A Sun Ra Celebration

MUSIC
FRIDAY, JULY 24, 2020
7:00 PM

Sound American
Twitch

Free ($10 donation requested)
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Some people fixate on how (delightfully) weird Sun Ra was, which is a pretty silly and superficial way of listening to and appreciating him.  What's important is how GREAT he was:  an absolutely unique synthesis of big-band swing and the most avant of avant-jazz, tied to a spacey stage conception that anticipated (and must have inspired) P-Funk.  So avant-gutbucket avant la lettre, and Afro-Futurist avant la lettre as well.  This tribute features a cluster of young leaders of the frontiers-of-jazz nonstyle.  This is SO worthwhile it's almost hard to express.

MAKE A NIGHT OF IT:  Gotta be a Cosmonaut, right?  Pour 2 oz. Gin and 3/4 oz. lemon juice, with 1 teaspoon of raspberry preserves, into an ice-filled cocktail shaker.  Shake (vigorously).   Strain into a chilled Martini glass or coupe.