Sun Ra: A True Birthday by Seth Colter Walls. Outside Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Allen Room on Saturday, I overheard a question before the Sun Ra Arkestra’s debut appearance in the hall.
“What era do they play?” A man asked a companion, referring to the many of styles of music that Sun Ra—the bandleader, pianist, composer, and philosopher—covered during his four-decade career. The answer sounded confident: “Oh, they play everything.” That turned out to be correct. Though Ra died in 1993, today his Arkestra—“the way black people say ‘orchestra,’” the composer once explained—is led by his longtime lieutenant, the saxophonist Marshall Allen, under whom it still conjures great mystery and power. It was a welcome sight, this Arkestra’s appearance at Jazz at Lincoln Center—an institution with a grand tradition of celebrating Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington, but which has historically stopped short of offering much attention to the avant-garde.
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Sun Ra and His Arkestra THE SUN RA ARKESTRA under the direction of Marshall Allen 2004 03 11 concert ‘Jazzit’, Salzburg, Austria 152 min, aud Marshall Allen: as, fl, EVI, voc * Art Jenkins: voc, perc * Charles Davis: ts * Knoel Scott: as, fl, voc, dr * Yahya Abdul Majid: ts * Reynold Scott: bars * Fred Adams: tr, voc * Michael Ray: tr, voc * Tyrone Hill: tb, voc * Dave Davis: tb * Dave Hotep: guit * Bill Davis: b * Elson Nascimento: perc * Luqman Ali: dr Planet Earth (Ra), Discipline 27-II (Ra), Angel Race (Ra) / We´ll Wait for you (Ra), Prelude No. 7 (Chopin), Happy as the Day Is Long (Arlen-Koehler), Better Music [Will Create a Better World] (Allen), Big John Special (H. "Hymn to the Universe" is a celebration of music and dance with the combined forces of the Sun Ra Arkestre under the direction of Marshall Allen and the dance company Coleman Lemieux & Compagnie. Sun Ra Discography. Sun Ra Discography:LPs, CDs, Issued Cassettes, and Singles Robert L.
CampbellNovember 1993, with Later Additions by Divers hands. Sun Ra music/dvd/book reviews. Rare Jazz 45 SUN RA Orbitration In Blue on Saturn - auction details. The SUN RA album-by album thread! [Archive] - Page 27 - SH Forums. Download The Earthly Recordings of Sun Ra e-book. The Earthly Recordings of Sun Ra book download. Hartmut Geerken. Jaap BlonkAls Musiker ist Blonk Autodidakt.
Er studierte Mathematik, Physik, und Musikwissenschaft, ohne sein Studium jedoch abzuschließen. Saturn Discussion. Sun Ra on the myth of "Freedom" - Breaking Open The Head. The following is a lengthy transcript of a lecture Sun Ra gave in 1979.
I have a partial audio recording of the 70 minute lecture unfortunately my copy cuts at 58 minutes, but I posted some good moments below. The topics covered are uncannily appropriate to alot of what has come up on this message board in the past couple of seasons. The Singing Sun. Have you ever wondered what the Sun would sound like if you could hear it?
Our Sun lies 93,000,000 miles away, surrounded by the vacuum of space. Sound won't travel through space, of course. But with the right instrument, scientists can "hear" pulsations from the Sun. The entire Sun vibrates from a complex pattern of acoustical waves, much like a bell. If your eyes were sharp enough, you could see a bell's surface jiggle in complex patterns as the waves bounced around within it. Tapestry from an asteroid lyrics? Sun Ra on NBC 5. Sacvs Interview with Michael Ray of the Sun Ra Arkestra « Sound Colour Vibration (Music. Sacvs Interview with Michael Ray of the Sun Ra Arkestra We are very proud to present the following interview with New Orleans resident and the Intergalactic Research Tone Scientist for the innovative and legendary Sun Ra Arkestra, Michael Ray.
Michael Ray plays trumpets amongst many other instruments and has played and written material for many Kool & The Gang albums. He has toured constantly for over 40 years in various groups and is on close to a 100 albums. His tenure with Sun Ra presented a life long journey of sound that Michael Ray and the rest of the Arkestra is still keeping alive. This interview covers many periods of Michael Rays career, a career that has endless amounts of knowledge and stories. The Wire: Adventures In Sound And Music: Article. “Somewhere between a travelling cinema and theatre troupe, a kiss-a-gram...”
Read an interview with the artist and film maker about her multifaceted, confrontational Party For Freedom audio visual work. By Nathan Budzinski Read an interview with the late composer Robert Ashley, who died on 3 March 2014 Read an interview with the late composer Bernard Parmegiani, by Rahma Khazam. First published in The Wire 176, October 1998. Rockman Jackson Music Sunra. All Things Sun Ra!!!!!!!!!! - Page 3 - Jazz Bulletin Board.
