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From Ark to Microchip
The provocative "From Ark to Microchip" mixes commentary, dramatic re-enactment, original music, historic voices, audio art and sound effects in a pan-historical, pan-cultural milieu. Programs in the program series have received several awards.
A musical and metaphysical history of the cosmo-jazz master Sun Ra from his mythical origins in Ancient Egypt through his childhood in depression-era Birmingham, Alabama, to his Afro-Futurist quest with Fletcher Henderson in 1950s Chicago. Featured commentary by Chuck Haddix (author Kansas City Jazz) & Patrick Neas (of Radio Bach and the Kansas City Star).
