SUN RADIO - Jazz Profiles, November 9th, 2-7pm est

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THE IMAGE REACH

To

The territory of the non-memory

The realm of the non-moving potential

of that which is not--

To

The state beyond the image-reach

The magic life of myth

And fantasy

I speak

And say "Welcome."

I welcome thy presence

As a very Cosmic gift

of sheer happiness.

The happiness I have known

Are no longer mine.

I cast them to the world

And say "Take these"

As you have taken all else from me,

For I have one foot upon

The threshold of other realms

And wings

Have grown

Upon my mind

To take me

Beyond the gravity

And gravitation

of the earth.

- Sun Ra

Join us Sunday, November 9th, between 2pm and 7pm for a celebration of Le

Sun Ra's music of the spheres, with special focus on virtuoso reed player

John Gilmore.

Sun Ra is an outer-space myth whose earthly legacy is astounding and

deeply rooted in all that 'Jazz' signifies. He played piano and arranged

for Fletcher Henderson, was highly regarded by Coleman Hawkins and

Thelonius Monk, pioneered electronic keyboards and forecast most of

current popular music. Sun Ra's music spans big-band swing, doo-wop,

post-bop, and so-called 'free'

improvisation - although Ra did not like the notion of 'freedom',

preferring instead the 'precision and discipline' it took to rehearse

every day for 14 hours and keep an orchestra together for about as long as

Basie's and Ellington's.

John Gilmore held first chair on tenor and soprano saxes, flute and

clarinet as well as percussion in Sun Ra's Arkestra for nearly four

decades. He is well-known in musicians' circles for having taught John

Coltrane some key lessons - eliciting 'Trane's excited response, "He's got

the concept!" We will highlight some classic Gilmore moments from Sun

Ra's huge recorded output, in addition to surveying Gilmore's career as a

sideman in various ensembles such as Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, Paul

Bley, Dizzy Reece and McCoy Tyner.

Space is the Place!

Edited November 9, 2003 by 7/4