble blowing all jell into some sort of church revival of the cosmos. Throughout the recording, Sun Ra displays his typically wide-ranging talents on space organ and piano, reed players John Gilmore and Marshall Allen contribute incisive and intense solos, and June Tyson masterfully leads the Space Ethnic Voices on dreamy vocal flights. This is a fine recording and a must for Sun Ra fans. ~ Stephen Cook
Rovi