Sun Ra 4/9/1989 The Catalyst, Santa Cruz, CA

CD1 - 41:43
1st set:
101 untitled improvisation 3:44
102 Never Never Land 3:29
103 untitled improvisation 2:56
104 A Lost Horizon 2:19
105 Stardust from Tomorrow 5:53
106 Frisco Fog 3:49
107 Prelude to a Kiss 6:06
108 Blue Lou 4:54
109 Inside the Blues 8:33


CD2 - 43:59
201 Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah 6:01
202 Second Star to the Right 10:44
203 The Forest of No Return 5:50
204 Someday My Prince Will Come 6:59
205 Chloe 6:15
206 Heigh Ho! Heigh Ho! 8:10


CD3 - 73:11
2nd set:
301 untitled improvisation 9:39
302 East of the Sun 3:59
303 Wishing Well 11:45
304 Yesterdays 11:46
305 When You Wish Upon a Star 9:27
306 Slumming on Park Avenue 9:46
307 Pink Elephants on Parade 4:06
308 Whistle While You Work 12:43


encores:
CD4 - 18:42
401 One Song 9:29
402 I Want to Be Happy 9:13


Sun Ra (p, voc)
Cecil Brooks (tp)
Tyrone Hill (tb, voc)
Julian Priester (tb)
Marshall Allen (as, fl, picc, recorder, perc)
Noel Scott (as, shaker, voc, acrobatics)
John Gilmore (ts, cl, timb, voc)
Eloe Omoe (as, bass clarinet, contra alto clarinet, perc)
James Jacson (bsn, fl, Infinity-drum, voc)
Bruce Edwards (eg)
Philip Watkins (b)
Buster Smith (d)
Billy Kaye (d)
Elson Nascimento (surdo grande, perc, voc)
June Tyson (voc, vln)
Judith Holton [Wisteria el Moondew] (dance, voc)


Notes [grner1 - 2021-02-06]: Special thanks to Carville for help with the setlist and band members info. Also thanks to Don Allen for the mix. And finally thanks to Randall Kane, the now deceased owner of the Catalyst, for supporting the music there for so long and to Catalyst sound man Roger Buffalo for allowing me access to so many shows to record over the years. Here’s a link to the trailer for a documentary about the Catalyst that was released in 2010 that includes an interview bit with Randall and gives a bit of an idea of what it was like at The Catalyst back in those days:    • The Catalyst Film Trailer  


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