On Jupiter is a great album recorded in 1979, about a year after
Lanquidity. After easing in with the fairly brief title cut, a fairly mellow affair featuring
June Tyson on vocals, listeners are treated to the all-out
disco-
funk of
"U.F.O." Anchored by a monster bassline courtesy of
Steve Clarke, this tune has fun ensemble vocals and great solos on guitar and tenor sax. This is as funky as
Sun Ra ever got and really must be heard to be believed. Side two consists of
"Seductive Fantasy," a lovely piece composed on top of a three-note bass ostinato that features lots of great piano from
Ra and some interesting guitar sounds from either
Skeeter McFarland or
Taylor Richardson.
John Gilmore gets plenty of room on this track as well and
Luqman Ali's drumming is superb. This album is well worth picking up, but being one of those
Saturn rarities makes it pretty difficult to do so. ~ Sean Westergaard
