On 26 May 2024, Matana Roberts was a guest on 110 Years of Sun Ra. Matana Roberts has been played on NTS over 40 times, featured on 44 episodes and was first played on 1 August 2013.

Matana Roberts is a jazz saxophonist, composer and improviser based in New York City, United States. They are a past member of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM). The Jazz Journalists Association selected Roberts as a finalist nominee for the 2008 Up and Coming Musician of the Year award (which Lionel Loueke ultimately won).

Born in Chicago, United States, Roberts was raised on the city's South…