Live at Pit-Inn, Tokyo, Japan, 8, 8, 1988, AKA Cosmo Omnibus Imagiable Illusion, is a live album by jazz composer, bandleader and keyboardist Sun Ra and his Arkestra recorded in Tokyo in 1988 and released on the Japanese DIW label.Sun Ra discography accessed July 21, 2010
Reception The AllMusic review by Jesse Jarnow awarded the album 3 stars stating "The recording captures the band sympathetically, managing to keep the chaos under control through a crisp and deep mix... a good introduction to Sun Ra's work".Jarnow, J., Allmusic Review accessed July 3, 2014
Track listing All compositions by Sun Ra except as indicated " Introduction/Cosmo Approach Prelude" – 7:29 "Angel Race/I Wait for You" – 7:18 "Can You Take It?" – 3:14 "If You Came from Nowhere Here" – 10:27 "Astro Black" – 11:23 "Prelude to a Kiss" (Duke Ellington, Irving Gordon) – 5:11 "Why Was I Born?" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) – 5:57 "Insterstellar Lo-Ways" – 7:23
Personnel Sun Ra – piano, synthesizer, vocals Michael Ray – trumpet, vocals on "Why Was I Born?" Ahmed Abdullah – trumpet Tyrone Hill – trombone Marshall Allen – alto saxophone John Gilmore – tenor saxophone, timbales Danny Ray Thompson – baritone saxophone Eloe Omoe – bass clarinet, alto saxophone, contra-alto clarinet June Tyson – violin, vocals on "Astro Black" Bruce Edwards – electric guitar Rollo Radford – electric bass Eric Walker, Earl "Buster" Smith – drums
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