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01. Sun Ra - Berkeley Lecture
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02. Sun Ra - Love in Outer Space
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03. Sun Ra - Moog Solo
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ARTIST
SUN RA
TITLE
Berkeley Lecture, 1971
FORMAT
CD
LABEL
CORBETT VS. DEMPSEY
CATALOG #
CVSD 113CD
CVSD 113CD
GENRE
JAZZ
RELEASE DATE
10/11/2024
The beginning of the 1970s was a watershed moment in the terrestrial life of
Sun Ra
. With his band, the
Arkestra
, he began touring internationally. He and his manager
Alton Abraham
penned a deal with ABC-Impulse! for a series of records which introduced him to many new and distant listeners, as did his Blue Thumb LP
Space is the Place
. The film of the same name was under way in northern California at the time, too, and Ra accepted a lectureship at University of California, Berkeley, in 1971, teaching a class titled "The Black Man and the Cosmos." This course of study was held in some secrecy, apparently open exclusively to Black students who were strictly forbidden to record the lectures. Ra's assistants did, however, document the sessions, and some of these recordings have made their way to YouTube. The incredible half-hour of
Berkeley Lecture
presented here, however, is previously unknown, extracted from the Creative Audio Archive's extensive holdings. It presents Ra walking his students through a series of wonderful paradoxes and riddles, the sound of his chalk on the chalkboard serving as a kind of Greek chorus, commenting on or complementing his highly creative pedagogy. At the end of the lecture, Ra performs two musical demonstrations, the first a piano version of the Arkestra classic "Love in Outer Space," followed by a blistering 16-minute solo on the Moog synthesizer. Available for the first time ever, with cover images of the original tape box and reel featuring Ra's annotations. Transfer by
Todd Carter
. Mastering by
Alex Inglizian
. Original tape box and reel from CAA. CD designed by
David Khan-Giordano
. Produced by
John Corbett
.
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