From Bob Bannister Sent Wed, Feb 17th 1999, 22:40
Jeff Waye asked: <Also, I'm just reading the biography of Sun Ra. At one point it mentions that he appeared on Saturday Night Live?! Does anyone remember this? More importantly does anyone have a video tape of this.> Here's the info: <V78.5.21. Saturday Night Live NBC TV show, live from New York City. 5/21/78. 5 min. TV Broadcast, tinny sound. [Iannapollo] Described by Sun Ra as 6 pieces in 6 minutes, but what is preserved is: Space is the Place (Ra) The Sound Mirror (Ra) Watusa (Ra) Sun Ra and his Jazz from Another Planet Arkestra: unidentified-tp, flg; Tony Bethel-tb; poss. Craig Harris-tb; Vincent Chancey-Frh; Marshall Allen-as, fl; Danny Davis-as, fl; John Gilmore-ts, cga; Eloe Omoe-bcl; James Jacson-bsn, perc; Danny Ray Thompson-bs; Ra-syn, org, voc; Luqman Ali-d; unidentified-cga; prob. Cheryl Banks-dance; prob. Judith Holton (Wisteria el Moondew)-dance; prob. Mickey Davidson-dance. [Tunes Trent; personnel rlc from still photo in Down Beat, 9/93, p. 27; I thought the trumpeter was Eddie Gale, but he says he wasn't there.] > Here's the URL: http://www.dpo.uab.edu/~moudry/tape_f.htm Bob