Interview with Charlie Morrow, by Sun Ra

Interview with Charlie Morrow

by Sun Ra

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	1.	Interview - Part 1 06:52
	2.	Interview - Part 2 04:55
	3.	Interview - Part 3 07:09
	4.	Interview - Part 4 02:46
	5.	Interview - Part 5 02:30
	6.	Interview - Part 6 06:06
	7.	Interview - Part 7 04:03
	8.	Interview - Part 8 02:51
	9.	Interview - Part 9 05:06
	10.	Interview - Part 10 05:30

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Interview recorded March 29, 1989
at Charles Morrow Associates Studio, NYC

Recital presents a newly unearthed recording of an interview between Sun Ra and composer Charlie Morrow recorded at his New York studio in 1989. This voice-only recording develops more like a kaleidoscopic sermon than any standard interview.

Charlie Morrow recalls:
“My 1989 Summer Solstice Celebration featured Sun Ra and his Arkestra. On March 29, 1989, ahead of this historical performance, Sun Ra came to New York to plan the performance and do an interview with me in the Charles Morrow Associates studio. There were members of the Sun Ra Arkestra, some of my team, and a photographer present. Once in the sound studio, Sun Ra wanted to record the discussion. What he says is so much more than anyone expected. I pushed record on the tape recorder, which quietly took it all in.

What Sun Ra recorded is a breathtaking expression of his feelings and strong convictions, illustrated with personal memories and stories. My few questions to him about the upcoming Solstice and about the sun and his thoughts about a dawn event triggered his mind. He launched into a nonstop journey of ricocheting stories and concepts, climaxing when I started jamming with Sun Ra on conch horn. Our duo drives to a climactic peak with explosive conch breath sounds giving line-by-line affirmations to Sun Ra’s points.

The 1989 Summer Solstice event brought together Sun Ra and his constellation of musicians and fans with my large-scale gatherings and work with the New Wilderness Foundation. Here in 2023 and beyond, the events live again. Sean McCann of Recital was drawn to Sun Ra’s words, which inspired the production of this edition. Sun Ra’s words seem to have an even greater resonance in present time. Ra is calling out the turbulence of the bad actions of the righteous and the good actions that an evil man, as he dubs himself, can perform, all the time believing that music has the possibility to bring all humans to a better place.”
— Charlie Morrow, 2023
Helsinki, Finland

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released October 13, 2023

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Courtesy Sun Ra LLC
Produced by Sean McCann & Charlie Morrow
Cover photo © Russell Lee Fine – Providence, RI 1984

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