Sun Ra Arkestra / William Parker's Inside Songs of Curtis Mayfield: Sounds of Justice

MUSIC
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 2020
7:00 PM

The Town Hall
123 West 43rd Street, Midtown, Manhattan

$32-$64
https://thetownhall.org/event/sounds-of-justice-sun-ra-arkestra

Ace bassist William Parker's free jazz interpretations of the sublime Chicago soul music of Curtis Mayfield are something to hear (talk about surefire material!).  The Sun Ra Arkestra's maintenance of Ra's avant–big band legacy under the leadership of the fabulous 95-year-old alto player Marshall Allen supports the idea that Ra was onto something with all that intergalactic Egyptian stuff.  The music is certainly beyond fantastic (in all senses of that word).  If the Arkestra should join in on the Curtis Mayfield stuff, that would be (literally) out of this world.

MAKE A NIGHT OF IT:  Before the show, grab a taco or three at Los Tacos No. 1.  Afterward, grab a cocktail or three at the more than a little douchey (hey, it's Midtown!) Blue.