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Sun Ra: Some Blues But Not The Kind Thats Blue

by Troy Collins
January 22, 2008

Pioneering bandleader Sun Ra recorded very few small group recordings in his lifetime. Those existing albums rarely focus on standard material, which makes Some Blues But Not The Kind Thats Blue unique in his vast discography. Taking up where the Evidence label left off in the late 1990s, Atavistic's Unheard Music Series has begun reissuing some of Ra's rarest and most intriguing sessions.

Following the 2007 reissue of the iconic albums Strange Strings (Atavistic, 1966) and The Night ...