Review of Purple Night

This is a great release but I do prefer the last half of the album a lot better. It's a great mix of bop jazz and free jazz all in one disc. I don't own this but I wouldn't mind owning it if I had the chance to buy it, even though it's not a 4/5 album for me. The liner notes are neat and I've listed the mixing diagram below, which I don't think I've ever seen in a jazz album. If the whole album was like Of Invisible Them this would have been an easy 5/5 rating for me. I loved that track!

Mix Diagram

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L.(24).(16).(15).(14).(13).(12)...(9).(8).(7).(6).(5). R
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Personnel:
1. Piano, Voice - Sun Ra
2. Synthesizer - Sun Ra
3. Trumpet [Pocket] - Don Cherry
4. Violin, Voice - June Tyson
5. Trumpet - Fred Adams
6. Trumpet, Voice - Michael Ray
7. Trumpet - Ahmed Abdullah
8. Trumpet - Jothan Collins
9. Trumpet, Flugelhorn - Al Evans
10. Trombone - Tyrone Hill
11. Trombone - Julian Priester
12. Saxophone [Baritone], Flute - Reynold Scott
13. Saxophone [Alto] - James Spaulding
14. Saxophone [Alto], Flute, Persussion - Marshall Allen
15. Saxophone [Tenor], Percussion, Voice - John Gilmore
16. Basson - James Jackson
17. Drums - Earl C. Smith
18. Drums - Eric Walker
19. Drums - Thomas Henderson
20. Surdo, Percussion - Elson Nascimento
21. Repinique, Percussion - Jorge Silva
22. Bass - Rollo Radford
23. Bass - John Ore
24. Drum [African] - James Johnson

7/10