This story originally ran in the Chicago Tribune on April 10, 1976. They arose in unison, what was left from an apoplectic crowd of 40, 318, as though to toast an old friend who hadn’t died but had ...

It’s been nearly half a century since a little-known Georgia peanut farmer hoisted a nine-year-old girl and her kid sister into the air at a South Shore church and gave them each a kiss on the cheek ...

Describing the music of Sun Ra is always challenging—perhaps even more so when it is documented on a live recording. A case in point is this offering from the Jazz Detective label, a substantial slice ...

Tony Carlucci doesn’t feel any extra pressure performing the songs of Chicago in Chicago’s backyard. Brass Transit is Toronto’s tribute to the legendary 1970s horn-rock band. The group appears at 7:30 ...

A handmade sign proclaims the “7th Annual Gay Pride Parade.” Credit: Diane Alexander White Diane Alexander White was a photography student with a camera at the seventh annual Gay Pride Parade in 1976.

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Embark on a cosmic odyssey with Sun Ra and his Arkestra as they unveil At the Showcase Live in Chicago 1976-1977, a celestial offering dripping with mystique and intrigue. This transcendent collection ...