Pleiades: A Jazz Symphonique
Enterplanetary Koncepts · 2018 · Europe era
Combines a 1948 solo piano demo of “Pleiades” with a 1990 French ‘Jazz Symphonique’ concert where Ra’s Arkestra joins a chamber orchestra, expanding his cosmic music into a quasi‑symphonic canvas.
Personnel
- Marshall Allen — alto saxophone
- Charles Davis — baritone saxophone
- John Ore — bass
- Kash Killion — cello
- Clifford Barbaro — drums
- Earl "Buster" Smith — drums
- Sun Ra — music by, piano, synthesizer
- James Jacson — oboe, drum
- Symphony Orchestra — orchestra [bass - 1, violins - 3, flutes - 3, trumpets - 3, trombone - 1, alto sax - 1, tenor sax - 1, english horn - 1, bassoon - 1, tympani - 1, french horn - 1, percussion - 1]
- Elson Nascimento — percussion
- Talvin Singh — tabla
- John Gilmore — tenor saxophone
- Noel Scott — tenor saxophone
- Tyrone Hill — trombone
- Jothan Callins — trumpet
- Michael Ray — trumpet
- India Cooke — violin
- June Tyson — violin, vocals