Strange Strings
Saturn · 1967 · NYC era
Notoriously ‘outer’ Saturn LP where Ra armed Arkestra members with unfamiliar stringed instruments (ukuleles, koras, lutes, etc.) for an ‘exercise in ignorance’, yielding some of his most abstract and noise‑leaning music.
Personnel
- Pat Patrick — baritone saxophone, strings [electronic], flute
- Ronnie Boykins — bass
- Robert Cummings — bass clarinet, strings [electronic]
- James Jacson — drums [log drums], strings [electronic]
- Danny Davis — flute, strings [electronic], saxophone [alto]
- David Cheppa — lacquer cut by
- Marshall Allen — oboe, strings [electronic], saxophone [alto]
- Clifford Jarvis — percussion, timpani
- Sun Ra — piano [electric], percussion [lightning drum], strings [electronic], timpani
- Carl Nimrod — strings [electronic]
- Thlan Aldridge — strings [electronic], voice [space voice]
- John Gilmore — tenor saxophone, strings [electronic]
- Ali Hassan — trombone, strings [electronic]
- Art Jenkins — voice, strings