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Danny Ray Thompson (01 Oct 1947 - 13 Mar 2020)

Male Person - United States

Relationships (4)

Member Of

  1. The Sun Ra Arkestra (1967 - 1995)
  2. The Sun Ra Arkestra (2002)
  3. The Heliosonic Tone-tette
  4. Black Heat

On Recordings (50)

Instruments

  1. You Never Told Me That You Care 5:36 The Sun Ra Arkestra (1970) reeds
  2. Enlightenment 5:09 The Sun Ra Arkestra (1970) reeds
  3. I Could Have Danced All Night 3:11 The Sun Ra Arkestra (1970) reeds
  4. Back in Your Own Backyard 2:07 The Sun Ra Arkestra (1970) reeds
  5. 'Round Midnight 3:55 The Sun Ra Arkestra (1970) reeds
  6. Hour of Parting 4:52 The Sun Ra Arkestra (1970) reeds
  7. Walking on the Moon 6:17 The Sun Ra Arkestra (1971) woodwind
  8. Journey to the Stars 2:58 The Sun Ra Arkestra (1971) woodwind
  9. Pleasant Twilight 3:38 The Sun Ra Arkestra (1971) woodwind
  10. Somebody Else’s World 3:31 The Sun Ra Arkestra (1971) woodwind
  11. The Design - Cosmos II 2:21 The Sun Ra Arkestra (1971) woodwind
  12. Contrast 2:55 The Sun Ra Arkestra (1971) woodwind
  13. World of the Myth 'I' 1:36 The Sun Ra Arkestra (1971) woodwind
  14. Sun Thoughts 2:37 The Sun Ra Arkestra (1971) woodwind
  15. Somewhere Else 4:34 The Sun Ra Arkestra (1971) woodwind
  16. Otherness Blue 4:51 The Sun Ra Arkestra (1971) woodwind
  17. The Wind Speaks 3:54 The Sun Ra Arkestra (1971) woodwind
  18. Space Is the Place 21:14 Sun Ra (1973) baritone saxophone
  19. Discipline 33 4:52 Sun Ra (1973) flute
  20. Smile 4:24 The Sun Ra Arkestra (1984) baritone saxophone
  21. Drop Me Off in Harlem 5:04 The Sun Ra Arkestra (1984) baritone saxophone
  22. Nuclear War 7:45 The Sun Ra Arkestra (1984) baritone saxophone
  23. Sometimes I'm Happy 4:29 The Sun Ra Arkestra (1984) baritone saxophone
  24. Nameless One No. 2 4:01 The Sun Ra Arkestra (1984) baritone saxophone
  25. Celestial Love 5:35 The Sun Ra Arkestra (1984) baritone saxophone
  26. Blue Intensity 5:17 The Sun Ra Arkestra (1984) baritone saxophone
  27. Retrospect 5:43 The Sun Ra Arkestra (1984) baritone saxophone
  28. Cosmo Journey Blues 6:13 Sun Ra (1985) flute, bass
  29. As Space Ships Approach 2:36 Sun Ra (1985) flute, bass
  30. Pharaoh’s Den 2:58 Sun Ra (1985) flute, bass
  31. Cosmo Sun Connection 3:46 Sun Ra (1985) flute, bass
  32. Cosmonaut Astronaut Rendezvous 3:29 Sun Ra (1985) flute, bass
  33. Hours After 8:44 The Sun Ra Arkestra (1986) saxophone, bongos
  34. But Not for Me 6:00 The Sun Ra Arkestra (1986) saxophone, bongos
  35. Dance of the Extra Terrestrians 13:23 The Sun Ra Arkestra (1986) saxophone, bongos
  36. Love on a Far Away Planet 10:04 The Sun Ra Arkestra (1986) saxophone, bongos
  37. Beautiful Love 5:01 The Sun Ra Arkestra (1986) saxophone, bongos
  38. Why Was I Born 5:57 The Sun Ra Arkestra (1988) baritone saxophone
  39. Prelude to a Kiss 5:11 The Sun Ra Arkestra (1988) baritone saxophone
  40. Cosmo Approach Prelude 7:29 The Sun Ra Arkestra (1988) baritone saxophone
  41. Astro Black 11:23 The Sun Ra Arkestra (1988) baritone saxophone
  42. I'll Wait for You 7:18 The Sun Ra Arkestra (1988) baritone saxophone
  43. If You Came From Nowhere Here 10:27 The Sun Ra Arkestra (1988) baritone saxophone
  44. Interstellar Lo-Ways 7:23 The Sun Ra Arkestra (1988) baritone saxophone
  45. Can You Take It? 3:14 The Sun Ra Arkestra (1988) baritone saxophone
  46. Journey to Saturn 3:45 The Sun Ra Arkestra (24 Sep 1996) baritone saxophone
  47. I Am Gonna Unmask the Batman 2:18 The Sun Ra Arkestra (24 Sep 1996) baritone saxophone
  48. Friendly Love III 6:27 The Sun Ra Arkestra (26 Sep 2000) baritone saxophone

Vocals

  1. Rocket Number Nine 2:54 Sun Ra (1973)
  2. Nuclear War 7:45 The Sun Ra Arkestra (1984)

Credited as (1)

  1. Marshall Allen, Danny Ray Thompson, Jamie Saft, Trevor Dunn, Balazs Pandi w. Roswell Rudd

Works (10)

Wrote

  1. Loa
  2. Spells
  3. Calumet
  4. Sacred Authority
  5. The Summoning
  6. Honoring the Healing Spirits
  7. Inhale
  8. Rapid Transformation
  9. Goma
  10. Amulet

Links (7)

Other Databases

  1. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb14232969m
  2. https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/danny_thompson_f1

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/252039

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000955414

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q87697694

Biographies

  1. http://www.sunraarkestra.com/1-dannyray.html
  2. http://www.elrarecords.com/dannyray.html