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Under the direction of Marshall Allen, the NEA Jazz Master (2025) and multi-instrumentalist, who celebrated his 100th birthday on May 25, 2024, Sun Ra’s big band has arrived safely in the 21st century, after traveling Sun Ra‘s space ways for almost 70 years. This album pays tribute to the lifetime achievement of Marshall Allen, who leads the Sun Ra Arkestra since 1993. Recorded in Studio A at New York’s Power Station on June 16, 2024, the album celebrates the mastery of the exceptional musician Marshall Allen as a multi-instrumentalist, arranger, bandleader, teacher, and guardian of Sun Ra’s unique legacy.

As if from the farthest reaches of space, a tremendous positive energy has come to us via “Light on a Satellite“: It is Sun Ra’s music, played by his Arkestra, more than 30 years after the legendary band founder’s earthly demise – or, in other words, after his reported ascent to Saturn.

Tracklist:

1 Lights On A Satellite
2 Dorothy’s Dance
3 Big John’s Special
4 Images
5 Friendly Galaxy
6 Baby Won’t You Please Be Mine
7 Holiday For Strings
8 Tapestry From An Asteroid
9 Reflects Motion
10 Way Down Yonder In New Orleans