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June Tyson - Saturnian Queen Of The Sun Ra Arkestra - Import Red Vinyl LP Record
June Tyson - Saturnian Queen Of The Sun Ra Arkestra - Import Red Vinyl LP Record
Vinyl Record
Jazz
Vocal Jazz
March 14, 2025
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Catalog No.: LPMH8014C
JAN/ISBN: 90771420916
Number of Discs: 1
Record Size: 12”
Country/Region of Manufacture: Import
Credits:
June Tyson
Description:
The musical world of Sun Ra was one that demanded immersion and a willingness to surrender to the unique vision of the artist, both for the audience and for the musicians who worked alongside him. More than most bandleaders, Ra was a benevolent but absolute ruler whose concepts often overrode the musical personalities of the individuals in the Arkestra, and as a consequence the skills of longtime sidemen like John Gilmore and Marshall Allen werent always fully appreciated by more casual observers. The same can be said of June Tyson, the vocalist who signed on with the Arkestra in 1968 and worked with Sun Ra up until her death in 1992. Tysons role was especially demanding, as she not only had to mesh musically with an ensemble with an unusual approach to melody and song structure but she was also the mouthpiece for Ras world view of abstract philosophy, race, and the possibilities of outer space. More than a quarter-century after her passing, Tysons work with Sun Ra is finally given the examination it deserves with Saturnian Queen of the Sun Ra Arkestra, which brings together 56 minutes of recordings from the Arkestras archives (five tracks are previously unreleased) with her vocals front and center. In these performances, its easy to see that Tyson willingly put her talents at the service of Ra, yet she also fills these songs with a joy and elan that doesnt just complement the lyrics but gives them a clarity and plausibility they need (and might not have been given by other singers). On more straightforward numbers like Outer Spaceways Incorporated and standards like Smile and Never Never Land, Tyson shows she had the chops and the instincts to have been a first-class jazz singer with any band; however, its the more adventurous cuts like We Travel the Spaceways, Walking on the Moon, and Satellites are Spinning that demonstrate how well-suited to this music Tyson really was, easily bending her instrument to the shifting melodic structures, embracing the mystery of the lyrical broadsides, and occasionally approaching her parts less as the female singer and more as a fellow instrumentalist in full flight. June Tyson held a unique place in Sun Ras Arkestra, as important in her way as any of his other collaborators, and she was one of Ras most loyal acolytes for a reason -- he understood her talents and gave her the room to refine them in a way many bandleaders would not. Saturnian Queen of the Sun Ra Arkestra does right by June Tysons massive if largely unsung legacy, and its a useful sampler of her work as well as that of Sun Ra and the Arkestra from this period. ~ Mark Deming
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