{"product_id":"sun-ra-and-his-arkestra-east-two-5","title":"Sun Ra and His Arkestra - East Two +5","description":"\u003cp\u003eSun Ra and His Arkestra beam in from the early 1970s on East Two +5, a set of previously unreleased recordings from 1972 and 1973 that finally arrives on LP.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy this point Sun Ra had spent two decades building one of jazz's most singular worlds, mixing big band swing, free improvisation, electric keyboards and Afrofuturist cosmology into something nobody else could imitate. The early 1970s were a fertile, restless period for the Arkestra, and archival finds like this one keep filling in a story that was always bigger than the official discography.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe title piece comes from a two-day session at Streeterville Studios in Chicago in October 1972, and it is the only known recording of the composition. \"East Two\" and its sibling \"East Five\" stretch out with roaming horns and churning rhythm, \"Rocket #9\" revisits one of Ra's best-loved space anthems, and a reading of the standard \"Yesterdays\" shows his deep roots in the jazz tradition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Lights on a Satellite\" brings things in on a gentler, more lyrical note, a reminder that the Arkestra could be as beautiful as it was wild.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSun Ra devotees will treasure this as another precious transmission from deep in the archive, and curious newcomers could hardly find a friendlier place to start orbiting. Saturn would surely approve of the trip.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alliance Entertainment","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57499331428657,"sku":"881626816912","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0704\/2026\/7313\/files\/Sun_Ra_and_His_Arkestra-East_Two_5_17d81485-6d6b-44fd-be87-c8c26bba6184.jpg?v=1794506454","url":"https:\/\/vinyl.com\/products\/sun-ra-and-his-arkestra-east-two-5","provider":"Vinyl.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}