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On the occasion of the 100th birthday of Marshall Allen, IN+OUT Records invited the Sun Ra Arkestra into the studio with 24 musicians.

MARSHALL ALLEN 100 YEARS JUBILEE EDITION. LIMITED to 1500 COPIES. ORANGE & MAGENTA TRANSPARENT VINYL.

As if from the farthest reaches of space, a tremendous positive energy has come to us via 'Light on a Satellite': It is Sun Ra'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 Marshall Allen, the NEA Jazz Master (2025) and multi-instrumentalist, who celebrated his 100th birthday on May 25, 2024, Sun Ra's big band has arrived safely in the 21st century, after traveling Sun Ra's space ways for almost 70 years. This album pays tribute to the lifetime achievement of Marshall Allen, who leads the Sun Ra Arkestra since 1993. Recorded in Studio A at New York's Po