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The Sun Ra Arkestra: Music for the 21st Century
by Rex Butters
As one would hope from a release claiming certified lineage to the source, Music for the 21st Century finds the Sun Ra Arkestra still playing swing mechanique, angular outside freestyle, comet tail cold, and overheating from inward friction. Its indomitable goodwill intact and glued to the blues, the Ark still flies on a supply, the interdimensional navigations hand-carved by astro alto Arkestra alumni Marshall Allen. The octogenarian returns the ship to the rougher rides of earlier times, zipping through tight ...
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