John Cage Meets Sun Ra

03.10.2010 // Free Frequencies, Futuretronics, Healers, Interdimensional Artists // Rucyl // No Comments

John Cage and Sun Ra, 1986, Coney Island, New York

John Cage and Sun Ra performed together in 1986 at Coney Island in New York. Sun Ra begins with improvisations on the Yamaha DX7 synthesizer. John Cage performs his vocal work, Empty Words (Part IV), then each alternates performances. An interesting discourse on the performance at sputnikmusic.

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