G FORCE | MICHAEL SHEPPARD

Here comes the Sun

Michael Sheppard runs the independent record label Transparency.

By Steve Greenlee

Globe Staff / December 20, 2008

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'Sun Ra and the Omniverse Jet Set Arkestra: The Complete Detroit Jazz Center Residency" might be the craziest box set that anyone has ever released. Why? Because it contains 28 CDs that document every note Sun Ra's band played during the final week of 1980. Because Sun Ra, who played piano and synthesizer, was the most controversial, polarizing artist jazz ... (Full article: 427 words)