View of “Sun Ra,” 2021. From left: Super-Sonic Sounds (El Saturn Records, 1957); Art Forms of Dimensions Tomorrow (El Saturn Records, 1965); The Night of the Purple Moon (El Saturn Records, 1970). Photo: Robert Chase Heishman.

Sun Ra

Corbett vs. Dempsey

Isn’t it in a bird’s nature to want to fly, as it is in our nature to want to dance and sing?

Like most of you, I spent my time during the pandemic relatively earthbound. But luckily, I had the opportunity to soar when I took in “Sun Ra, The Substitute Words: Poetry, 1957–72,” a small but potent exhibition of the experimental jazz legend’s poetry at Corbett vs. Dempsey, organized to celebrate the gallery’s release of Extensions Out, Plus: Four Poetry Books (1959/1972) (2021), a facsimile collection of Sun Ra’s DIY publications—Jazz by Sun Ra (1957), Jazz in Silhouette (1959), and The Immeasurable

View of “Sun Ra,” 2021. From left: Super-Sonic Sounds (El Saturn Records, 1957); Art Forms of Dimensions Tomorrow (El Saturn Records, 1965); The Night of the Purple Moon (El Saturn Records, 1970). Photo: Robert Chase Heishman.

Sun Ra

Corbett vs. Dempsey

Isn’t it in a bird’s nature to want to fly, as it is in our nature to want to dance and sing?
Like most of you, I spent my time during the pandemic relatively earthbound. But luckily, I had the opportunity to soar when I took in “Sun Ra, The Substitute Words: Poetry, 1957–72,” a small but potent exhibition of the experimental jazz legend’s poetry at Corbett vs. Dempsey, organized to celebrate the gallery’s release of Extensions Out, Plus: Four Poetry Books (1959/1972) (2021), a facsimile collection of Sun Ra’s DIY publications—Jazz by Sun Ra (1957), Jazz in Silhouette (1959), and The Immeasurable

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