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Blue Delight is a jazz album by free jazz pioneer Sun Ra.

The AllMusic review by Sean Westergaard stated, “Blue Delight is a great late-period Arkestra recording, notable for several reasons: 1. This is a very large, impeccably recorded Arkestra featuring special guests Tommy Turrentine and Don Cherry AND a number of Arkestra alumni returning for the date. 2. Although synthesizers are present, the majority of Ra’s solos are on piano. 3. John Gilmore solos on nearly every cut. 4. The band swings mightily from start to finish. Blue Delight also features a program of a handful of standards mixed with Ra originals that don’t head too far into outer space.

Track listing:
“Blue Delight” – 11:10
“Out of Nowhere” (Green, Heyman) – 5:26
“Sunrise” – 11:48
“They Dwell on Other Planes” – 14:41
“Gone with the Wind” (Magison, Wrubel) – 5:51
“Your Guest Is as Good as Mine” – 5:53
“Nashira” (Priester) – 4:09
“Days of Wine and Roses” (Mancini) – 6:58
All compositions by Sun Ra except as indicated. All arrangements by Sun Ra.
Recorded at Variety Recording Studios, New York, on December 5, 1988.

Personnel:
Sun Ra – piano, synthesizer
Fred Adams – trumpet
Tommy Turrentine – trumpet
Ahmed Abdullah – trumpet
Al Evans – flugelhorn
Tyrone Hill – trombone
Julian Priester – trombone
Marshall Allen – alto saxophone, flute, oboe, clarinet
Noel Scott – alto saxophone, percussion
John Gilmore – tenor saxophone, clarinet, percussion
Danny Ray Thompson – baritone saxophone, flute, bongos
Eloe Omoe – bass clarinet, alto saxophone, contra-alto clarinet, percussion
James Jacson – bassoon, flute, percussion
Bruce Edwards – electric guitar
Carl LeBlanc – electric guitar (all solos)
John Ore – bass
Billy Higgins – drums
Earl “Buster” Smith – drums
Elson Nascimento – percussion

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Released: 1989
Recorded: December 5, 1988
Length: 65:51
Label: A&M
Producer: John Snyder