Bleep

You already know what this is — or do you? After already plugging away at his astrally-projected art for almost 20 years, the Saturn-born jazz prophet Sun Ra made a career out of left-turns; 1978’s The Antique Blacks proved to be a vital one for his recorded output. Gradually developed over a four year period of elevated live performances, this LP is the epitome of fun in Sun Ra’s 1970s discography, full of wit and wisdom — and harebrained sci-fi imagery, naturally.