In the Spring of 1971 Herman “Sonny” Blount, aka Sun Ra, was artist-in-residence at the University of Califonia at Berkeley, where he offered a lecture course, “The Black Man in the Universe.”
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The brilliantly eclectic (eclectically brilliant?) composer/musician Steve Horowitz spoke with KPFA (94.1 FM Berkeley) host Derk Richardson on September 9, 2010 and shared examples of the “odd but highly accessible sounds” he has created over the past 15 years for experimental jazz ensembles, chamber groups, film, video games, and more. He also previewed the John [...]


