The Transparency label, which has been making a name for itself with its Sun Ra live and unreleased titles will release an ambitious 14-disc collection from the late jazz pianist, composer and bandleader. Titled The Eternal Myth: The Early Music History of Sun Ra, it’s tantalizingly billed as “Part One” and is “the first collaboration” between the label’s Michael Sheppard and the Sun Ra Music Archive,” the official Sun Ra organization founded by Michael D. Anderson (who was a member of Sun Ra’s legendary Arkestra).
Part One examines Sun Ra’s early 1920s Blues Vocal and 1930s Big Band influences, his first recordings in 1946 as a piano sideman, his arrangements and compositions, Sun Ra as a singer in the late 1940s, his trio in 1949, creating the sound for vocalists Laverne Baker and Joe Williams, coaching The Hambone Kids in 1952 and the late 1940s Afro-Cuban influence of band leader Perez Prado and other rare facts and musically unheard inclusions.”
Contained on the box will be 13 hours of “ultra-rare music plus hours of Sun Ra speech” detailing autobiographical details, along with an 150-page 5″ x 5″ book.
For ordering info contact the label at transparency2011@yahoo.com.
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