Flash Sale Sun Ra Sleepin Beauty Strut vinyl record

Jazz LP – Originally released in 1979, ‘Sleeping Beauty’ catches Sun Ra and the Arkestra at their most seductive – gliding between slow, funk-laced grooves and spaced-out jazz ritual. ‘Springtime Again’ floats on dreamy Rhodes chords and soft percussion, with ghostly vocals murmuring just out of reach. ‘Door of the Cosmos’ follows, folding in chant-like singing and funk-laced bass, equal parts devotional and dancefloor. Then there’s the title track: a slow, luxurious sprawl of keys, horns and mood, glowing with after-hours warmth. A key figure in experimental jazz, Sun Ra led his ever-evolving Arkestra from the mid-1950s onwards, blending free jazz, doo-wop, electronics, poetry and science fiction into a visionary body of work. This reissue on Strut gives ‘Sleeping Beauty’ the shine it deserves – one of Ra’s most intimate and accessible transmissions.