Some familiar names and some I need to catch up on. Many thanks for the theme.

Larry Elgart and Charles Albertine collaborated on "Impressions of Outer Space" in 1953, apparently a few years before Sun Ra's first recordings (but dating them seems a bit challenging). There's a link in my article to the YouTube playlist.

https://medium.com/1ntune/three-dark-roads-not-taken-by-the-popular-music-audience-3aa914e3f1c0