Thompson, Danny Ray (El Saturn Research) - Business Card

Danny Ray Thompson (El Saturn Research). 

Business Card. 
2 3/16" x 3 1/2". 

Very good.
Light edgewear and ink spillover to back. 

Danny Ray Thompson's business card printed by Peter Hinds, editor of Sun Ra Research. 

Thompson was the baritone saxophonist in Sun Ra's Arkestra for almost fifty years and eventually took over business management duties. Since he left the Arkestra sometime in the 1990s, this card is likely from the 1980s or very early '90s. He rejoined the Arkestra in the 2000s before passing in 2020.

"Opportunities for international performance expanded significantly during the 1970s and Arkestra recordings became more widely available following a 1972 agreement with Impulse Records, who reissued The Magic City and Atlantis in 1973. While Sun Ra would continue sending recordings to Abraham in Chicago through the late 1970s, such as The Soul Vibrations of Man (1977) and Taking a Chance on Chances (1977), he also began independently pressing Saturn records in Philadelphia, relying on the assistance of Arkestra members. Similarly, as performance opportunities expanded throughout the 1970s Arkestra trumpeter Danny Thompson increasingly took on the responsibilities of de facto business and tour manager."