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The Sun Ra Arkestra under the direction of Marshall Allen will be performing a unique program on Sunday, July 29 at the Philadelphia Clef Club, 736-738 South Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA at 3:00 p.m. Admission is $15.

The Arkestra will do its regular otherworldly set to be followed by a set where kids from Philadelphia and Camden will perform with the Sun Ra Arkestra doing compositions by Fletcher Henderson and new ragtime compositions by Fred Adams, trumpeter in the Arkestra.

This event is made possible by a grant from the American Composers Forum in collaboration with the Philadelphia Clef Club. In a summer camp format, kids from Philadelphia and Camden attended lectures from Fred Adams and the summer camp staff on the jazz styles of the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s with an emphasis on Fletcher Henderson and ragtime. They then held section rehearsals led by Marshall Allen, Fred Adams, and Fred Simons followed by two days of rehearsal with the full Sun Ra Arkestra in preparation for the July 29 event. The Fletcher Henderson charts to be performed include the Sun Ra transcription arrangements of “Happy As The Day Is Long” and “Big John Special”. The ragtime arrangements to be performed are compositions written and arranged by Fred Adams titled “Stomp & Rag” and “Processions & Rag” that are commissioned through a grant from the American Composers Forum.

For additional information on this concert, phone the Philadelphia Clef Club at 215-893-9912 or email info@clefclubofjazz.com

For additional information about the Sun Ra Arkestra under the direction of Marshall Allen, visit www.thesunraarkestra.com

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