In The Orbit Of RaAs the longest tenured member of the Arkestra (55 plus years and counting as of 2014), there is no one with a deeper understanding of the music of Sun Ra than Marshall Allen, and that's part of what makes In the Orbit of Ra such a special collection. The Arkestra's long history is often divided into musical geographic periods or spoken of as a progression from inside to outside playing. This set spans from the late '50s to the late '70s but the non