Mayan Temples

Studio album by Sun Ra Arkestra

Released

1990

Recorded

July 24 & 25, 1990

Genre

Jazz

Length

79:03

Label

Black Saint

Producer

Giovanni Bonandrini

Sun Ra chronology

Live in London 1990
(1990)

Mayan Temples
(1990)

Pleiades
(1990)

Mayan Temples is an album by American composer, bandleader and keyboardist Sun Ra recorded in 1990 in Italy. Released on the Black Saint label,^[1] it was the final studio recording of Sun Ra's career.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4½ stars and stated "One of the finest Sun Ra recordings from his final years, this effort is particularly recommended due to the many Ra keyboard solos and John Gilmore features... Overall, this is a fine all-around studio set.".^[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Sun Ra except as indicated

"Dance of the Language Barrier" - 3:58
"Bygone" - 5:15
"Disciple No. 1" - 4:57
"Alone Together" (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) - 7:02
"Prelude to Stargazers" - 5:17
"Mayan Temples" - 7:40
"I'll Never Be The Same" (Gus Kahn, Matty Malneck, Frank Signorelli) - 4:57
"Stardust from Tomorrow" - 3:38
"El Is a Sound of Joy" - 5:26
"Time After Time" (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) - 4:21
"Opus in Springtime" - 6:41
"Theme of the Stargazers" - 14:09
"Sunset on the Nile" - 5:42

Recorded at Mondial Sound, Milano, Italy on July 24 & 25, 1990.

Personnel

Sun Ra - piano, synthesizer
Michael Ray, Ahmed Abdullah - trumpet, vocals
Tyrone Hill - trombone
Marshall Allen - alto saxophone, flute
Noel Scott - alto saxophone
John Gilmore - tenor saxophone, timbales
James Jacson - bassoon, Ancient Egyptian Infinity Drum
Ronald Wilson - tenor saxophone
Carl LeBlanc - electric guitar
Jothan Callins - bass, electric bass
Clifford Barbaro, Earl "Buster" Smith - drums
Ron McBee - congas, percussion
Jorge Silva - percussion
Elson Nascimento - surdo, percussion
June Tyson - vocals

References

↑ Sun Ra discography accessed July 21, 2010
1 2 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed July 21, 2010

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

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 Sunrise in Different Dimensions Cosmo Omnibus Imagiable Illusion

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