Space, jazz and Afrofuturism, tonight on Radio 3

Last week was fun... interviewing jazz writers John Corbett and Graham Lock for a feature, tonight, about jazz during the space race era. It's a short piece on Radio 3's Jazz on 3, timed to play alongside a live concert by ex-Sun Ra alto saxophonist Marshall Allen. I was interested in finding out whether all the cosmic references in jazz in the 50s and (particularly) 60s meant anything... and what the space race meant to jazz. Details here.