Sun Ra - Jazz from Saturn! 1956-82

<p>Sun Ra (born Herman Blount) was a talented pianist and composer who played and arranged for one of Fletcher Henderson's last bands. &nbsp;He began collecting a company of musicians around him in the 1950's including tenor saxophonist John Gilmore, baritone saxist Pat Patrick, altoist Marshall Allan and others. &nbsp;They created a music that began as hard bop, moved through soul and then became something quite extraordinary! &nbsp;Here are examples (issued as singles on Ra's label Saturn) from all those periods</p> --- Support this podcast: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/john-clark49/support" rel="payment">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/john-clark49/support</a>