Live in Egypt 1

Live in Egypt 1
Live album by Sun Ra and his Arkestra
Released	1972
Recorded	December 12–16, 1971
Genre	Free Jazz
Label	El Saturn Records / Thoth Intergalactic
Sun Ra and his Arkestra chronology
It's After the End of the World (1972) Live in Egypt 1 (1972) Nidhamu (1972)

Live in Egypt 1 is a recording by the jazz musician Sun Ra and his Astro-Intergalactic-Infinity Arkestra, documenting their first visit to Egypt.

Tracks 1-4 are from a television broadcast on December 16, 1971 and include an interview with Sun Ra; tracks 5-7 are recordings made at a domestic concert in Heliopolis 4 days previously.^[1]

In various editions, the record has sometimes been known by other titles, "Dark Myth Equation Visitation" and "Nature's God" ^[2]

Track listing

1. "Discipline 27"
2. "Solar-Ship Voyage"
3. "Cosmo-Darkness"
4. "The Light Thereof"
5. "Friendly Galaxy No 2"
6. "To Nature's God"
7. "Why Go To The Moon?"

Personnel

• John Gilmore - tenor saxophone
• Danny Davis - alto saxophone, flute
• Marshall Allen - alto saxophone, flute, oboe
• Kwame Hadi - trumpet, conga drums
• Pat Patrick - baritone saxophone
• Elo Omoe - bass clarinet
• Tommy Hunter - percussion
• Danny Thompson - baritone saxophone, flute
• June Tyson - vocal
• Larry Narthington - alto saxophone, conga drum
• Lex Humphries - percussion
• Clifford Jarvis - percussion
• Hakim Rahim - alto saxophone, flute
• Sun Ra - organ, Mini Moog, piano
• Tam Fiofori - Engineer

References

1. Szwed, John F (1997). Space is the Place: The life and times of Sun Ra. Pantheon. pp. 292–293. ISBN 0-86241-722-8.
2. "Sun Ra' discography". Retrieved 2008-08-17.