The Complete Detroit Jazz Center Residency

Live Album by Sun Ra and the Omniverse Jet Set Arkestra

Released 2007

Tracklist

  • CD 1: Friday December 26, 1981
  • 1
    Sun Ra Accepts the Key to the City of Detroit
    0:15
  • 2
    Discipline 27
    1:40
  • 3
    Untitled Improv
    6:30
  • 4
    Queer Notions
    3:29
  • 5
    Yeah Man!
    2:53
  • 6
    Round Midnight
    8:05
  • 7
    Space Lonliness
    7:48
  • 8
    Lady Bird / Half Nelson
    5:15
  • 9
    Cocktails for Two
    4:12
  • 10
    Big John's Special
    3:07
  • 11
    Love in Outer Space (Includes long Drum Section)
    23:32
  • CD 2: Friday December 26, 1981
  • 1
    Fate in a Pleasant Mood
    8:45
  • 2
    Space Is the Place
    5:40
  • 3
    Untitled Improv
    3:30
  • 4
    We Travel the Spaceways
    2:58
  • 5
    Gone With the Wind
    1:09
  • 6
    Angel Race / This Place Is Not My Home / Stranger in Paradise / Astro Nation
    3:36
  • 7
    Greetings From the 21st Century / Interplanetary Music / Moonship Journey / Next Stop Mars / Second Stop Is Jupiter / Rocket Number Nine / Do That Thang / Pluto Too
    5:15
  • 8
    Discipline 27
    0:47
  • 9
    Untitled Improv
    4:29
  • 10
    Untitled Improv
    5:13
  • 11
    Enlightenment
    2:28
  • 12
    The Satellites Are Spinning
    14:40
  • 13
    Blue Lou
    5:01
  • 14
    Unidentified Title
    4:01
  • CD 3: Friday December 26, 1981
  • 1
    Spontaneous Simplicity
    12:47
  • 2
    Images
    9:21
  • 3
    Unidentified Blues
    3:40
  • 4
    Stompy Jones
    5:45
  • 5
    Over the Rainbow
    4:01
  • 6
    I Can't Get Started
    4:17
  • CD 4: Saturday December 27, 1980
  • 1
    Untitled Improv
    16:06
  • 2
    Hymn to the Sun
    3:36
  • 3
    Untitled Improv
    8:45
  • 4
    Untitled Improv
    15:59
  • 5
    Untitled Improv
    4:58
  • 6
    Big John's Special
    3:06
  • 7
    Unidentified Title
    8:07
  • 8
    Take the a Train
    8:53
  • 9
    Lightnin'
    2:48
  • CD 5: Saturday December 27, 1980
  • 1
    Slippery Horn
    3:29
  • 2
    Solitude
    10:05
  • 3
    Exactly Like You
    5:17
  • 4
    The Mayan Temples
    8:19
  • 5
    The Sound Mirror
    2:00
  • 6
    Right Road, Wrong Direction
    2:00
  • 7
    Bad Truth
    1:59
  • 8
    Shoulder to Shoulder
    4:55
  • 9
    Sea of Immortality
    0:26
  • 10
    To Be or Not to Be
    1:52
  • 11
    Ra Ra Ra
    1:54
  • 12
    Over the Rainbow
    2:35
  • 13
    Calling Planet Earth
    5:03
  • 14
    Enlightenment
    2:15
  • 15
    The Satellites Are Spinning
    3:58
  • CD 6: Saturday December 27, 1980
  • 1
    Love in Outer Space
    23:05
  • 2
    Yeah Man!
