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The Night Of The Purple Moon

Sun Ra Format: Audio CD
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  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Package Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.55 x 4.97 x 0.54 inches; 1.21 Pounds
  • Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ ATAVISTIC Uniheard
  • Date First Available ‏ : ‎ June 28, 2007
  • Label ‏ : ‎ ATAVISTIC Uniheard
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B000S1KU38
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.9 4.9 out of 5 stars 7 ratings

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Geoffrey R. Balme
5.0 out of 5 stars Otherworldly beauty
Reviewed in the United States on May 30, 2008
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I once heard of a physics class that the professor described as the physics of the bits of stuff that DON'T go down the drain when you pull the stopper. How they end up spinning off in their own difficult to describe dynamics of motion skirting but never joining the curve of the flow, was the topic.

Sun Ra's style of music reminds of this. Sun Ra's music of topic is the dynamics of those musical elements that don't ease in with the flow.

This record, however, has some of his most bluesy and accessible pieces. Many of the pieces are solo keyboard bits, and stand alone as great creative improvs, the last three are tacked on from home recordings 10 years earlier, and are very beautiful.

The band bits, are of a much stripped down band. For my money this allows more focus to be placed on Sunny's keys, and he fills in the space with wonderous chordal splashes, noisy flourishes, and the usual bedlam that is the trademark of the genius from another world.

I've you've been curious about Sun Ra but didn't know what to buy (he released something like 20 albums in 1978 alone!) this is a great place to start. It's Dreamy, inspiring, and at times danceable!

And nothing much like anything else he recorded.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Spooky? Quirky? Soulful? How about Sublime!
Reviewed in the United States on April 19, 2008
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Studio recorded in 1970, New York, with the small gathering of Sun Ra, John Gilmore, Danny Davis and Stafford James, Night of the Purple Moon is a unique recording all about Sun Ra's fantastic, yet quiet, meditations. Just recently reissued on CD, the original LP's eleven songs have been augmented by three 60's home recordings of Sun Ra on electric piano and an alternate take of Love in Outer Space.

About half of this collection is Ra, solo, sweetly thinking on his Rocksichord, Mini-Moog or electric piano, while the other half features the quartet. Gilmore plays a wonderfully strong, classic tenor sax on Impromptu Festival, yet works as drummer for the rest, with James backing on electric bass. Davis dominates with alto sax on A Bird's Eye View Of Man's World and the catchy opener, Sun-Earth Rock, which you might find yourself humming throughout the day. On others he variously plays clarinet, flute and bongos.

Purple Moon is not Big Band Arkestra in a showy mood, with explosions, tsunamis and choral singing. In fact, there are no vocals. Mr. Ra conducts this little fireside chat through music alone. It's like his mind is wired to yours. Put it on and you will feel him with you, fire in his eyes, joy in his heart, and love in his soul. The moon may even look purple.
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Kenneth M. Goodman
5.0 out of 5 stars So Glad I Got This
Reviewed in the United States on May 31, 2013
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Terrific. Melodic. Dreamingly chaotic; but engaging as it's fun. Electric bass is on the one. Solo keyboarding by Sun. Completely vocal free! Love it, intensely. By the way: this CD doubles nicely with another: "Other Plains of There," also vocal-free; and other-worldly, a bit more spacey, but that's fine, for enjoying Sun Ra wine, which is clearly on d'Vine.
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Dave
5.0 out of 5 stars Sun Ra doing it right.
Reviewed in the United States on April 1, 2015
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Just a stunning album of Jazz organ delight off the beaten path.
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Chet Fakir
4.0 out of 5 stars Sun gets funky in an appealing small group session
Reviewed in the United States on June 9, 2013
On this recording Sun Ra eschews playing acoustic piano and instead concentrates more on his electric arsenal of Roksichord, mini-moog, electric piano and on one tune, Celeste. But unlike other albums there aren't any (really) crazed Moog or organ workouts even on the solo keyboard selections. Instead Ra is somewhat "mellow" or inside on this date, prefering to take a straighter, blusier and funkier approach than was his usual wont in 1970. This is a small group offering and very different from Sun's larger and more fantastical free excursions into the aether. As someone who is a fan of those larger excursions, this album came as a pleasant surprise. I find it really works.
Sun is accompanied by Danny Davis on alto, flute, clarinet and percussion, John Gilmore on tenor sax and drums and Stafford James on electric bass. They all play very well but I have to say I was surprised to hear Gilmore's facillity on drums, not bad at all.
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Nathaniel E. Yielding
5.0 out of 5 stars My First Sun Ra Experience is Captivating and Charming
Reviewed in the United States on August 30, 2008
Now that I finally got around to hearing Sun Ra, I wonder where he's been my whole life. I thoroughly enjoyed this record. In addition to the album being unique and accessable, it is quirky which makes the listener feel as though he is part of a small esoteric club of like minded people, kind of like listening to Daniel Johnston or in my experience appreciating the brilliant pyschedilic pop of the beach boys. Sun Ra's keyboard sounds otherworldy as it is in tone and the rhythms here are fascinating and original. I am sure to pick up more Sun Ra. If you are new to his music then I recommend that this is a good place to start.
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Scott McFarland
4.0 out of 5 stars Contains Some Fine Jazz
Reviewed in the United States on November 30, 2010
This record, long unavailable except for hand-pressed copies, has enjoyed a reputation as one of the more universally enjoyable of the many "rare" Sun Ra recordings. And, it largely is. The quartet pieces are very fine. The compositions, which remind me of Charles Mingus here and there, are substantial. Some are really really good, actually (on the level of it being shocking that they have been largely unheard all those decades). The playing is good, Danny Davis doing a fine job on sax and Ra doing some of his bluesier playing on the slower tracks.

About half the LP is solo Ra on electronic keyboards - not unlike "My Brother the Wind Part II" from roughly this time frame. (Another record with great moments on it). And as with that release, the solo pieces are more abstract and more difficult to enjoy.

The sound quality is excellent, considering limitations of the original. I applaud Atavistic for what they have done here. They did a quality job of getting good music available to the public.
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