Sleeping Beauty (Sun Ra album)

Sleeping Beauty is an album by jazz composer, bandleader and keyboardist Sun Ra and his Intergalactic Myth Science Solar Arkestra recorded in 1979 and originally released on Ra's Saturn label and rereleased on CD on Art Yard in 2008.[1]

Sleeping Beauty
Studio album by
Sun Ra and His Intergalactic Myth Science Solar Arkestra
Released1979
RecordedNovember 1, 1979
Unknown Studio
GenreAvant-garde jazz, jazz fusion, modern big band, post-bop
Length29:53
LabelEl Saturn
11-1-79
ProducerPeter Dennett (reissue)
Sun Ra chronology
On Jupiter
(1979)
Sleeping Beauty
(1979)
Live from Soundscape
(1979)

Reception

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The Allmusic review by Sean Westergaard awarded the album 4½ stars stating "This is the great late-night Sun Ra chillout album you never knew about. The band had been working in a more groove-oriented setting off and on for over a year, as evidenced by the albums Lanquidity and On Jupiter, with both featuring prominent electric bass and electric guitar".[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic     [2]

Track listing

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All compositions by Sun Ra

  1. "Springtime Again" – 9:12
  2. "Door of the Cosmos" – 8:53
  3. "Sleeping Beauty" – 11:48

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ Sun Ra discography accessed July 7, 2014
  2. ^ a b Westergaard, S., Allmusic Review accessed July 7, 2014