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Baby of the Band: A Family Archive in Sun Ra’s Orbit
A digital companion to Takkeem Morgan’s memoir, combining family recordings, North Philadelphia photographs, a documentary, and a Sun Ra Arkestra discography.
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This is not just a memoir landing page: it opens into 22 dated conversations totaling 4 hours and 18 minutes, with filters for speakers and subjects. The archive also follows Morgan’s father from North Philadelphia into Sun Ra’s Arkestra, linking personal memory to photographs, family history, and 74 albums released between 1971 and 1992.
A digital companion to Takkeem Morgan’s memoir, combining family recordings, North Philadelphia photographs, a documentary, and a Sun Ra Arkestra discography.
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