Space Is The Place

Over the course of these california visits sun ra came to the attention of jim newman who produced the film space is the place starring sun ra and his arkestra and based in part on sun ra s berkeley lectures.

Space is the place. Speaking as a professional jazz musician i appreciated the compelling insights into the creative processes behind sun ra s innovations in sound. Space is the place is a hard to find movie to be sure i searched for years to find it and finally saw it tonight at a local college in a show that included a concert of avant gard jazz. Taken from space is the place blue thumb records 1973.

It may not come as much of a surprise to learn that avant jazzman sun ra comes from outer space. He recorded over 200 albums with his arkestra which dressed in egypto space costumes played everything from boogie woogie and swing to fusion and free jazz. John szwed s space is the place is the definitive biography of this musical polymath who was one of the twentieth century s greatest avant garde artists and intellectuals.

Space is the place is john f. In this comedy concert film he lands his spaceship in oakland to show black people the home. That s because space is the place and while we might be on a journey through the solar system on this global ship the trip is like driving with one of our four tires missing we re going in circles.