Lanquidity

Lanquidity
Lanquidity
Studio album by Sun Ra
Released	14 August 1978
Recorded	17 July 1978
Studio	Blank Tapes Studios, New York City
Genre	Jazz fusion
Length	43:33 (Original LP); 91:20 (Special Edition)
Label	Philly Jazz
Producer	Sun Ra
Sun Ra chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
All About Jazz	favorable^[3]
AllMusic	^[4]
Alternative Press	^[5]
JazzTimes	favorable^[5]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[7]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[6]
Spin	favorable^[5]

Lanquidity is a 1978 studio album by American jazz musician Sun Ra.

Music[edit]

The album was recorded by Bob Blank at Blank Studios, entirely on the night of July 17, 1978, following a performance on Saturday Night Live.^[8]

Stylistically, the album is markedly different from Sun Ra's earlier recordings, drawing heavily on funk, R&B and jazz fusion. Lanquidity is also unusual in featuring two guitarists, which were seldom used in the Arkestra.^[3] "That's How I Feel" features a tenor sax solo by John Gilmore, Sun Ra's sideman from the 1950s until Sun Ra's death in 1993.

Critical reception[edit]

Spin magazine called Lanquidity "a beautiful place to enter Ra's psych-jazz omniverse", while Alternative Press wrote that it is "impossibly funky": "Often compared to Miles Davis' heaviest jazz-rock-funk fusion, Lanquidity is dense, rhythmic and curiously hypnotic".^[5] Music journalist Robert Christgau is a fan of the album.^[9]^[10]

Reissues[edit]

The album was first released in 1978 with a reflective foil silver cover. In 2000, it was reissued on HDCD by Evidence Records, with a light grey cover.^[11]

In 2021, Strut announced a reissue of the album. Four editions were made available: a remastered version of the original album on digital and as a single LP, and a "Special Edition" version as a 2xCD and 4xLP box set, including rare alternate mixes by Bob Blank. In addition, record club Vinyl Me, Please. pressed a limited run of 750 copies of the single-LP version on red vinyl.^[12]

Track listing[edit]

All tracks are written by Sun Ra

Original LP
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Lanquidity"	8:19
2.	"Where Pathways Meet"	6:30
3.	"That's How I Feel"	8:09

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Twin Stars of Thence"	9:30
2.	"There Are Other Worlds (They Have Not Told You Of)"	10:58
Total length:		43:33

The 2021 "Special Edition" contains the above tracks, followed by Bob Blank's alternate mixes (with the same sequencing) for a total of ten songs.

Personnel[edit]

Sun Ra: organ, synthesizer, piano, arranger, keyboards, Hammond organ, electric piano, vocals, bells, Arp, Fender Rhodes, orchestra bells, Mini Moog
John Gilmore: tenor saxophone
Danny Ray Thompson: flute, baritone saxophone
Eddie Gale: trumpet
Michael Ray: trumpet, flugelhorn
Marshall Allen: flute, oboe, alto saxophone
Luqman Ali: percussion
Michael Anderson: percussion
Artaukatune: drums, tympani
Disco Kid: ( Slo Johnson ) guitar
Dale Williams: guitar
Atakatun Odun: congas
Elo Omoe: Flute, bass clarinet
Julian Pressley: baritone saxophone
Richard Williams: bass
James Jacson: oboe, basson, flute, voices
June Tyson: voices

References[edit]

^ "Lanquidity - Sun Ra | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic.
^ "Lanquidity, by Sun Ra & His Arkestra".
^ ^a ^b Wuethrich, Matthew (12 January 2003). "Sun Ra: Lanquidity (1978)". Retrieved 13 September 2013.
^ Ruhlmann, William. Lanquidity at AllMusic
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Sun Ra - Lanquidity CD Album". CD Universe. Muze. Retrieved 2012-07-14.
^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 186. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1360. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
^ "Sun Ra - Lanquidity (Definitive Edition)". Strut. Strut, Ochre, Spectrum House. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
^ Christgau, Robert (February 6, 2001). "Pazz & Jop Preview". The Village Voice. New York: Village Voice Media. p. 2. Retrieved 2012-07-14.
^ "Robert Christgau: CG: Sun Ra and His Arkestra". www.robertchristgau.com. Retrieved 2022-08-27.
^ Jazzlists: Philly Jazz Inc discography, accessed July 9, 2018
^ "Sun Ra 'Lanquidity' - Vinyl Me, Please". Vinyl Me Please. Offbeat Ventures, LLC. Retrieved 8 March 2022.

