Cosmo Omnibus Imagiable Illusion Explained

Cosmo Omnibus Imagiable Illusion
Type:	Live
Artist:	Sun Ra Arkestra
Cover:	Cosmo Omnibus Imagiable Illusion.jpg
Released:	1988
Recorded:	August 8, 1988
Venue:	Pit Inn, Shinjuku, Tokyo
Genre:	Free jazz
Length:	58:22
Label:	DIW
Producer:	Kohei Kawakami & Zen Matsuura
Chronology:	Sun Ra
Prev Title:	Hours After
Prev Year:	1986
Next Title:	Somewhere Else
Next Year:	1989

Cosmo Omnibus Imagiable Illusion (subtitled Live at Pit-Inn, Tokyo, Japan, 8, 8, 1988) is a live album by jazz composer, bandleader and keyboardist Sun Ra and his Arkestra recorded in Tokyo in 1988 and released on the Japanese DIW label.^[1]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Jesse Jarnow awarded the album 3 stars stating "The recording captures the band sympathetically, managing to keep the chaos under control through a crisp and deep mix... a good introduction to Sun Ra's work".^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Sun Ra except as indicated

1. " Introduction/Cosmo Approach Prelude" – 7:29
2. "Angel Race/I Wait for You" – 7:18
3. "Can You Take It?" – 3:14
4. "If You Came from Nowhere Here" – 10:27
5. "Astro Black" – 11:23
6. "Prelude to a Kiss" (Duke Ellington, Irving Gordon) – 5:11
7. "Why Was I Born?" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) – 5:57
8. "Insterstellar Lo-Ways" – 7:23

Personnel

• Sun Ra – piano, synthesizer, vocals
• Michael Ray – trumpet, vocals on "Why Was I Born?"
• Ahmed Abdullah – trumpet
• Tyrone Hill – trombone
• Marshall Allen – alto saxophone
• John Gilmore – tenor saxophone, timbales
• Danny Ray Thompson – baritone saxophone
• Eloe Omoe – bass clarinet, alto saxophone, contra-alto clarinet
• June Tyson – violin, vocals on "Astro Black"
• Bruce Edwards – electric guitar
• Rollo Radford – electric bass
• Eric Walker, Earl "Buster" Smith – drums

Notes and References

1. http://www.the-temple.net/sunradisco/detail.php?parametro=139 Sun Ra discography
2. Jarnow, J., Allmusic Review accessed July 3, 2014