# Sun Ra Arkestra at Miner Auditorium, July 18, 2019

[SFJAZZ](https://www.sfjazz.org/tickets/productions/sun-ra-arkestra-space-is-the-place/) presents _Space Is the Place_ feature film with live musical accompaniment featuring the [Sun Ra Arkestra](http://www.sunraarkestra.com/)  
[Robert M. Miner Auditorium](http://www.sfjazz.org/center)  
[SFJAZZ Center, 205 Franklin St, San Francisco, CA 94102 USA](http://maps.google.com/maps?q=SFJAZZ+Center,+205+Franklin+St,+San+Francisco,+CA+94102+USA&hl=en)  
7:30 PM, Thursday, July 18, 2019

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## One Set

[7:33 PM lights down, brief wait, band out]

01. [7:35 PM] _Space is the Place_, movie (2003? edition) with live accompaniment  
[8:54 PM; movie ends]
02. [8:54 PM] _Space is the Place_ »
03. [8:59 PM] (chant from bari sax \#2) »
04. [9:04 PM] (chant: "Free your mind, be yourself, watch your soul shine…"); about half the band begins to parade through the hall »
05. [9:12 PM] _We Travel the Space Ways_  
[9:14 PM; thanks; partial band introduction]  
[9:17 PM; show ends; all off; no encore]

## Performers

[Sun Ra Arkestra](http://www.sunraarkestra.com/)

* Marshall Allen: alto saxophone, EWI, spiritual director;
OTHERS TBD.

## Notes

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Andrew Gilbert posted a helpful [promo article](https://www.sfcv.org/article/space-is-the-place-the-singular-journey-of-sun-ra) about the gig for SFCV.

Dave Pehling posted a [shorter promo](https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2019/07/14/sun-ra-arkestra-returns-to-sfjazz-center/) with the local CBS site.

Greg Schwartz posted an [interview](https://www.popmatters.com/sun-ra-arkestra-marshall-allen-2639135059.html) with Marshall Allen at Pop Matters, then followed up with a [review](https://www.popmatters.com/close-encounters-of-the-4th-kind-with-the-sun-ra-arkestra-in-san-francisco-2495382925.html) of Friday's concert.

## Photos

Big thanks to Ting for the photo gallery!

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