External links[edit]

Extensive Sun Ra discography

[1] "Lanquidity - Sun Ra | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic.

[2] "Lanquidity, by Sun Ra & His Arkestra".

[Aaj-3] Wuethrich, Matthew (12 January 2003). "Sun Ra: Lanquidity (1978)". Retrieved 13 September 2013.

[allmusic-4] Ruhlmann, William. Lanquidity at AllMusic

[Muze-5] "Sun Ra - Lanquidity CD Album". CD Universe. Muze. Retrieved 2012-07-14.

[RSJRG-6] Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 186. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

[Penguin-7] Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1360. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

[Strut_Store-8] "Sun Ra - Lanquidity (Definitive Edition)". Strut. Strut, Ochre, Spectrum House. Retrieved 8 March 2022.

[9] Christgau, Robert (February 6, 2001). "Pazz & Jop Preview". The Village Voice. New York: Village Voice Media. p. 2. Retrieved 2012-07-14.

[10] "Robert Christgau: CG: Sun Ra and His Arkestra". www.robertchristgau.com. Retrieved 2022-08-27.

[11] Jazzlists: Philly Jazz Inc discography, accessed July 9, 2018

[VMP_edition-12] "Sun Ra 'Lanquidity' - Vinyl Me, Please". Vinyl Me Please. Offbeat Ventures, LLC. Retrieved 8 March 2022.

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v t e Sun Ra
Discography
Arkestra Members	John Gilmore Julian Priester Pat Patrick Charles Davis Victor Sproles Marshall Allen Ronnie Boykins James Spaulding Phil Cohran Clifford Jarvis Lex Humphries Michael Ray June Tyson Ahmed Abdullah Danny Ray Thompson
Chicago period studio albums	Jazz by Sun Ra Super-Sonic Jazz Sound of Joy Visits Planet Earth The Nubians of Plutonia Jazz in Silhouette Sound Sun Pleasure!! Interstellar Low Ways Fate in a Pleasant Mood Holiday for Soul Dance Angels and Demons at Play We Travel the Space Ways
New York period studio albums	The Futuristic Sounds of Sun Ra Bad and Beautiful Art Forms of Dimensions Tomorrow Secrets of the Sun When Sun Comes Out Cosmic Tones for Mental Therapy When Angels Speak of Love Other Planes of There The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra, Volume One The Magic City The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra, Volume Two Strange Strings Monorails and Satellites Atlantis
Philadelphia period studio albums	Space Is the Place (soundtrack) Space Is The Place Pathways to Unknown Worlds Cosmos Deep Purple Some Blues But Not the Kind That's Blue New Steps Other Voices, Other Blues Visions Lanquidity Sleeping Beauty Strange Celestial Road Reflections in Blue Hours After Blue Delight Somewhere Else Purple Night Mayan Temples
Live albums	Featuring Pharoah Sanders & Black Harold Nothing Is Nuits de la Fondation Maeght It's After the End of the World Black Myth/Out in Space Live in Egypt 1 Nidhamu Horizon Live In Montreux Unity Live from Soundscape I, Pharaoh Sunrise in Different Dimensions Cosmo Omnibus Imagiable Illusion Thunder of the Gods

v t e Julian Priester
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
Albums	Keep Swingin' (1960) Spiritsville (1960) Love, Love (1973) Polarization (1977) Hints on Light and Shadow (with Sam Rivers, 1996) In Deep End Dance (2002)
with Sun Ra	Super-Sonic Jazz (1956) Jazz by Sun Ra (1956) Sound of Joy (1956) Angels and Demons at Play (1956 & 1960) Jazz in Silhouette (1959) Lanquidity (1978) Blue Delight (1988) Purple Night (1989) Somewhere Else (1989)