The Cosmic-Myth Equations of Sun Ra. The Cosmic-Myth Equations of Sun Ra by David A. Martinelli Chapter 1: Introduction. Sun Ra and his Arkestra Live at the Ann Arbor Blues & Jazz Festival 1972-74. Sun Ra Arkestra Wake Up Angels Art Yard Art Yard Records has been releasing some of the best Sun Ra Arkestra recordings under one roof in recent years.
With a close relationship to the band and a patience and understanding for the overall vision of what Ra and his colleagues have set in foundation, every Art Yard project related to Sun Ra is given the highest attention to detail for research, packaging and quality of materials. Sun Ra Arkive. Www.bigomagazine.com/cdcvrsB/images121/SUNRAxmas/SUNRAxmas.pdf. Sun Ra: Space is the Place w/ Marshall Allen. Sun Ra was born Herman P.
Blount on May 22, 1914, in Birmingham, Alabama, but this is something he categorically denied, even in his later years. To that end, on May 30th 1993 he did not die but returned to his home planet Saturn. A Jazz pianist, band-leader and philosopher Sun Ra was a law unto himself, and has subsequently become one of the most iconic performers of the 20th century. iCrates was lucky enough to talk with long time disciple and leader of the current Sun Ra Arkestra Marshall Allen about the music and his time under Ra’s direction. But first, Sun Ra… Adapting a childhood nickname Sonny, he built an elaborate mythology around himself as a messenger from outer space. Ra claimed to have been abducted by aliens in his teenage years, who revealed to him the secrets of the universe. He dressed himself as the crux of a holy trinity of the African American past, present and future, in faux-Egyptian outfits and glistening capes.
Space: Still the Place - THE GIG. Sun Ra would have turned 96, in earth years, last Saturday. Marshall Allen, who has led the Sun Ra Arkestra for some 15 years (and played in its ranks for more than 50), turns 86 today. According to recent custom, Allen and the band will perform a birthday gig, in their hometown of Philadelphia, under the aegis of the Ars Nova Workshop.
In honor of all of this, here is a piece I wrote for a Style magazine in Philly last year, which provided me with a pretext for interviewing both George Clinton and Maurice White for the first time. There are worlds, and there are worlds. For the visionary composer, keyboardist, philosopher, bandleader and intergalactic traveler known as Sun Ra, the planet was a way station, and music was both a vessel and a channel. Scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-04292008-173116/unrestricted/mymusiciswords.pdf. Sun Ra Sunday. Sun Ra Sunday. Sun Ra: Media Dreams (Saturn/Art Yard 2CD) Sun Ra: Sound Mirror (Side B) (Saturn LP>CDR) Obviously pleased with the Horo Voice Studio recordings, Sun Ra lined up some live gigs for the quartet, touring Italy until at least January 23, 1978, where they performed at Teatro Cilak in Milan and recorded Disco 3000 (Saturn CMIJ 78). There were other concerts during the intervening weeks, as documented on two other Saturn LPs, Media Dream (Saturn 1978) and Side B of Sound Mirror (Saturn 19782) but the actual dates and locations for these recordings are unknown (see Campbell & Trent pp.247-249).
Originally issued in miniscule numbers, these three albums are some of the rarest and most desirable El Saturn LPs in existence. Thankfully, the intrepid Art Yard label came to the rescue. In fact, most of the tracks on original Media Dream are not to be found on the concert recording contained in the Art Yard reissue and those tracks were significantly edited for the official release. Sun Ra Sunday. Sun Ra & His Arkestra Featuring Pat Patrick: “A Blue One” / “Orbitration in Blue” (Saturn SRA-999) Recorded at the Choreographer’s Workshop, New York City, early-1962.Originally released late-1964.
This super-obscure seven-inch 45-RPM single was discovered too late to appear on Evidence’s The Singles (ECD 22164) (1996) and that’s too bad because it’s a stunner and it remains sadly out of print. Note that Arkestra stalwart, Pat Patrick receives a rare co-billing on the disc’s label; well, his spectacular baritone saxophone playing on these two Choreographer’s Workshop tracks suitably justifies the honorific. Laurdine “Pat” Patrick was born November 23, 1929 in East Moline, Illinois and was the first of several graduates of Captain Walter Dyett’s DuSable High School who would fall in with Sun Ra in Chicago after around 1950. Sun Ra Sunday. Sun Ra: The Red Garter, New York City circa.
July, 1970 (AUD CDR)According to photographer Lee Santa, Sun Ra’s Arkestra played a three-night engagement at The Red Garter (now known as The Bottom Line) in Greenwich Village in early July, 1970. The nightclub’s “obtrusive Gay ‘90s décor” can be seen in Santa’s photograph (above) which appeared on the original cover of The Solar Myth Approach, Vol.1. Santa recalled that “the first night featured six hours of continuous music; the second and third nights slacked off to a mere five hours, without a break” (see Campbell & Trent, p.161-162). It must have been something to behold. Fortunately, an intrepid fan surreptitiously recorded a seventy-five minute segment one night utilizing a very primitive recording device and, while the sound quality is typically horrid, the music itself is terrific.
