He worked and recorded with Sun Ra from 1962 to 1976.
Sun Ra believed in art for art's sake and would have played even if no one had come to hear him.
Even out on their own and in business suits, you could hear Sun Ra playing right through them.
The difference is that Sun Ra actually came to believe it.
Sun Ra's spaceships did not come, as it were, out of nowhere.
All titles were written by Sun Ra, except where noted.
Sun Ra said that this experience occurred in 1936 or 1937.
Sun Ra discussed the vision, with no substantive variation, to the end of his life.
Sun Ra continued playing in Europe to nearly the end of his life.
He spent many hours exposed to Sun Ra's philosophy about music and life.