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Date

Thursday, May 23, 2024 9:00PM

Name

Sun Ra at 110 with Sullivan Fortner's Galactic Friends

Description

Celebrating what would have been composer/keyboardist Sun Ra's 110th birthday on May 22, Grammy-winning, Earth-born, New Orleans pianist/keyboardist Sullivan Fortner has summoned his most galactic-minded of friends to delve into Sun Ra's inventive and adventurous music. From swing to free to earthy and spacey, Fortner and his fellow explorers – including Sun Ra Arkestra veterans and Grammy-winners –  will embrace the eclecticism that marked Sun Ra's atmospheric musical forays. 

In the immortal words of Sun Ra:   
In the half-between world,  
Dwell they: The Tone Scientists  
In notes and tone  
They speak of many things…  
The tone scientists:  
Architects of planes of discipline  
Mathematically precise are they: 
The tone-scientists  
–Sun Ra  

 

PERFORMANCE LINEUP

Sullivan Fortner, music director, piano, keyboards   
Maurice "Mobetta" Brown, trumpet 
Craig Harris, trombone  
Frank Lacy, trombone  
Scott Robinson, saxophones 
Alex Blake, bass   
Marcus Gilmore, drums 

 

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