Sun Ra Arkestra returns soon in Chicago, a legacy kept alive by a 97-year-old bandmate. ‘His music needs to be heard’
CHICAGO — Patrons of South Side jazz clubs in the 1950s might have noticed something a bit different about pianist Sun Ra’s big band — slowly at first, then all at once. Their sounds became more far-out, the synthy buzz of claviolines and Wurlitzers replacing Ra’s usual uprights. Bit by…
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