Source: I Care If You Listen.
In 2000, writer, curator, and collector James Corbett found himself on his hands and knees digging through stacks of ephemera inside the home of Alton Abraham, the founder of El Saturn Records and the manager of Sun Ra. The iconic bandleader is often seen as a mythical figure, whose generative multimedia practice connected African American culture, outer space, and ancient Egyptian mythology. As Corbett sifted through records, original album cover drawings, and tapes galore, they began to unveil Ra’s inner world, humanizing a figure whose otherworldly presence looms large in creative music.
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