Celebrating what would have been Sun Ra's 110th birthday on May 22, Grammy-winning New Orleans pianist Sullivan Fortner has summoned his most galactic-minded of friends to delve into Sun Ra's inventive and adventurous music. From swing to free to earthy and spacey, Fortner and his fellow explorers—including Sun Ra Arkestra veterans and Grammy-winners—will embrace the eclecticism that marked Sun Ra's atmospheric musical forays.

In the immortal words of Sun Ra:
In the half-between world,
Dwell they: The Tone Scientists
In notes and tone
They speak of many things…
The tone scientists:
Architects of planes of discipline
Mathematically precise are they:
The tone-scientists
–Sun Ra

PERSONNEL
Sullivan Fortner - music director, piano, keyboards
Maurice "Mobetta" Brown - trumpet
Craig Harris - trombone
Frank Lacy - trombone
Scott Robinson- saxophones
Alex Blake - bass
Marcus Gilmore - drums