Sun Ra's visionary Afro Futurist project, begun in the 1940s, provided fuel for many strands of musical culture: he stood with one foot in rhythm and blues, one foot in free jazz and two hands stretched out into space.
We discover more about Ra with Amiri Baraka, the legendary poet/playwright/activist who collaborated with him in the 1960s and performs the tribute poem, 'Message From Sun Ra'. There are archival clips of the Sun Man himself acting, chatting and delivering a unique 'lecture'; and, of course, there's plenty of Sun Ra's strange and beautiful music.
Welcome to the Space Age, EARthlings!
Sun Ra now: http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/nightair/the-other-worlds-of-sun-ra/4404692
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Broadcast: Part One Sunday at 8.05 pm, repeated the following Friday at 9.05 pm
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