| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| All About Jazz | favorable[3] |
| Allmusic |   [4] |
| Alternative Press |  [5] |
| Jazz Times | favorable[5] |
| Spin | favorable[5] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [6] |
Lanquidity is a studio album by American jazz musician Sun Ra originally released in 1978 by Philly Jazz (with a shiny silver cover) and reissued on HDCD by Evidence Records in 2000 (with a light grey cover).[7]
Music
It is quite different from Sun Ra's earlier recordings, drawing heavily on funk, R&B and jazz fusion. Lanquidity is also unusual in featuring two guitarists, which were seldom used in the Arkestra.[3] The funk influence is also considerable, especially on "That's How I Feel". That track also contains a prominent tenor sax solo by John Gilmore, Sun Ra's sideman from the 1950s until Sun Ra's death in 1993.
"Where Pathways Meet", "That's How I Feel", and "Twin Stars of Thence" are played in a jazz fusion style.[4]
Critical reception
Spin magazine called Lanquidity "a beautiful place to enter Ra's psych-jazz omniverse", while Alternative Press wrote that it is "impossibly funky": "Often compared to Miles Davis' heaviest jazz-rock-funk fusion, Lanquidity is dense, rhythmic and curiously hypnotic".[5] Music journalist Robert Christgau is a fan of the album.[8]
Track listing
- "Lanquidity" – 8:19
- "Where Pathways Meet" – 6:30
- "That's How I Feel" – 8:09
- "Twin Stars of Thence" – 9:30
- "There Are Other Worlds (They Have Not Told You Of)" – 10:58
Personnel
- Sun Ra: organ, synthesizer, piano, arranger, keyboards, Hammond organ, electric piano, vocals, bells, Arp, Fender Rhodes, orchestra bells, Mini Moog
- John Gilmore: tenor saxophone
- Danny Ray Thompson: flute, baritone saxophone
- Eddie Gale: trumpet
- Michael Ray: trumpet, flugelhorn
- Marshall Allen: flute, oboe, alto saxophone
- Luqman Ali: percussion
- Michael Anderson: percussion
- Artaukatune: drums, tympani
- Disco Kid: ( Slo Johnson ) guitar
- Dale Williams: guitar
- Atakatun Odun: congas
- Elo Omoe: Flute, bass clarinet
- Julian Pressley: baritone saxophone (sic; probably Julian Priester on trombone)
- Richard Williams: bass
- James Jacson: oboe, basson, flute, voices
- June Tyson: voices
References
- ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/lanquidity-mw0000620871
- ^ https://sunramusic.bandcamp.com/album/lanquidity
- ^ a b Wuethrich, Matthew (12 January 2003). "Sun Ra: Lanquidity (1978)". Retrieved 13 September 2013.
- ^ a b Ruhlmann, William. Lanquidity at AllMusic
- ^ a b c d "Sun Ra - Lanquidity CD Album". CD Universe. Muze. Retrieved 2012-07-14.
- ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 186. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
- ^ Jazzlists: Philly Jazz Inc discography, accessed July 9, 2018
- ^ Christgau, Robert (February 6, 2001). "Pazz & Jop Preview". The Village Voice. New York: Village Voice Media. p. 2. Retrieved 2012-07-14.
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