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Sun Ra Arkestra, Sun Ra And His Arkestra at Damrosch Park
Courtesy of Bandsintown | Posted on June 23, 2018
Where
Damrosch Park
Lincoln Center Plaza
New York, NY
Map
212-875-5066
When
Wed, August 8, 2018
7:00 pm
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Musicians
Sun Ra Arkestra
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“The music is different here. The vibrations are different here.” So opens the 1972 Afrofuturist sci-fi film Space Is the Place by jazz cult-icon Sun Ra. But these words could also apply to (le) poisson rouge, the Bleecker Street club known for its diverse, open-minded programming. This cosmic evening, part of LPR’s 10th-anniversary celebrations, builds up to the Sun Ra Arkestra’s live performance of the score to the film, in which Black people create their own paradise on Saturn, transported there by music. Getting us to that place tonight are the beloved songs of Bill Withers (“Ain’t No Sunshine When She’s Gone,” “Just the Two of Us”) performed by Blue Note jazz and R&B artist José James...