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Satellites Are Spinning: Sun Ra Celebration - Concert #6 at The Planetarium At The Franklin Institute
Where
The Planetarium At The Franklin Institute
222 N 20th Street
Philadelphia , PA
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When
Wed, April 18, 2018
8:00 pm
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Musicians
Kevin Diehl
percussion
Keith DeStefano
bass
Charles Ellerbe
guitar
Adam Faulk
piano
Elliott Levin
saxophone
Paul Giess
trumpet
Daniel Blacksberg
trombone
Saudah Al Akbar
vocals
Kevin Valentine
vocals
Yolanda Wisher
poet / spoken wordAbout
Satellites Are Spinning: A Sizzling, Sonic Celebration of Sun Ra: A concert series. Featuring 8 concerts from December 2017 to June 2018 at some of the region's most important venues including; The Barnes Foundation, Ardmore Music Hall, Johnny Brenda's, The Planetarium of The Franklin Institute and World Cafe Live. Hosted by WRTI radio deejay, J. Michael Harrison. The series will present a diverse, aggregation of regional Jazz, Rock, R&B, Experimental, Hiphop, EDM artists and poets. It will also feature special guest, performance artists, a percolating videoscape by video master: Gralin Hughes, including the films of interdisciplanry artist, Taji Nahl. media createdas well as a broad range of musical selections from the catalogs of Sun Ra and former, Sun Ra Arkestra members, as well as otherworldly tunes by such diverse artists as Parliament/Funkadelic, Outkast, Benny Golson, Talking Heads, Earth, Wind & Fire, Albert King, Nona Hendryx, David Bowie, Return To Forever, John Coltrane & many more....
