Anthem of the Sun Ra
On Thursday November 13th Electric Circus, led by Wayne Horvitz, celebrates the intersection between the great movements in Avant-Garde jazz with the far reaching explorations of the great 60’s psychedelic bands.
Featuring Shaina Shepherd, Skerik, Andy Coe, and NYC guitarist Brandon Ross; Anthem of the Sun Ra starts at its foundation with two iconic records, The Grateful Dead’s 2nd studio album. “Anthem of the Sun” and Sun Ra’s iconic recording “Space is the Place”. From there the band will mashup, reinvent and simply find pleasure in music from the Jefferson Airplane, Henry Threadgill, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Big Brother and the Holding Company, Pharoah Sanders, Jimi Hendrix as well as songs from additional Grateful Dead and Sun Ra recordings.
“It's simple,” says keyboardist and composer Wayne Horvitz. “Anthem of the Sun, and what Jerry Garcia did with his newly acquired 8-track, was the inspiration that led me to all the interesting music I have been enamored of ever since. By the time I heard Sun Ra in the early 70s, I was ready!”
11.13 Thursday (Cosmic Jazz Americana)
Hidden Hall & South Hudson Music Project Present:
ELECTRIC CIRCUS
presents
ANTHEM OF THE SUN RA
(Space is the Place meets San Francisco, 1967)
featuring
Shaina Shepherd
Kate Olson
Skerik
Alex Guy
Andy Coe
Ryan Burns
Brandon Ross
Greg Campbell
Neil Welch
Abbey Blackwell
Andy Roth
Geoff Harper
Ray Larsen
Beserat Tafesse
Wayne Horvitz – Conduction
8pm doors
9pm show
21+
Hidden Hall
400 N 35th St
hiddenhall.com