Live at Pit-Inn, Tokyo, Japan, 8, 8, 1988

Live at Pit-Inn, Tokyo, Japan, 8, 8, 1988, AKA Cosmo Omnibus Imagiable Illusion, is a live album by jazz composer, bandleader and keyboardist Sun Ra and his Arkestra recorded in Tokyo in 1988 and released on the Japanese DIW label.

Reception

The AllMusic review by Jesse Jarnow awarded the album 3 stars stating "The recording captures the band sympathetically, managing to keep the chaos under control through a crisp and deep mix... a good introduction to Sun Ra's work".

Track listing

All compositions by Sun Ra except as indicated

" Introduction/Cosmo Approach Prelude" – 7:29
"Angel Race/I Wait for You" – 7:18
"Can You Take It?" – 3:14
"If You Came from Nowhere Here" – 10:27
"Astro Black" – 11:23
"Prelude to a Kiss" – 5:11
"Why Was I Born?" – 5:57
"Insterstellar Lo-Ways" – 7:23

Personnel

Sun Ra – piano, synthesizer, vocals
Michael Ray – trumpet, vocals on "Why Was I Born?"
Ahmed Abdullah – trumpet
Tyrone Hill – trombone
Marshall Allen – alto saxophone
John Gilmore – tenor saxophone, timbales
Danny Ray Thompson – baritone saxophone
Eloe Omoe – bass clarinet, alto saxophone, contra-alto clarinet
June Tyson – violin, vocals on "Astro Black"
Bruce Edwards – electric guitar
Rollo Radford – electric bass
Eric Walker, Earl "Buster" Smith – drums