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Comprising five effortlessly fluid pieces, the album eases in with ‘Lanquidity’. Danny Ray Thompson remembers, “This was one of Sun Ra’s on-the-spot compositions. It is almost like an Ancient Egyptian Stargazing Ceremony, mapping out the stars and the planets.” Where Pathways Meet is “Sun Ra’s funky version of an Egyptian march. Pharaoh is sending his troops off to fight and this is his pep-talk!” continues Thompson. “The music seems to take different pathways but still converges.” The loping groove of That’s How I Feel, features the reflective trumpet lines of Eddie Gale with solos by John Gilmore and Marshall Allen: “Marshall comes in with that snake charming oboe.” Says Thompson. The funky Twin Stars Of Thence weaves around Richard Williams celebrated elastic bassline while the haunting closer, There Are Other Worlds (They Have Not Told You Of), is pure “space music.” The poet Mama Nzinga described it as ‘The essence of light. Spirit takes a ride inside the deep dark space of just being.”
- Alto Saxophone, Oboe, Flute – Marshall Allen
- Baritone Saxophone – Julian Presley*
- Baritone Saxophone, Flute – Danny Thompson*
- Bass – Richard Williams (4)
- Bass Clarinet, Flute – Ego Omoe*
- Bassoon, Flute, Oboe – James Jacson
- Congas [Congo Drums], Timpani – Artaukatune*
- Executive-Producer – Richard Barry, Tom Buchler
- Guitar – Dale Williams (2), Disco Kid
- Mastered By – Peter Beckmann
- Percussion – Luqman Ali, Michael Anderson (2)
- Photography By, Cover – Charles Shabacon
- Recorded By – Bob Blank, Joe Arlotta
- Synthesizer [Arp], Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes], Organ [Yamaha], Organ [Hammond B3], Synthesizer [R.A. Moog Minimoog], Piano, Bells [Orchestral], Keyboards [Crumar Electronic Keyboard], Composed By, Arranged By, Producer – Sun Ra
- Tenor Saxophone – John Gilmore
- Trumpet – Eddie Gale
- Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Michael Ray
- Voice [Ethnic Voices] – Edde Tahmahs*, James Jacson, June Tyson, Sun Ra
