Here's the new London jazz band Ezra Collective covering Sun Ra's signature tune, Space Is The Place, on their 2017 EP, Juan Pablo: The Philosopher.
Sun Ra would typically close his sets with chants of Space Is the Place. The band would dance and march while chanting, and often break through the fourth wall of the performance and march off the stage into the audience chanting. It was not unusual to see them out in the lobby still chanting after the show, or even outdoors on the street after the show. You half expected them to follow you to your car or the subway - you half expected to see them in your bedroom the next morning still chanting "Space is the place."
Here they are closing out a set in The Hague back in 1979. At this point, if you've been following this series, you should be able to recognize several of the core members of the Arkestra, including Sun Ra, June Tyson, Marshall Allen, and John Gilmore.
Sun Ra would typically close his sets with chants of Space Is the Place. The band would dance and march while chanting, and often break through the fourth wall of the performance and march off the stage into the audience chanting. It was not unusual to see them out in the lobby still chanting after the show, or even outdoors on the street after the show. You half expected them to follow you to your car or the subway - you half expected to see them in your bedroom the next morning still chanting "Space is the place."
Here they are closing out a set in The Hague back in 1979. At this point, if you've been following this series, you should be able to recognize several of the core members of the Arkestra, including Sun Ra, June Tyson, Marshall Allen, and John Gilmore.
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