Tonight we begin our elongated celebration of the 100th birthday of Sun Ra, who descended on the Third Planet on May 22, 1914 and left on May 23, 1993, with a program of selections from his early years with the Arkestra in Chicago, recored bewteen 1956 and 1960 and issued on the albums We Travel the Spaceways (Saturn LP 409, 1956), Sun Ra Visits Planet Earth (Saturn LP 207, 1956-58), Jazz in Silhouette (Saturn LP 205, 1958), and Interstellar Low Ways (Saturn LP 203, 1960).
The John Sinclair Foundation Presents
WE TRAVEL THE SPACEWAYS
ANCESTOR WORSHIP 91
John Sinclair, Blackheath Studios, London, May 18, 2014 [18237]
Charlie Parker: Another Hairdo
Sun Ra & His Arkestra: We Travel the Spaceways
Sun Ra & His Arkestra: Outer Spaceways Inc.
Sun Ra & His Arkestra: Tapestry from an Asteroid
Sun Ra & His Arkestra: New Horizons
Sun Ra & His Arkestra: Planet Earth
Sun Ra & His Arkestra: Horoscope
Sun Ra & His Arkestra: Enlightenment
Sun Ra & His Arkestra: Blues at Midnight
Sun Ra & His Arkestra: Rocket Number 9
Sun Ra & His Arkestra: Images
A JOINT PRODUCTION
Hosted by John Sinclair for Radio Free Amsterdam
Produced, recorded, edited & assembled by John Sinclair
Executive Producer: Steve Pratt
Special thanks to Nick Smith & Steve The Fly
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