May 25, 1924 Marshall Allen's 100th! and May 22, 1946 Famadou Don Moye
The Art Ensemble of Chicago was before my time and Sun Ra came only once at the New Music Americas, and danged if I arrived too late to get into that one!
FROM THE ART ENSEMBLE OF CHICAGO:
Famadou Don Moye: May 22, 1946
FROM THE SUN RA ARKESTRA:
Marshall Allen: May 25, 1924 Louisville, Kentucky
https://baltimore.org/event/the-sun-ra-arkestra-celebrates-marshall-allens-100th-birthday/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_Allen
♪ NMA Hartford, July 1, 1984
Sun Ra at Bushnell Park Mad Murphy’s
7/1 - Sun Ra did not appear in Bushnell Park, mostly because only amphibious creatures could have survived the monsoon in Bushnell Park. Thus things were pushed indoors to Mad Murphy's Bar, where bodies were packed wall- to-wall and the air was too heavy to breathe; took a raincheck.
- David Hicks, "A Cross Country Music Tour" P…