Format Details:
Release Date: 01 October 2017
Label: Waxtime
Packaging Type: Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 8436028699155
Genres: Jazz
Release Date: 20 September 2024
Label: 20th Century Masterworks
Packaging Type: Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 8436563185502
Genres: Jazz
Description
180g blue coloured vinyl - the complete LP + bonus track, contains new specially prepared liner notes by Penguin Guide to Jazz's writer Brian Morton. One of the great enigmatic figures of jazz, Sun Ra's persona as philosopher, showman and space enthusiast often overshadowed his purely musical accomplishments as one of the most prolific and creative composers and big band leaders in the business. 'Jazz In Silhouette' is one of Sun Ra's most exceptional and highly regarded albums of the 1950s.
Although the exact recording dates are unknown, the sessions took place in Chicago towards the end of 1958.
The Penguin Guide to Jazzgave 'Jazz in Silhouette' the prestigious four stars accompanied by a Crown, which is the book's highest rating.
"This marvellous record will surely some day be recognised as one of the most important jazz records since the war." - The Penguin Guide to Jazz.
Tracklisting
Ella Fitzgerald
Nina Simone
Elvis Presley
Oscar Peterson
Michel Legrand & Miles Davis
Duke Ellington & John Coltrane
Sonny Rollins
Quincy Jones
Sun Ra
Sun Ra
Sun Ra
Sun Ra
Sun Ra
Sun Ra
Sun Ra
Sun Ra and His Arkestra
