Sun Ra Monorails & Satelites: Works For Solo Piano V. 1-3 CD

I have always thought orchestra. I play that way, even when playing the piano. - Sun Ra Considering the monumental depth of Sun Ra's recorded oeuvre, there are surprisingly few solo piano albums. Monorails and Satellites Volumes 1 and 2 were the first commercial LPs of the artist's solo keyboard excursions. Recorded in 1966 and released on his Saturn imprint in 1968, Volume 1 featured seven idiosyncratic originals and one standard ("Easy Street") delivered in Sunny's singular manner. Volume 2 was released the following year, and contains five compositions, all originals. A third volume was prepped but shelved, and this deluxe edition marks it's premiere release. As with all Cosmic Myth releases these volumes are superbly mastered, and are available as a deluxe 2xCD or 3xLP tri-gatefold cover with copious liners notes by renown American jazz pianist Vijay Iyer, and additional overviews by jazz historian Ben Young and producer Irwin Chusid.

1. Space Towers 2. Cognition 3. Skylight 4. The Alter Destiny 5. Easy Street 6. Blue Differentials 7. Monorails and Satellites 8. The Galaxy Way 9. Astro Vision 10. The Ninth Eye 11. Solar Boats 12. Perspective Prisms of Is 13. Calundronius 14. Soundscapes 15. The Eternal Tomorrow 16. Today Is Not Yesterday 17. World Island Festival 18. The Changing Wind 19. Don't Blame Me 20. Gone with the Wind 21. How Am I to Know 22. Yesterdays