    2:29
  • 3
    Space Is the Place
    7:11
  • 4
    We Travel the Spaceways
    2:16
  • 5
    Announcer
    [announcer]
    4:57
  • 6
    Untitled Improv (Kora)
    3:55
  • 7
    Discipline 27-11
    3:29
  • 8
    The Same Sun Is Shining Now / Computer in the Sky / Private Eye in the Sky / Another Kind of Glory / I Have Many Names / Mystery, Mr. Ra / You Have No Life Certificate / I Am a Different Kind of Being / The Universe Sent Me to Converse With You / Stranger in Paradise / Do You Have Rights for Angels? / I Use Planets for Stepping Stones / Bad Truth / You're Just Babies in the Universe
    15:35
  • 9
    Bad Truth / Moonship Journey / Sea of Immortality / Astro Nation / Angel Race / This World Is Not My Home / I'll Wait for You
    8:25
  • 10
    Greetings From the 21st Century / Rocket Number Nine / Second Stop Is Jupiter
    2:14
  • CD 7: Saturday December 27, 1980
  • 1
    Untitled Improv
    14:02
  • 2
    We'll Be Together Again
    3:46
  • 3
    The Sunny Side of the Street
    6:31
  • 4
    King Porter Stomp
    4:48
  • 5
    Spontaneous Simplicity
    12:25
  • 6
    Space Lonliness
    6:27
  • 7
    Lights on a Satellite
    6:27
  • 8
    Watusi
    21:09
  • CD 8: Saturday December 27, 1980
  • 1
    Big John's Special
    2:37
  • 2
    Strange Celestial Road
    7:48
  • 3
    Hit That Jive Jack / Gone With the Wind
    2:15
  • 4
    Announcer
    [announcer]
    3:12
  • CD 9: Sunday December 28, 1980
  • 1
    Untitled Improv (Kora) / Jingle Bells / Untitled Improv / Hymn to the Sun
    23:50
  • 2
    Along Came Ra / Mystery Mr. Ra
    0:49
  • 3
    Discipline 27 / Untitled Improv / Unidentified Title
    25:45
  • 4
    Unidentified Title
    7:58
  • 5
    Unidentified Blues
    6:19
  • 6
    Three Little Words
    7:31
  • CD 10: Sunday December 28, 1980
  • 1
    Sleeping Beauty
    13:37
  • 2
    Fate in a Pleasant Mood
    8:20
  • 3
    El Is a Sound of Joy
    7:07
  • 4
    South America
    11:12
  • 5
    Africa
    23:50
  • 6
    The Satellites Are Spinning
    2:18
  • 7
    Saturn Rings / Journey to Saturn / Saturn Rings
    7:07
  • 8
    Announcer
    [announcer]
    3:40
  • CD 11: Sunday December 28, 1980
  • 1
    Untitled Improv
    2:09
  • 2
    Unidentified Title
    6:09
  • 3
    Discipline 27-11
    2:48
  • 4
    You Are Living on the Other Side of Time / I Am Sin / Sunset
    8:39
  • 5
    The Same Sun Is Shining Now / Private Eye in the Sky
    3:10
  • 6
    You'd Better Mind What You're Saying
    2:12
  • 7
    Untitled Improv
    11:45
  • 8
    Deep Purple
    7:07
  • 9
    Unidentified Title
    8:07
  • 10
    Big John's Special
    3:36
  • 11
    Yeah Man!
    2:21
  • CD 12: Sunday December 28, 1980
  • 1
    Body and Soul
    5:56
  • 2
    Queer Notions
    3:00
  • 3
    Discipline 99
    6:03
  • 4
    Images
    8:11
  • 5
    Unidentified Blues
    6:13
  • 6
    Lady Bird / Half Nelson
    5:44
  • 7
    Watusi
    29:51
  • CD 13: Sunday December 28, 1980
  • 1
    Destination Unknown / Untitled Improv / Untitled Improv (Synthesizer) / Destination Unknown
    17:24
  • 2
    Space Is the Place
    7:12
  • 3
    We Travel the Spaceways
    2:30
  • 4
    Rocket Number Nine / Next Stop Mars / Second Stop Is Jupiter / Journey to Saturn / Saturn Rings / Third Heaven / Neptune
    3:28
  • CD 14: Monday December 29, 1980
  • 1
    Unidentified Title (Kora, Bass, Percussion, Etc)
    6:58
  • 2
    Pleiades (Flutes and Bells Only)
    3:48
  • 3
    Before Sun Comes Out
    6:08
  • 4
    Discipline 27 / Unidentified Improv
    16:51
  • 5
    Spontaneous Simplicity
    12:36
  • 6
    Oblique Parallax (Organ and Synthesizer Only) / Queer Notions
    5:41
  • 7
    Big John's Special
    3:26
  • 8
    Yeah Man!
