Friendly Galaxies - An Evening of Celebrating Sun Ra at 100
— Set 1: Reconnaissance Fly (
Amanda Chaudhary: keyboard/electronics; Rich Lesnik: reeds; Polly Moller: voice, flutes, guitar; Larry the O: drums, and
Tim Walters: bass/electronics) perform a mixture of Sun Ra tunes & originals
— Set 2: Techno-griots Electropoetic Coffee (poet NSAA + guitarist
Ross Hammond) continue and extend Sun Ra's tradition of Afro-Futurist poetry+music madness
— Set 3: UBU RA BIG BAND, assembled by laptopist/pianist Joe Lasqo from the luminous gas remnants of the Beanbenders supernova & other far corners of the universe, travels through the sonic space of Sun Ra's repertoire, w video by Warren Stringer
Steve Adams - electronics
Aaron Bennett - saxes/reeds
Myles Boisen - guitar
Phillip Greenlief - saxes/reeds
John Hanes - percussion
Joe Lasqo - keyboards/electronics
Lisa Mezzacappa - bass
Dan Plonsey - saxes/reeds
Jon Raskin - saxes/reeds
David Slusser – saxes
Space songtresses: Barbara Golden &
Kattt Atchley Astro-Terspichorean dancers: Evangel King & Nan Busse
VIdeo artist: Warren Stringer
Cost: $10 non-members, $7 members
Videos featuring musicians playing at this event
Ken Filiano/ Steve Adams Duo at the Stone
avantNOIR, a suite of compositions for jazz quartet plus guests, is a musical companion to the crime novels of Dashiell Hammett and Paul Auster. All music by Lisa Mezzacappa.