219 THE SUN RA ARKESTRA MEETS SALAH RAGAB IN EGYPT PLUS THE CAIRO JAZZ BAND LP 102
219.THE SUN RA ARKESTRA MEETS SALAH RAGAB IN EGYPT PLUS THE CAIRO JAZZ BAND
The Sun Ra Arkestra Praxis CM 106 LP
Sun Ra (keyb,synth); Tyrone Hill (tb); Marshall Allen (as); John Gilmore (ts); Danny Ray Thompson (as); James Jacson (bsn); "Lee Roy Taylor" [Eloe Omoe] (bcl); Claude Broche (dr); Eric Walker (dr); Chris Henderson (dr); Salah Ragab (congas). El Nahar Studio, Heliopolis, Cairo, May 1983. Egypt Strut / Dawn Sun Ra (org); Ronnie Brown (tp); Marshall Allen (as,kora,perc); John Gilmore (ts,perc); Danny Ray Thompson (bs,perc); James Jacson (Infinity-dr,perc); Eloe Omoe (as.perc); Rollo Radford (b); Clifford Jarvis (dr); Salah Ragab (dr); Matthew Brown (cga); Myriam Broche (dance); Gregory P Pratt (dance). II Capo Club, Cairo, 13 January 1984 Watusa2
1. An LP released in 1983 on the Praxis label in Greece. The matrix numbers are "CP 950A MT410 1797", "CP 950B MT 4101797".
2. Tracks included only on the CD reissue
3. The Sun Ra performances make up side A of the LP.
4. Side B is a set of performances by the Cairo Jazz Band, recorded between 1972 and 1975: Ramadan I Oriental Mood IA Farewell Theme
5. Included on the CD reissue is a track recorded on 14 February 1971 by the Cairo Free Jazz Ensemble: Music For Angela Davis
6. Hartmut Geerkn says: "The initials of the names Sun Ra and Salah Ragab communicate with each other. Sun Ra was attracted by such connotations."
7. Salah Ragab, a drummer and percussionist, was a major in the Egyptian army in the late 60's and early 70's being in charge of the Military Music Department. In 1967, Hartmut Geerken introduced him to the music of Sun Ra. Besides Leah Ananda (Kashmir) and Talvin Singh (British Indian), also percussionists, he is the only non-Afro-American musician, who worked with the Arkestra.
REISSUES
1. THE SUN RA ARKESTRA MEETS THE SUN RA ARKESTRA IN EGYPT Golden Years Of New Jazz GY 1 (CD, 1999)
2. Dawn is included in UN MONDO ELIOCENTRICO (Sun Ra) Leo Records LRS CD003, a CD sold only with issue 4 of the Italian magazine "Musica Jazz" in 2002.