Getting better than good : notes from the omniverse / Sun Ra ; interviewed by Jay Green.

Program Title:
Getting better than good : notes from the omniverse / Sun Ra ; interviewed by Jay Green.
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PRA Archive #: 
KZ1759
Description: 

Sun Ra discusses his life and development as a musician. The discussion begins with Ra's early musical training under Fletcher Henderson, and his feelings about learning, listening and obediency. Ra continues by explaining his role as a musician in the omniverse; philosophies on the future of humanity; earth; nuclear weapons; and the message in his music.

Music includes: Round Midnight -- King Porter's Stomp -- Where Spaceships Appear -- Travel in the Spaceways -- Dawn -- Raw to the Rescue -- Songs for Hiroshima.

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Date Broadcast on: 
KPFK, 13 June 1991?
Item duration: 
2 reel2 (120 min.) : 7 1/2 ips., mono.
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Distributor: 
Los Angeles : Pacifica Radio Archive, 1991.
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