{"product_id":"lights-on-a-satellite-black-friday-2024","title":"Lights On A Satellite - Black Friday 2024","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis product is a Black Friday Record Store Day title and not available to pre-order. It is available to buy in-store at 8am on 29\/11\/2024 (Black Friday Record Store Day) and online from 8am on 30\/11\/2024. Click 'Notify Me' to be the first to know about its availability online and help us place accurate orders to please as many of you as possible on the day.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs if from the farthest reaches of space, a tremendous positive energy has come to us via \u003cem\u003eLights On A Satellite\u003c\/em\u003e. It is \u003cstrong\u003eSun Ra\u003c\/strong\u003e'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. Under the direction of \u003cstrong\u003eMarshall Allen\u003c\/strong\u003e, the NEA Jazz Master (2025) and multi-instrumentalist, who celebrated his 100th birthday on May 25, 2024, \u003cstrong\u003eSun Ra\u003c\/strong\u003e's big band has arrived safely in the 21st century, after traveling \u003cstrong\u003eSun Ra\u003c\/strong\u003e's space ways for almost 70 years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis album pays tribute to the lifetime achievement of \u003cstrong\u003eMarshall Allen\u003c\/strong\u003e, who leads the \u003cstrong\u003eSun Ra\u003c\/strong\u003e 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 \u003cstrong\u003eMarshall Allen\u003c\/strong\u003e as a multi-instrumentalist, arranger, bandleader, teacher, and guardian of \u003cstrong\u003eSun Ra\u003c\/strong\u003e's unique legacy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs a tribute to the life's work of \u003cstrong\u003eMarshall Allen\u003c\/strong\u003e, Frank Kleinschmidt of IN+OUT Records invited the \u003cstrong\u003eSun Ra\u003c\/strong\u003e Arkestra into the studio with 24 musicians in the largest possible line-up, with the goal of documenting the music in its polyphony and expansion in space and time in the best possible way. It is not only the variety of instruments used, but also the fact that musicians from four generations come together with a repertoire that spans 100 years of jazz history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLights On A Satellite\u003c\/em\u003e pays tribute to the life's work of \u003cstrong\u003eMarshall Allen\u003c\/strong\u003e, who celebrated his 100th birthday on May 25, 2024. Recorded in Studio A at New York's Power Station on June 16, 2024, the album celebrates the exceptional musician's mastery as a multi-instrumentalist, arranger, bandleader, teacher, and custodian of \u003cstrong\u003eSun Ra\u003c\/strong\u003e's legacy.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"In and Out Records","offers":[{"title":"Orange LPx2","offer_id":50510879097163,"sku":"2225988","price":54.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/0798747715836_923be9ae_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727881411","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/fr\/products\/lights-on-a-satellite-black-friday-2024","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}