Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. Space is the place inevitably doesnt do justice to the range of his output across seventy albums or to the full perplexity of the sun ra mindscape. 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 ras 1972 egyptian. Malikee ikiru deep space 99 5 song ep inspired by the late jazz master sun ra. Sun ra and his intergalactic solar arkestra composer. Space is the place by sun ra on amazon music unlimited. Excerpt from the introduction of space is the place 1974, starring sun ra. It is an odd artifact, a hybrid of science fiction, blaxploitation and too little avantgarde jazz.
For those about to leap into the sun ra catalogue, this is one of the essentials. Download sun ra and his band from outer space space aura. Its a scene from sun ras 1974 blaxploitation scifi film, space is the place. Space is the place by sun ra album, avantgarde jazz.
Watch the video for space is the place from sun ra s space is the place for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. If all you know about sun ra is space is the place, you dont know ra. The avantgarde jazz musician sun ra in john coneys underground fantasy space is the place 1974, in which he plays a character beamed to earth from saturn. In 1974 sun ra made his only film, space is the place, directed by john coney, who also never made another movie. In the film, as in life, sun ra is the quintessential outsider and space is a metaphorical eden for this much put upon black man. The expansive title track is one of the most ambitious things ra committed to. By the time ra recorded space is the place in 1972, many of his contemporaries in jazz were also exploring the very outer reaches hed. Described as one of the mythical jazz mavericks most accessible works, space is the place positively glows with the chaotic atmosphere of early 70s jazz cafes and bohemian reckless abandon. Download sun ra space is the place files tradownload. Watch the video for space is the place from sun ras space is the place for free, and see. Listen to your favorite songs from space is the place by sun ra now.
The other worlds of sun ra features writer and activist amiri baraka, who collaborated with ra in the new york underground of the 1960s. Sun ra and his intergalactic solar arkestra space is the place. Its brilliant, full of musical and spoken nuggets i remember using parts of it as sound effects during early dj sets, both over other tracks and between songs. Sun ra space is the place this was probably the first sun ra record that i really got into, both the album and the film soundtrack. Sun ra s life project mixed a fascination with outer space with his african roots and wildly expressive music, which continues to delight and inspire audiences almost two decades after he left the planet. Avantgarde jazz musician sun ra stars in the movie version of his concept album space is the place. And like a comet or some other incandescent heavenly body moving on its own elliptical trajectory, it.
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