Customer Reviews

Holiday for Soul Dance

5 star:		(3)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(0)
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Not all that much music on here, but what is here is beautifully arranged and played, and Evidence did a great job on the mastering. It's a good Ra session where he arranges other people's compositions. I brought this out of mothballs yesterday, and quite enjoyed it.

This is a beautiful album by Sun Ra. It is very easy to listen to with the jazz standard tunes. I have seen Sun Ra and the Arkestra 6-8 times over the years and very much like their take on jazz standards. A number of the albums are not for "kids" in that they are very much on the outside, so proceed cautiously so as not to get scared away, and allow yourself to grow with the music.

To the person who says, "not enough music", GET REAL.
It's never enough and should leave you wanting MORE.
This was an GREAT re-release.
If you do or don't know of this gentlemans greatness, you can't miss with this one.
My 5 and 3 year old love it too.

Yet another collection of Sun Ra material that has an uncertain recording date, though it seems as if the material was recorded in the late-1960s.

The eight numbers chronicle a retrospective journey by Sun Ra, back to the 1940s in Chicago when he was a young pianist. I Loves You, Porgy, Keep Your Sunny Side Up, Day by Day and Body and Soul are excellent strides back to a time when Sun Ra was learning valuable lessons in his quest to become a jazz artist.

This album of standards is delightful. It is only 32 minutes long and contains one vocal track (#5) that I don't particularly care for, yet I have give it the coveted five stars that I don't hand out very often. Why?

The other seven tracks are just wonderful upbeat music with that indefinable Sun Ra twist and superb arrangements. You listen to this, you feel happy, you spend the rest of the day with a song in your heart. As simple as that. A classic album--they just don't make 'em like this any more.

My star rating system goes like this:

5 stars--an absolute classic
4 stars--the artist is on top form here, a good buy
3 stars--fans of this artist should enjoy this album
2 stars--some good stuff, but inconsistent
1 star--just not good enough