    2:36
  • CD 15: Monday December 29, 1980
  • 1
    Lights on a Satellite
    6:34
  • 2
    Love In Outer Space
    5:47
  • 3
    We'll Be Together Again (Organ and Rhythm Only)
    4:07
  • CD 16
  • 1
    Space Lonliness
    6:52
  • 2
    Destination Unknown / The Space Age Is Here to Stay / Unidentified Improv (Synthesizer Only) / Calling Planet Earth
    11:46
  • 3
    Space Is the Place
    3:00
  • 4
    We Travel the Spaceways / Angel Race / This World Is Not My Home / I'll Wait for You / I Could've Enjoyed Myself on the Planet / Greetings From the 21st Century / Rocket Number Nine / Next Stop Mars / Second Stop Is Jupiter / Why Go to the Moon / Satellites Are Spinning / Journey to Saturn / We Travel the Spaceways / Interplanetary Music / Face the Music / Strange Celestial Road / Sun Ra and His Band From Outer Space / Hit That Jive, Jack / Gone With the Wind
    12:35
  • 5
    Astro Nation
    5:12
  • 6
    King Porter Stomp
    4:53
  • 7
    Fate in a Pleasant Mood
    7:09
  • 8
    Announcer
    [announcer]
    6:31
  • CD 17: Tuesday December 30, 1980
  • 1
    Untitled Improv (Kora, French Horn, Etc)
    12:46
  • 2
    Discipline 27 / Untitled Improv (Alto Sax, Trumpet, Etc.)
    11:03
  • 3
    The Last Days / Crazy As A Daisy
    1:38
  • 4
    Calling Planet Earth
    2:10
  • 5
    Queer Notions
    3:11
  • 6
    What's New?
    7:40
  • 7
    Springtime Again
    5:56
  • 8
    Space Loneliness
    6:15
  • 9
    Cocktails for Two
    4:28
  • CD 18: Tuesday December 30, 1980
  • 1
    Lights on a Satellite
    3:52
  • 2
    Big John's Special
    3:10
  • 3
    Love in Outer Space
    39:19
  • 4
    Enlightenment
    2:28
  • 5
    The Shadow World
    18:59
  • CD 19: Tuesday December 30, 1980
  • 1
    The Shadow World (Continued)
    18:59
  • 2
    Journey to Stars Beyond, Part 2 / Space Is the Place
    8:04
  • 3
    Over the Rainbow (Organ Only)
    5:51
  • 4
    Space Is the Place
    8:19
  • 5
    We Travel the Spaceways / Outer Spaceways Inc. / We Travel the Spaceways / Hit That Jive, Jac / Moonship Journey / Greetings From the 21st Century / Rocket Number Nine / Second Stop Is Jupiter / Why Go to the Moon / I'll Wait for You / We Travel the Spaceways / Angel Race / Stranger in Paradise / This World Is Not My Home / We Travel the Spaceways
    8:44
  • 6
    Announcer
    4:42
  • CD 20: Wednesday December 31, 1980
  • 1
    Untitled Improv (Percussion. Kora) / Untitled Improv (Horns) / Unidentified Title (Flutes) / Auld Lang Syne
    23:48
  • 2
    Astro Black
    3:31
  • 3
    Tapestry From an Asteroid
    1:50
  • 4
    Along Came Ra
    1:29
  • 5
    Discipline 27
    12:02
  • 6
    Island in the Sun
    13:32
  • CD 21: Wednesday December 31, 1980
  • 1
    A Foggy Day
    9:27
  • 2
    How Am I to Know?
