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Sun Ra is my absolute favorite musician. Atlantis is a God album as it is one of two records, the other being Cosmic Tones For Mental Therapy, where he essentially creates his own music, that while influenced by jazz, actually falls outside the jazz genre.
Space is the Place is indeed also one of his best records, and for a newcomer, it's also one of the more accessible.
I've done a radio show where I played 6 hours straight of Sun Ra and another where I played 4. I am eternally thankful that I got to see him live once, even though it was very near the end, and the band had to wheel him on and off stage. He still did some incredible Ra piano playing. I had tickets to see him a year later, but he died right before the show.
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