Last night I told the leader of a gypsy jazz band that I sometimes wonder why I listen to anything but Django Reinhardt. Twelve hours later, I’m considering dedicating the remainder of my life to the music of Sun Ra. Basking in a new expanded reissue of the soundtrack to the 1974 film about “the other worlds they have not told you of” further enhances my appreciation of the iconoclast. Heavy and hilarious, Space Is the Place is a touchstone for much of my favorite contemporary music made by the likes of Alter Destiny, Moor Mother and Kassa Overall.
