Horizon (Sun Ra album)

Horizon is a recording by the jazz musician Sun Ra and his Astro-Intergalactic-Infinity Arkestra, forming part of the documentation of their first visit to Egypt.

Horizon
Live album by
Sun Ra and his Arkestra
Released1972
RecordedDecember 17, 1971
GenreFree Jazz
LabelEl Saturn Records / Thoth Intergalactic
Sun Ra and his Arkestra chronology
Nidhamu
(1972)
Horizon
(1972)
Space is the Place
(1972)

It was recorded at the Ballon Theatre, Cairo.[1]

In various editions, the record has sometimes been known by the other title of "Starwatchers" [2]

Track listing edit

Original LP:

  1. "Starwatchers/Theme of the Stargazers"
  2. "Discipline 2"
  3. "Shadow World"
  4. "Third Planet"
  5. "Space Is the Place"
  6. "Horizon"
  7. "Discipline 8"

CD reissue:

No.TitleLength
1."Theme of the Star Gazers"1:22
2."Discipline #2"5:28
3."The Shadow World"16:42
4."Enlightenment"2:37
5."Love in Outer Space"7:13
6."Third Planet"6:44
7."Space Is the Place"6:10
8."Horizon"5:31
9."Discipline #8"11:22
10."We'll Wait for You"1:38
11."The Satellites Are Spinning"11:14

Personnel edit

References edit

  1. ^ Szwed, John F (1997). Space is the Place: The life and times of Sun Ra. Pantheon. pp. 435. ISBN 0-86241-722-8.
  2. ^ "Sun Ra' discography". Archived from the original on 2008-02-08. Retrieved 2008-08-17.