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The Arkestra is still touring, and if you can catch them you should. Without question the best live act I’ve ever seen.

• DaoVeles 2y ago
  They don't merely tour, they fly a space ship to spread their vibe!
  • wyclif 2y ago
    Here's my fun personal story about the Sun Ra Arkestra: I grew up as a music-mad kid in the Philly metro region, and a friend of mine and a fellow music fan somehow got the phone number for the Arkestra group home where Sun Ra and a bunch of the band members lived. It was in my wallet for a few months and I told myself the next time I hit the city, I'd call the number and ask to speak to Sun Ra while it was a local call. So one night I call the number and this gruff voice says "Hello?" and I say, "Hello, I'd like to speak to Sun Ra" and this voice that I immediately recognized as that of John Gilmore, the sax player, yells at me "Go to bed, white boy!" and hangs up on me. Me and my friend, who was on an extension, burst out laughing...
    • DaoVeles 2y ago
      Every story about them is always far better than it should be.
• mtalantikite 2y ago
  One of my favorite shows was them doing a live score to "Space is the Place" during a Winter Jazz Fest. It was a lot of fun, looks like someone took some video of the beginning of it [1]. They used to play somewhat regularly in summers at a dive bar/venue near me in Brooklyn, which always felt ridiculous that such an important group was playing where countless crappy bands also played, but was sort of perfect. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=rl40d9Bz2Ps https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=rl40d9Bz2Ps