Virgil Solis, Astrologia (Astrology)
The Saturnine Swing of Vincent Lopez
By Matt Marble
Around the same time bandleader Sun Ra was discovering his Saturnian origins in the mid-1930s, the Portuguese-American pianist, bandleader, and occultist Vincent Lopez spread his own cosmic gospel of swing. While his music did not have the experimental imagination of Sun Ra, Lopez listened through an astral lens. Alongside Paul Whiteman, he would become one of the most famous bandleaders in America during the swing era radio boom of the 1920s and 30s. Despite decades of subsequent success, Lopez suffered dramatic setbacks but repeatedly found life guidance in metaphysics, specifically through astrology, numerology, and mystical literature.
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