Years active 2006–present Active from 2006 | Website www.jerrydammers.com | |
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Genres Jazz, Reggae, Ska, Big band Members Jerry Dammers, Anthony Joseph, Denys Baptiste, Finn Peters, Terry Edwards Similar Noel Harrison, Zoe Rahman, Rico Rodriguez, Soothsayers, Jason Yarde | ||
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The Spatial AKA Orchestra is a music ensemble led by Jerry Dammers of The Specials, an English new wave band popular in the late 1970s. Dammers formed the orchestra in 2006 as a tribute to American jazz musician Sun Ra, though it grew to include other genres, such as reggae, funk, and classical music.
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The shows are as much about theater as music. At a festival in Norwich, England, Dammers donned a golden mask behind a row of keyboards, on a stage cluttered with Egyptian mannequins, astronauts, and spaceships. The rest of the band emerged disguised as aliens and superheroes. Over 20 band members populated the stage during the night, including Denys Baptiste, Larry Bartley, Roger Beaujolais, and Finn Peters. A similar show took place at the Barbican in London. The band played cover versions of Sun Ra's songs before covering the Specials, other work by Dammer, and ska music. Performers included poet Anthony Joseph, former Specials vocalist Francine Luce, Jamaican singer Cornell Campbell, and trombonist Rico Rodriquez.