Pathways to Unknown Worlds is an album by jazz composer, bandleader and keyboardist Sun Ra and his Arkestra recorded in Chicago in 1973 and originally released on his Saturn label and rereleased by the ABC/Impulse! label in 1975.Sun Ra discography accessed July 5, 2014 In 2000, Evidence Music released Pathways to Unknown Worlds + Friendly Love, added an untitled track from the same sessions as well as the previously unreleased Friendly Love album.
Reception The AllMusic review by Lindsay Planer stated that "the three free jazz instrumental improvisations are in many respects quite similar to the laissez-faire sonic free for alls that had become synonymous with Ra's concurrent Arkestra(s)".Planer, L., AllMusic Review accessed July 5, 2014
Track listing All compositions by Sun Ra
Side One: "Pathways to Unknown Worlds" - 12:12 Side Two: "Extension Out" - 7:31 "Cosmo-Media" - 6:58
Personnel Sun Ra - keyboards Akh Tal Ebah, Lamont McClamb - trumpet Marshall Allen - alto saxophone, flute, oboe Danny Davis - alto saxophone John Gilmore - tenor saxophone, percussion Danny Ray Thompson - baritone saxophone Eloe Omoe - bass clarinet Ronnie Boykins, Bill Davis - bass Clifford Jarvis - drums Russell Branch - percussion Eugene Brennan - congas Stanley Morgan - percussion, congas
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