Celebrate Sun Ra & Marshall Allen's Earth Arrival Days
A Donation gives you access to March 4 at The Town Hall
Funds benefit AFA and the Sun Ra Arkestra
SUNDAY MAY 24 THROUGH TUESDAY MAY 26
AFA is offering exclusive, temporary access to the video of The Sun Ra Arkestra directed by Marshall Allen at The Town Hall on March 4, 2020. This was the last live event AFA was able to produce before NYS shut down public gatherings. For those of you lucky enough to attend, you know what a special night that was.
The video will be available from:
Sunday, May 24, 5PM ET thru Tuesday, May 26, at 11:59 PM ET
Donate and you will be provided with the link to this historic performance.
Sun Ra arrived May 22, 1914
Marshall Allen arrived May 25, 1924
The video will be available from:
Sunday, May 24, 5PM ET thru Tuesday, May 26, at 11:59 PM ET
Donate and you will be provided with the link to this historic performance.
Sun Ra arrived May 22, 1914
Marshall Allen arrived May 25, 1924
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Support Arts for Art and the Sun Ra Arkestra
Donations benefit Arts for Art and the Sun Ra Arkestra. Upon donating, you will receive an email from Give Lively with the link to enjoy the video of the Sun Ra Arkestra at The Town Hall. *Note* If you do not see the email search your inbox for Give Lively. |
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Public Zoom Chat with Marshall Allen
Sunday May 24 at 6:30 PM ET
Sunday May 24 at 6:30 PM ET
After the video premieres, we’ll be hosting a special public chat on Sunday, May 24 at 6:30 PM ET. William Parker will interview Maestro Marshall Allen. This requires a separate registration (no donation required to participate).
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The Sun Ra Arkestra under the direction of Marshall Allen
Music & Lyrics by Sun Ra Marshall Allen - director, arranger, alto sax, flute Tara Middleton - vocals D. Hotep - guitar Gwen Laster - violin Melanie Dyer - viola Nina Bogomas - harp Knoel Scott - vocals, saxes Robert Landham - alto sax James Stewart - tenor sax Cecil Brooks - trumpet Dave Davis - trombone Emmett McDonald - trombone Vincent Chancey - french horn Elson Nascimento - percussion, surdo Ron McBee - percussion Tyler Mitchell - bass Wayne Anthony Smith Jr. - drums Marvin Bugalu Smith - drums William Mazza - live video painting |
Under the leadership of Marshall Allen, the Arkestra carries the Sun Ra experience of sound, dance, song, light, and color into the present. Having joined the Arkestra in the 1950s, Allen is uniquely positioned to move this performance tradition forward, further cementing Sun Ra and the Arkestra’s twinned legacies as both progenitors and practitioners of the genre now called AfroFuturism. The Town Hall performance will include video art and painting by NYC artist William Mazza to create a synesthetic sight/sound experience of Sun Ra and his mind-bending view of the universe.
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