    5:20
  • 3
    Images
    6:55
  • 4
    New Horizons
    5:52
  • 5
    There Will Never Be Another You
    8:49
  • 6
    Celestial Realms
    5:39
  • 7
    Stardust From Tomorrow
    2:35
  • 8
    Enlightenment
    3:02
  • CD 22: Wednesday December 31, 1980
  • 1
    Somebody Else's Idea / I Wouldn't Make a World Like This
    7:06
  • 2
    Bad Truth / Somebody Might Push the Button
    8:16
  • 3
    The Impossible Is Your Only Hope / Sea of Immortality
    3:54
  • 4
    Untitled Improv
    12:16
  • 5
    They'll Come Back / There Are Other Worlds / Take the Big Gamble (On the Dark Horse)
    6:12
  • 6
    Announcement: Get Your Passport From Me
    [announcer]
    4:20
  • CD 23: Wednesday December 31, 1980
  • 1
    Untitled Improv (Percussion, Kora)
    8:11
  • 2
    When There Is No Sun / Are You Spotless?
    2:54
  • 3
    Discipline 27-11 / I Am the Tempter / I Use Planets for Stepping Stones / Discipline 27-11
    5:41
  • 4
    Auld Lang Syne
    3:14
  • 5
    Big John's Special
    3:47
  • 6
    El Is the Sound of Joy
    8:12
  • 7
    Beyond the Purple Star Zone (Journey to Stars Beyond), Part 1
    5:31
  • 8
    The World of Africa
    15:22
  • 9
    Rose Room
    6:27
  • CD 24: Wednesday December 31, 1980
  • 1
    Halloween in Harlem
    10:46
  • 2
    Journey to Saturn / Saturn's Rings
    11:06
  • 3
    You Got to Head Out to Space One Day / Never Never Land
    5:34
  • 4
    Everything Is Space
    1:57
  • 5
    Fate in a Pleasant Mood
    8:20
  • 6
    Strange Worlds / Black Myth
    1:10
  • 7
    Medicine for a Nightmare / Untitled Improv
    5:42
  • 8
    Rocket Number Nine / The Space Age Is Here to Stay
    5:54
  • 9
    Face the Music
    6:44
  • CD 25: Wednesday December 31, 1980
  • 1
    St. Louis Blues
    14:29
  • 2
    Watusi
    27:44
  • 3
    Sunology / The Lion of the Heavens
    2:07
  • 4
    Planet Earth
    5:21
  • 5
    Third Heaven / Why Go to the Moon? We Travel the Spaceways / Imagination
    4:21
  • 6
    Announcer
    [announcer]
    4:25
  • CD 26: Thursday January 1, 1981
  • 1
    On Green Dolphin Street
    8:00
  • 2
    Untitled Improv
    6:58
  • 3
    Outer Space Is Such a Pleasant Place
    3:11
  • 4
    Myth Vs Reality
    0:23
  • 5
    Strange Worlds / Black Myth
    1:05
  • CD 27: Thursday January 1, 1981
  • 1
    Untitled Improv
    11:38
  • 2
    Vista Omniverse (Organ and Synthesizer Only)
    5:22
  • 3
    Tea for Two
    9:20
  • 4
    Blue Lou
    4:09
  • 5
    King Porter Stomp
    4:30
  • 6
    Yeah, Man!
    2:37
  • 7
    Deep Purple
    4:42
  • 8
    Keep Your Sunny Side Up
    2:46
  • 9
    Interstellar Low Ways
    6:58
  • 10
    The Satellites Are Spinning
    2:46
  • 11
    Stompin' at the Savoy
    7:47
  • 12
    Mayan Temples
    9:30
  • CD 28: Thursday January 1, 1981
  • 1
    Unidentified Title
    12:02
  • 2
    Queer Notions
    7:03
  • 3
    Willow Weep for Me
    4:31
  • 4
    Space Lonliness / Round Midnight
    9:30
  • 5
    Limehouse Blues
    2:52
  • 6
    Discipline 99
    4:24
  • 7
    Space Is the Place / We Travel the Spaceways / Greetings From the 21st Century / Strange Celestial Road
    15:31
  • 8
    Announcer
    [announcer]
    4:06

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