
Please share any docs or books that might shine light on 18th and Vine's beautiful and important history. So sad.Įdit: I should add you seem to know more history than I do. 367 sun ra - the outer darkness lp (367) 16.00 354 SUN RA - ROCKET SHIP ROCK CD (354) 13.00 169 QUALITIES - ITS CHRISTMAS TIME / HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU (169) 8. 01’ (1957 / Transition) Even though Sun Ra had been actively recording since the 40s, many consider this album his debut release. Why is it that most jazz musicians today don't think of KCMO as a haven of jazz? Or know of the Blue Room? Sure Charlie Parker went on record saying that despite everything that wasn't his true home, but with Basie and all of the other stellar musicians who came thru or got famous because of that town it should have as much talk and historic significance as any other jazz town. The musicians and music fans of the area do, but the city officials, they have allowed the area to go to ruins (last time I was at the jazz museum over half the exhibits were non-functional, and the place looked like it hadn't been cleaned fully in years). 367 sun ra - the outer darkness lp (367) 12.00 354 SUN RA - ROCKET SHIP ROCK CD (354) 9.75 169 QUALITIES - ITS CHRISTMAS TIME / HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU (169) 6. Track listing A1 I Gotta Get Away A2 Know What It’s Like on My Planet B1 The Outer Darkness Part One B2 The Outer Darkness Part Two B3 This is My Day B4 The Scheme of Words B5 Black Holes in Space B6 A Better World Credits Sun Ra keyboard June Tyson vocals John Gilmore saxophone James Jacson woodwinds Michael D. And unfortunately the city, at least it seemed to me when I lived nearby, just doesn't give a single shit.
