SUN RA — Hours After (review)

SUN RA — Hours After album cover Album · 1989 · Progressive Big Band Buy this album from MMA partners
3/5 ·
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"Hours After" contains material,recorded during same two-days session of 1986 what was used releasing "Reflections In Blue" two years earlier. So it's no strange that you'll find same well-played and quite original swing and standards.Sun Ra even sings on "Beautiful Love" - with sad and emotive voice,slightly similar to Robert Wyatt's later vocals.

But not this song is main surprise - "Dance of Extra Terrestrians" is 13+ minutes long spacey free jazz song in tradition of Ra circa early 70s! Knowing first album,based on this session's material (swing + trad big band compositions) and after three first songs of this album less of all you expect such scenario!Even more - album's closer "Love On A Far Away Planet" continues the line of it's predecessor.Not too much out and with some minor notes on it, it's still free form composition,played by 14-pieces Ra's Arkestra!

If "Reflections In Blue" was pleasant in moments but overall almost disappointing album, "Hours After" logically containing outtakes from "Reflections...", is much more adventurous work. Yes, you will hardly call it conceptual album,better tag is probably the collection of songs, but even in that quality it works better than predecessor!Not on the level of some great earlier releases, but one between better albums,coming from 80s it's for sure.
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