Oh boy… I can’t wait to start exploring this.
Sun Ra is undoubtedly a motherfucking genius. An introvert, and eccentric, and Picassian in the fecundity of his art. The more I learn about him, the more I dig him.
I didn’t immediately put theses discs on, upon their arrival today. As much as I really wanted to. Why? Because we had guests. And Sun Ra might well be an acquired taste.
But on finally getting to bed, after watching Basil Rathbone as Shylock Heims, in The Lady In Green, I started to peruse the packaging and booklet.
Ra’s poetico-philosophical musings are of a piece with the music. Dazzling, wide-ranging, and just plain wonderful…