What follows is one of the strangest bits of musical-theater in all of Ra’s discography. SUN RA - PLEIADES. Jazz Reviews: When Angels Speak of LoveSun Ra — By Bill Shoemaker. Recorded in '63 and released in '66, When Angels Speak of Love has several of the elements that would give Ra and the Arkestra their psychedelic-era relevance. The most obvious is the trippy, tape-deck-generated reverb employed in the miasmic opener, "Celestial Fantasy," and at key points in the generally high-energy "Ecstasy of Being" and the sprawling, nearly 18-minute closer, "Next Stop Mars" (Ra's piano on the latter presages Matthew Shipp's Scriabin-Taylor synthesis). Ra deftly uses the reverb only for vocal chants and small group interludes; "Celestial Fantasy" features only trumpet, oboe, bass and percussion.
His clavioline only makes a brief appearance in the reverb-drenched section of "Ecstasy of Being," creating an otherworldly contrast to the anguished cries of altoist Danny Davis and trumpeter Walter Miller. Cosmic Tones for Mental Therapy. Cosmic Tones for Mental Therapy is an album by the American Jazz musician Sun Ra and his Myth Science Arkestra. Sun ra research may 7 1987 oakland & Rollo Radford Interview May 18 2003.mp4. Saturn Discussion. Talking About Sun Ra - Duke Univ symposium Sept. 2009. Sun Ra, The Berkeley Lectures, 1971 (East of Borneo)
New School Arkestra in Concert With Sun Ra Alumni. Respect Sextet at Greenwich House Music School. Sun Ra WKCR Festival Transfer Project continues. The Sun Ra WKCR Festival log continues, This is what we have so far = and we could use a few more volunteers to help log it and a spreadsheet = expert to complie the Data. Thanks for all the help and of course we = need experts to notice the "rare" unlreleased parts of the program Thanks Steve.
Sun Ra. Sun Ra: Brother From Another Planet - Watch Free Documentary Online - BBC, Jez Nelson, Don Letts (director) Sun Ra: Stranger from the Outer Space. Sun Ra’s Other Worlds « Kvams. On a rare occasion a couple of nights ago, I took the bus home at a late hour. Sufficently late, taking the bus to my place includes a 20 mins walk from the bus stop. Propeller 3.2. Music - Sun Ra. Label: Art Yard. Sun Ra - Space Probe : Honest Jon's Records. Kicks Books - Good Reading for the Minions. Archive Productions. The Transparency Label Refuses to Flinch. Sunra_eternalmyth_box1. Those Pesky Eternal Myths. The Eternal Myth Revealed, Vol. 1. NYC mom's review of The Eternal Myth Revealed: Volume One - Co... Other Planes of There. The Sun Ra Guide - Page 1 - Music. Sun Ra. Sun Ra: 'Cosmic Swing' Playlist for January 14, 2011 from 10:00PM - 3:00AM.
Sun Ra Atlantis 8 Track Tape SEALED. Sun Ra in Egypt – Revivalist Music. Sun Ra Interview. Sun Ra - Interview + Live Toronto 1991. Sun Ra radio interview BBC Radio 1 circa 1981 part 2. Detroit Black Journal - Sun Ra. Sun Ra on Detroit TV, 1981. Sun RA WTZA - interview. Indie Label Month: Inside Delmark : Illinois Entertainer. Sun Ra: ReR USA. Sun Ra. ESP-DISK PROMO VIDEO #6 - ESP-4069. Pekar-sun-ra-joe-sacco.jpg (1108×1500) Sun Ra Arkestra Member/Father of Massachusetts Governor's Collection Dedicated to Berklee S Africana Studies Archive. Here comes the Sun. Hanging Out With The Man From Saturn « Running Gamak: Warren Senders' Blog. ICA: Pathways to Unknown Worlds: Sun Ra, El Saturn & Chicago's Afro-Futurist Underground, 1954-1968.
Guide to the Alton Abraham Collection. Sun Ra & the Chicago Years 1946-1961. Half Letter Press. Pathways to Unknown Worlds: Sun-Ra, El Saturn and Chicago's Afro-Futurist Underground 1954-68 [OPUB55] - $23.50. The Wisdom of Sun-Ra: Sun Ra's polemical broadsheets and streetcorner leaflets [OPUB56] - $19.00 : Half Letter Press, Building Long-term Support for Experimental Art. Sun Ra. Sun Ra Bio. Omniverse. El Saturn Records.
Ed Bland Personal Recollections of Sun Ra 1956–1967.