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''Nothing Is'' is a
live album An album is a collection of audio recordings (e.g., music) issued on a medium such as compact disc (CD), vinyl (record), audio tape (like 8-track or cassette), or digital. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early 20th centur ...
by the American composer, bandleader and keyboardist
Sun Ra Le Sony'r Ra (born Herman Poole Blount, May 22, 1914 – May 30, 1993), better known as Sun Ra, was an American jazz composer, bandleader, piano and synthesizer player, and poet known for his experimental music, "cosmic" philosophy, prolific ou ...
, recorded in 1966 and released on the
ESP-Disk ESP-Disk is a New York–based record company and label founded in 1963 by lawyer Bernard Stollman. History Though it originally existed to release Esperanto-based music, beginning with its second release (Albert Ayler's ''Spiritual Unity''), E ...
label in 1970.Sun Ra discography
accessed July 20, 2010
In 2010 ESP-Disk released an expanded 2CD edition, restoring the full concert on disc one and adding part of the second set and some tracks from the sound check on disc two.


Reception

The
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review by Lindsay Planer stated: "Sun Ra and his Arkestra issued only a handful of titles on the groundbreaking indie ESP-Disk label. Each title respectively contains some of their most expressive musical statements to date".Planer, L.
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accessed July 20, 2010


Track listing

:''All compositions by Sun Ra''


12" Vinyl

Side A: # "Dancing Shadows" - 9:50 # "Imagination" - 1:53 # "Exotic Forest" - 9:50 Side B: #
  • "Sun Ra and His Band from Outer Space" - 1:58 # "Shadow World" - 13:48 # "Theme of the Stargazers" - 0:40 # "Outer Spaceways Incorporated" - 1:42 # "Next Stop Mars" - 0:38 :*Track lengths on cover differ significantly from actual playing times given above. :*This version is also available on CD (without the bonus tracks below) as ZYX-Music / ESP 1045-2.


    CD Bonus Tracks

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  • "Velvet" - 7:20 # "Outer Nothingness" - 15:43 # "We Travel the Spaceways" - 1:30 :*Recorded live on tour of New York state colleges in March 1966.


    2CD Deluxe Edition

    "Disc One" (66/5/18 - first set) # "Sun Ra And HIs Band From Outer Space" - 14:02 # "The Shadow World" - 4:40 # "Interpolation" - 2:18 # "The Satellites Are Spinning" - 1:17 # "Advice To Medics" - 2:50 # "Velvet" - 8:16 # "Space Aura" - 10:26 # "The Exotic Forest" - 9:43 # "Theme Of The Stargazers" - 1:52 # "Outer Spaceways Incorporated" - 2:24 # "Dancing Shadows" - 9:45 # "Imagination" - 0:40 # "The Second Stop Is Jupiter" - 1:12 # "Next Stop Mars" - 0:41 "Disc Two" (66/5/18 - partial second set and sound check) # "The Satellites Are Spinning" - 9:08 # "Velvet" - 7:10 # "Interplanetary Chaos" - 4:35 # "Theme Of The Stargazers" - 1:30 # "The Second Stop Is Jupiter" - 11:16 # "We Travel The Spaceways" - 1:42 # "Nothing Is" - 6:13 # "It Is Eternal" - 12:37 # "State Street" - 8:21 # The Exotic Forest" - 4:32


