Strange Celestial Road

Strange Celestial Road
Strange Celestial Road
Studio album by Sun Ra
Released	1980
Recorded	1979; Variety Recording Studio, New York
Genre	Free jazz
Length	35:07
Label	Rounder; 3035
Sun Ra chronology

Strange Celestial Road is an album by jazz composer, bandleader and keyboardist Sun Ra and his Arkestra, recorded in New York in 1979 and originally released on the Rounder label.^[1]

Reception[edit]

The AllMusic review by Sean Westergaard stated: "This is an overlooked album in an unwieldy discography, but it's a real gem".^[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[3]
Spin Alternative Record Guide	9/10^[4]

Track listing[edit]

All compositions by Sun Ra

"Celestial Road" - 7:02
"Say" - 12:05
"I'll Wait for You" - 16:00

Personnel[edit]

Sun Ra - electric piano, organ, synthesizer
Michael Ray, Curt Pulliam, Walter Miller - trumpet
Craig Harris, Tony Bethel - trombone
Vincent Chancey - French horn
Marshall Allen - alto saxophone, flute
John Gilmore - tenor saxophone, percussion
James Jacson - flute, bassoon, percussion
Eloe Omoe - bass clarinet, flute
Danny Ray Thompson - baritone saxophone, flute
Kenny Williams - tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, flute
Knoel Scott - alto saxophone, baritone saxophone
Hutch Jones - alto saxophone, tenor saxophone
Sylvester Baton - reeds
Skeeter McFarland, Taylor Richardson - electric guitar
Steve Clark - electric bass
Richard Williams - bass
Harry Wilson, Damon Choice - vibraphone
Luqman Ali, Reg McDonald - drums
Atakatune - percussion
June Tyson, Rhoda Blount - vocals

References[edit]

^ Sun Ra discography accessed October 3, 2014
^ ^a ^b Westergaard, S., AllMusic Review accessed October 3, 2014
^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 186. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
^ Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. 1995. pp. 386, 388.

[Ra_discography-1] Sun Ra discography accessed October 3, 2014

[Allmusic-2] Westergaard, S., AllMusic Review accessed October 3, 2014

[RSJRG-3] Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 186. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

[SP-4] Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. 1995. pp. 386, 388.

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Discography
Arkestra Members	John Gilmore Julian Priester Pat Patrick Charles Davis Victor Sproles Marshall Allen Ronnie Boykins James Spaulding Phil Cohran Clifford Jarvis Lex Humphries Michael Ray June Tyson Ahmed Abdullah Danny Ray Thompson
Chicago period studio albums	Jazz by Sun Ra Super-Sonic Jazz Sound of Joy Visits Planet Earth The Nubians of Plutonia Jazz in Silhouette Sound Sun Pleasure!! Interstellar Low Ways Fate in a Pleasant Mood Holiday for Soul Dance Angels and Demons at Play We Travel the Space Ways
New York period studio albums	The Futuristic Sounds of Sun Ra Bad and Beautiful Art Forms of Dimensions Tomorrow Secrets of the Sun When Sun Comes Out Cosmic Tones for Mental Therapy When Angels Speak of Love Other Planes of There The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra, Volume One The Magic City The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra, Volume Two Strange Strings Monorails and Satellites Atlantis
Philadelphia period studio albums	Space Is the Place (soundtrack) Space Is The Place Pathways to Unknown Worlds Cosmos Deep Purple Some Blues But Not the Kind That's Blue New Steps Other Voices, Other Blues Visions Lanquidity Sleeping Beauty Strange Celestial Road Reflections in Blue Hours After Blue Delight Somewhere Else Purple Night Mayan Temples
Live albums	Featuring Pharoah Sanders & Black Harold Nothing Is Nuits de la Fondation Maeght It's After the End of the World Black Myth/Out in Space Live in Egypt 1 Nidhamu Horizon Live In Montreux Unity Live from Soundscape I, Pharaoh Sunrise in Different Dimensions Cosmo Omnibus Imagiable Illusion Thunder of the Gods