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Sun Ra Arkestra’s Danny Ray Thompson Dead at 72
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pitchfork.comDanny Ray Thompson, longtime baritone saxophone player and flutist of cosmic jazz ensemble Sun Ra Arkestra, has died. According to The New York Times and a post on the band’s website, Thompson died on March 12 in Philadelphia.
He was 72 years old. “Danny Ray Thompson is now traveling the spaceways, joining the many beloved Arkestra members who have previously left the planet and who now soar with the spirit of Sun Ra,” the band wrote in their post.
Find it in full below. Thompson joined Sun Ra Arkesta in 1967. His first appearance on an album by the Arkestra was in 1969, on the group’s Atlantis LP.
Thompson went on to play on dozens of the group’s recordings throughout the decades, including those featured on the career-spanning collection
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