    Personnel

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    Sun Ra Le Sony'r Ra (born Herman Poole Blount, May 22, 1914 – May 30, 1993), better known as Sun Ra, was an American jazz composer, bandleader, piano and synthesizer player, and poet known for his experimental music, "cosmic" philosophy, prolific ou ...
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    piano A piano is a keyboard instrument that produces sound when its keys are depressed, activating an Action (music), action mechanism where hammers strike String (music), strings. Modern pianos have a row of 88 black and white keys, tuned to a c ...
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    clavioline The clavioline is an electronic analog synthesizer. It was invented by French engineer Constant Martin in 1947 in Versailles. The instrument consists of a keyboard and a separate amplifier and speaker unit. The keyboard usually covered thr ...
    *Ali Hassan, Teddy Nance -
    trombone The trombone (, Italian, French: ''trombone'') is a musical instrument in the Brass instrument, brass family. As with all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player's lips vibrate inside a mouthpiece, causing the Standing wave, air c ...
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    Marshall Allen Marshall Belford Allen (born May 25, 1924) is an American free jazz and avant-garde jazz alto saxophone player. He also performs on flute, oboe, piccolo, and the EWI. Allen is best known for his work with Sun Ra, having recorded and performed ...
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    alto saxophone The alto saxophone is a member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments. Saxophones were invented by Belgians, Belgian instrument designer Adolphe Sax in the 1840s and patented in 1846. The alto saxophone is pitched in the key of E♭ ( ...
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    flute The flute is a member of a family of musical instruments in the woodwind group. Like all woodwinds, flutes are aerophones, producing sound with a vibrating column of air. Flutes produce sound when the player's air flows across an opening. In th ...
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    piccolo The piccolo ( ; ) is a smaller version of the western concert flute and a member of the woodwind family of musical instruments. Sometimes referred to as a "baby flute" or piccolo flute, the modern piccolo has the same type of fingerings as the ...
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    oboe The oboe ( ) is a type of double-reed woodwind instrument. Oboes are usually made of wood, but may also be made of synthetic materials, such as plastic, resin, or hybrid composites. The most common type of oboe, the soprano oboe pitched in C, ...
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    John Gilmore John Gilmore may refer to: * John Gilmore (activist) (born 1955), co-founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation and Cygnus Solutions * John Gilmore (musician) (1931–1995), American jazz saxophonist * John Gilmore (representative) (1780–1845), ...
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    tenor saxophone The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B (whi ...
    * Pat Patrick -
    baritone saxophone The baritone saxophone (sometimes abbreviated to "bari sax") is a member of the saxophone family of instruments, larger (and lower-pitched) than the tenor saxophone, but smaller (and higher-pitched) than the bass saxophone, bass. It is the lowe ...
    , flute *Robert Cummings -
    bass clarinet The bass clarinet is a musical instrument of the clarinet family. Like the more common Soprano clarinet, soprano B clarinet, it is usually pitched in B (meaning it is a transposing instrument on which a written C sounds as B), but it plays no ...
    *James Jacson - flute,
    log drums A slit drum, or slit gong, is a hollow percussion instrument, often made out of wood or bamboo. In spite of its often being called a drum, it is not a true drum, because it lacks a ''drumhead'', the membrane (made out of animal skin or plastic) ...
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    Ronnie Boykins Ronald Boykins (December 17, 1935 – April 20, 1980) was a jazz double bass, bassist and is best known for his work with pianist/bandleader Sun Ra, although he had played with such disparate musicians as Muddy Waters, Johnny Griffin, and Jimmy Wi ...
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    bass Bass or Basses may refer to: Fish * Bass (fish), various saltwater and freshwater species Wood * Bass or basswood, the wood of the tilia americana tree Music * Bass (sound), describing low-frequency sound or one of several instruments in th ...
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    tuba The tuba (; ) is the largest and lowest-pitched musical instrument in the brass instrument, brass family. As with all brass instruments, the sound is produced by lip vibrationa buzzinto a mouthpiece (brass), mouthpiece. It first appeared in th ...
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    Clifford Jarvis Clifford Osbourne Jarvis (August 26, 1941 – November 26, 1999) was an American hard bop and free jazz drummer, who in the 1980s moved to London, England, where he spent the remainder of his career. Biography Clifford Jarvis, the son of Malc ...
    , Roger Blank, Jimmy Johnson -
    drum The drum is a member of the percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system, it is a membranophone. Drums consist of at least one membrane, called a drumhead or drum skin, that is stretched over a ...
    *Carl S. Malone, Nimrod Hunt - sun horn,
    gong A gongFrom Indonesian language, Indonesian and ; ; zh, c=鑼, p=luó; ; ; ; ; is a percussion instrument originating from Southeast Asia, and used widely in Southeast Asian and East Asian musical traditions. Gongs are made of metal and ...


    References

    {{Authority control 1970 live albums ESP-Disk live albums Sun Ra live albums