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Sun Ra Arkestra Directed By Marshall Allen at Lovin' Cup Brews & Bistro
Courtesy of Tom Kohn | Posted on October 9, 2018
Where
Lovin' Cup Brews & Bistro
300 Park Point Drive
Rochester, NY
Map
585 292 9940
When
Mon, October 15, 2018
8:00 pm
At Door
Save the date
Musicians
Marshall Allen
saxophone, altoAbout
Bop Shop Records and Bop Arts present
The Sun Ra Arkestra directed by Marshall Allen
Monday, October 15th, 8:00 pm
Lovin’ Cup Brews & Bistro 300 Park Point Drive, Rochester, NY
$30 advance/ $35 day of show
Sun Ra (born Herman Poole Blount, legal name Le Sony’r Ra; May 22, 1914 – May 30, 1993) was an American jazz composer, bandleader, piano and synthesizer player, poet and philosopher known for his “cosmic philosophy,” prolific musical output, and performances. He was inducted into the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame in 1979.
Controversial because of his eclectic music and unorthodox lifestyle, and claiming that he was of the “Angel Race”, and not from Earth but from Saturn, Sun Ra developed a complex persona, using “cosmic” philosophies and lyrical poetry that made him a pioneer of afrofuturism. He preached awareness and peace above all. He abandoned his birth name and took on the name and persona of Sun Ra (Ra being the Egyptian God of the Sun), and used several other names throughout his career, including Le Sonra and Sonny Lee. Sun Ra denied any connection with his birth name, saying “That’s an imaginary person, never existed… Any name that I use other than Ra is a pseudonym.”...