Sun Ra Space Is The Place
There could have been more music but this version of space is the place is 20 minutes longer than the one issued in the early 90s on vhs and includes home movie footage of sun ra s 1972 egyptian.
Sun ra space is the place. Space is the place 1974 space is the place. Space is the place lp album re 180 blue thumb records the verve music group. Speaking as a professional jazz musician i appreciated the compelling insights into the creative processes behind sun ra s innovations in sound.
It was directed by john coney written by sun ra and joshua smith and features sun ra and his arkestra. A soundtrack was released on evidence records. Space is the place is a studio album by sun ra.
Space is the place is john f. Szwed s remarkably well researched biography of sun ra. Space is the place is an 85 minute afrofuturist science fiction film made in 1972 and released in 1974.
In 1998 it was reissued on impulse. It was originally released on blue thumb records in 1973. Space is the place provides an excellent introduction to sun ra s vast and free form jazz catalog.
Taken from space is the place blue thumb records 1973. Typical of many sun ra recordings the program is varied. Bts 41 06007 53627631.
Bts 41 06007 53627631. Sun ra space age prophet pharoanic jester shaman philosopher and avant jazz keyboardist bandleader lands his spaceship in oakland having been presumed lost in space for a few years. With black power on the rise ra disembarks and proclaims himself the alter destiny.