title: Aliens in a Bebop Planet
text: # Aliens in a Bebop Planet
  
  Aliens in a Bebop Planet is a double album by jazz pianist Roberto Magris released on the JMood label in 2012, featuring performances by Magris with his Space Trek from Kansas City.
  
  ## Reception
  
  Professional ratings :
  
  | Review scores ||
  | - | - |
  | Source | Rating |
  | DownBeat | |
  | Orkester Journalen | |
  | Concerto | |
  | All About Jazz | |
  
  The DownBeat review by John Ephland awarded the album 3 ½ stars and simply states: "Aliens in a Bebop Planet has the feel of a musical theater revue, but that doesn’t come through until the very end. Before that, we are treated to a variety of mainstream jazz styles. As for the title of the package, a better one might be Beboppers on an Alien Planet. But kicking it all off is a signature sound on piano that suggests yet another 'planet'”.
  
  ## Track listing
  
  CD 1
  
  * Blues Clues on the Lunar Sand (Roberto Magris) – 4:33
  * Across the Borders / Beyond the Faith (Roberto Magris) – 6:44
  * A Night in Cydonia (Roberto Magris) – 5:12
  * Nostalgia (Fats Navarro) – 4:26
  * On Cloud Nine (Roberto Magris) – 6:05
  * Sat (Roberto Magris) – 6:45
  * Robbin's Space Bolero (Sir Charles Thompson) – 7:01
  * Aliens in a Bebop Planet Roberto (Magris) – 5:23
  * Chachanada (Roberto Magris) – 6:35
  
  CD 2
  
  * New Cos City (PJ Aubree Collins/Roberto Magris) – 4:33
  * Signals and Prayers (Roberto Magris) – 4:08
  * The Gypsy (Billy Reid) – 5:32
  * Nobody Knows (Kenny Clarke) – 3:47
  * Cosmic Storyville (Roberto Magris) – 3:42
  * Giant Steps (John Coltrane) – 5:07
  * Rhythms from the Floating Space (Roberto Magris) – 3:14
  * On Cloud Nine Duet (Roberto Magris) – 6:12
  * Saturn Sun Ra (Roberto Magris) – 3:54
  * Audio Notebook – 19:00
  
  ## Personnel
  
  ### Musicians
  
  * Matt Otto – tenor sax
  * Roberto Magris – piano
  * Dominique Sanders – bass
  * Brian Steever – drums
  * Pablo Sanhueza – congas and percussion (on # 3, 4, 6–9, 11, 12, 16, 18)
  * Eddie Charles – vocal (on # 8, 10, 13)
  
  ### Production
  
  * Paul Collins – executive producer and producer
  * George Hunt – engineering
  * Stephen Bocioaca – design
  * Jerry Lockett – photography
  