Once upon a time there was a planet…
Masahiko Sato: piano
Album: Duet
Recording: March 24/25, 2000
The debate about revoking Pluto’s planetary status was already in full swing in 2000, so the title Blues for Pluto may actually refer to the erstwhile ninth planet. Japanese jazz bassist Shin’ichi Katō recorded his duo album with his compatriot Sato for Hamburg’s Nagel-Heyer label.
Pluto is the largest known dwarf planet and the longest known object of the Kuiper belt (an annular, relatively flat region extending into our solar system outside the orbit of Neptune and containing more than 70,000 objects that are at least 100 km across, as well as many smaller objects).
From its discovery on February 18, 1930, until the International Astronomical Union (IAU) redefined the term “planet” on August 24, 2006, Pluto was considered the ninth and outermost planet in the solar system. After the discovery of new bodies of similar size in the Kuiper belt, Pluto’s status as a planet was revoked and it was assigned to the specifically created category of dwarf planets.
With Charon, Pluto has a relatively large moon, which is why the “double system Pluto-Charon” is sometimes referred to. Beside Charon, there are 4 small moons.
In January 2006, New Horizons was the first spacecraft to be sent to Pluto. It passed its destination at a distance of 12,500 km (7,800 miles) on July 14, 2015, and took some stunning images. One of Pluto’s most prominent features is a heart-shaped bright region composed primarily of frozen nitrogen. A Cold, Cold Heart indeed.
George Dorsey, Charlie Holmes: alto saxophone
Harold Clark, Dave McRae: tenor saxophone
Don Abney: piano
Everett Barksdale: guitar
Frank Goodlette: double bass
Jack Parker: drums
Recording: September 17, 1951
The spacecraft “New Horizons” visited a second object in the Kuiper Belt, the asteroid Arrokoth (originally named Ultima Thule).
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