The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra, Volume One

Infobox Album
Name = The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra, Volume One
Type = Studio album
Artist = Sun Ra


Released = 1965
Recorded = April 20 1965,
RLA Studio, New York City
Genre = Jazz
Length = 35:07
Label = ESP-Disk/Fontana Records
Producer =
Reviews =* All About Jazz Rating|5|5 [http://www.allaboutjazz.com/reviews/r0103_080.htm January 2003]
* Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:1zkpu3ygan2k link]
Last album = "The Magic City"
(1965)
This album = "The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra, Volume One"
(1965)
Next album = "The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra, Volume Two"
(1966)

"The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra, Volume One" is a 1965 album by the jazz musician Sun Ra. The three albums of the "Heliocentric Worlds" series ("Volumes One, Two" and "Three") are widely ranked among Sun Ra's greatest works, with avant-garde and free jazz flourishes rounding out his always eccentric and always far-out musical themes.

Track listing

#"Heliocentric" (Ra/Ra) - 4:21
#"Outer Nothingness" (Ra/Ra) - 7:39
#"Other Worlds" (Ra/Ra) - 4:35
#"The Cosmos" (Ra/Ra) - 7:31
#"Of Heavenly Things" (Ra/Ra) - 5:45
#"Nebulae" (Ra/Ra) - 3:20
#"Dancing in the Sun" (Ra) - 1:56

Personnel

*Jimhmi Johnson - Percussion, Tympani
*Robert Cummings - Bass clarinet, Wood blocks
*Chris Capers - Trumpet
*Bernard Pettaway - Bass Trombone
*Danny Davis - Flute, Alto
*Pat Patrick - Baritone, Percussion
*John Gilmore - Tenor, Tympani
*Marshall Allen - Piccolo, Alto, Bells, Spiral Cymbal
*Ronnie Boykins - Bass
*Teddy Nance - Trombone
*Sun Ra - Piano, Arranger, Electronic Celeste, Bass Marimba, Tympani, Back Cover
*Howard Howie Bernstein - Cover Art
*Baby Gerry - Cover Art
*Remco Takken - Liner Notes
*Richard L. Alderson - Engineer