Music from our finest cosmic institution spanning a century’s worth of jazz The Arkestra was formed in the mid-1950s by pianist/keyboardist Sun Ra, who would make a name for himself as a ...

He was born in 1924. He fought in World War II. In 1958, Allen and his alto saxophone joined the cosmic jazz ensemble Sun Ra Arkestra, and in 1995, he took over as the band’s leader (following ...