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> From: Davidson Gigliotti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: FLUXLIST: query
> Date: Tuesday, March 28, 2000 12:22 PM
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> Oh yes, I remember Sun Ra.
I saw him in a tiny hall in Santa Monica. The thing about him and his very
large Arkestra is that they all lived together for 30 years out in the
country, and played together all the time, so they were like a single
entity, doing improvisations of a complexity and supernatural tightness
that were incredible.
His use of common-and-garden popular tunes in these amazingly orchestrated
works was also intensely charming (viz Sol's Disney tunes album).
A friend told me that he saw Sun Ra blowing a note for many minutes on end
(circular breathing), turning in a circle on one leg.
I have the album Space is the Place, and some others. He was one of the
wonders of the world.
AK
