The Saturn People's Sound Collective at Burlington Discover Jazz Festival at Flynn Center for The Performing Arts

also, Evan Crandell,Zach Tonnissen,Luke LaPlant,Hilary Goldblatt,Caleb Elder,Indigo Ruth-Davis,Nelson Caldwell,Dan Silverman.

If Sun Ra, Steve Reich, and Sonic Youth met on the Silk Road, you might hear something that approximates The Saturn People’s Sound Collective. A 20-person band under the direction of Vermont’s Brian Boyes, the group combines jazz, minimalism, post-rock long-form melodic sensibilities, and global music. With instrumentation that includes five reeds, four trombones, three trumpets/flugelhorns, three cellos, a violin, guitar, bass, modified drum kit, and loads of Indian, South American, and Middle Eastern percussion, witness the cosmic power of the collective and embark on a strange celestial journey. After all, as Sun Ra proved, “Space is the place.”...

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also, Evan Crandell,Zach Tonnissen,Luke LaPlant,Hilary Goldblatt,Caleb Elder,Indigo Ruth-Davis,Nelson Caldwell,Dan Silverman.

If Sun Ra, Steve Reich, and Sonic Youth met on the Silk Road, you might hear something that approximates The Saturn People’s Sound Collective. A 20-person band under the direction of Vermont’s Brian Boyes, the group combines jazz, minimalism, post-rock long-form melodic sensibilities, and global music. With instrumentation that includes five reeds, four trombones, three trumpets/flugelhorns, three cellos, a violin, guitar, bass, modified drum kit, and loads of Indian, South American, and Middle Eastern percussion, witness the cosmic power of the collective and embark on a strange celestial journey. After all, as Sun Ra proved, “Space is the place.”

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