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Sun Ra
Sun Ra (born Herman Poole Blount, legal name Le Sony'r Ra; May 22, 1914 – May 30, 1993) was an American jazz composer, bandleader, piano and synthesizer player, poet and philosopher known for his experimental music, "cosmic philosophy," prolific output, and theatrical performances. He was inducted into the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame in 1979.
Born in Alabama in 1914, Blount would eventually become involved in the 1940s Chicago jazz scene. He soon abandoned his birth name, taking the name Sun Ra (Ra being the Egyptian God of the Sun) and developing a complex persona and mythology that would make him a pioneer of Afrofuturism: he claimed he was an alien from Saturn, and throughout his life, he consistently denied any ties to his prior identity. His compositions ranged from keyboard solos to big bands of over 30 musicians, and his widely experimental and eclectic music would eventually touch on virtually the entire history of jazz, from ragtime to swing music, from bebop to free jazz. From the mid-1950s to his death, Ra led "The Arkestra", an ensemble with an ever-changing name and flexible line-up (although certain core members remained with the group through its various incarnations, including Marshal Allen, John Gilmore, June Tyson). Its performances often included dancers and musicians dressed in elaborate, futuristic costumes inspired by ancient Egyptian attire and the space age.
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Visions (Sun Ra album)
Visions is a duet album issued on LP format credited to Walt Dickerson (with Sun Ra) and later reissued on CD credited to Sun Ra and Walt Dickerson.
Track listing
All compositions by Walt Dickerson
Personnel
See also
References
External links
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Podcasts:
Sun Ra
ALBUMS
- Other Strange Worlds released: 2014
- Art Yard in a Box released: 2012
- The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra released: 2010
- Live in Cleveland released: 2009
- The Antique Blacks released: 2009
- Cosmos released: 2008
- Towards the Stars: Pioneering in 1955-56 released: 2007
- Heliocentric Worlds, Volume 3: The Lost Tapes released: 2005
- Piano Recital: Teatro la Fenice released: 2003
- Spaceship Lullaby released: 2003
- Visions released: 2000
- Standards released: 2000
- Janus released: 2000
- Concert for the Comet Kohoutek released: 2000
- The Great Lost Sun Ra Albums released: 2000
- Lanquidity released: 2000
- Somewhere Else released: 1998
- The Singles released: 1996
- Purple Night released: 1990
- The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra, Volume 1 released: 1990
- Blue Delight released: 1989
- Hidden Fire 2 released: 1988
- Hidden Fire 1 released: 1988
- John Cage Meets Sun Ra released: 1987
- Cosmo Sun Connection released: 1985
- Ra to the Rescue released: 1983
- Oblique Parallax released: 1982
- Aurora Borealis released: 1981
- New Steps released: 1978
- Solo Piano, Volume 1 released: 1977
- Space Is the Place released: 1973
- Astro Black released: 1972
- Nothing Is... released: 1970
- Monorails and Satellites released: 1968
- Rocket Number Nine Take Off for the Planet Venus released: 1967
- Sun Song released: 1967
- The Futuristic Sounds of Sun Ra released: 1961
- Les Genies Du Jazz (Tome 6, No. 10): Sun Ra (And His Arkestra) released:
- Nuits de la Fondation Maeght Vol.2 released:
- Nuits de la Fondation Maeght Vol.1 released:
- The Creator of the Universe released:
- What's New? released:
- St. Louis Blues (Solo Piano) released:
- Hiroshima released:
- Calling Planet Earth released:
- My Brother the Wind II released:
- Featuring Pharoah Sanders and Black Harold released:
- The Other Side of the Sun released:
- The Singles 1960-1982 released:
- The Singles 1954-1960 released:
Spaceship Lullaby
Released 2003- Spaceship Lullaby
- Stranger in Paradise
- Just One of Those Things
- Honky Tonk
- Haunted Heart
- Evelyn
- Honeysuckle Rose
- Honey
- Black Sky & Blue Moon
- Ra Coaching Roland Williams
- Holiday for Strings (Ra Dynamics demo)
- Holiday for Strings
- I Fall Asleep Counting My Blessings
- Nice Work If You Can Get It
- Somebody Loves Me
- Chicago USA
- Chicago USA
- C'est si bon
- Blue Moon
- Baby Please Be Mine
- Blue Skies
- My Only Love
- A Foggy Day
- A Perfume Counter
- Love Is...
- Wordless Piece
- I Was Wrong
- Louise
- St. Louis Blues
- The Wooden Soldier & The China Doll
- Africa
- Somebody's in Love
- Bye Bye
- Black Sky & Blue Moon
- Honey
- Honey
- Come Rain or Come Shine
The Singles
Released 1996- A Foggy Day
- Daddy's Gonna Tell You No Lie (demo version)
- Dreaming
- Daddy's Gonna Tell You No Lie (studio version)
- Bye Bye
- Somebody's in Love
- Medicine for a Nightmare
- Saturn
- Supersonic Jazz
- Happy New Year to You
- It's Christmas Time
- Muck Muck (Matt Matt)
- Hot Skillet Mama
- Great Balls of Fire
- Hours After
- Teenager's Letter of Promises
- I'm So Glad You Love Me
- The Sun One
- The Sun Man Speaks
- The Sun Man Speaks (alternate take)
- October
- Adventure in Space
- Message to Earthman
- Message to Earthman (alternate take)
- State Street
The Singles 1960-1982
- The Blue Set
- Big City Blues
- Tell Her to Come on Home
- I'm Making Believe
- The Bridge
- Rocket #9
- Blues on Planet Mars
- Saturn Moon
- The Sky Is Crying
- She's My Baby
- I Am Gonna Unmask the Batman
- I Want an Easy Woman
- The Perfect Man
- Journey to Saturn
- Enlightenment
- Love in Outer Space
- Mayan Temple
- Disco 2000
- Sky Blues
- Rough House Blues
- Cosmo-Extensions
- Quest
- Outer Space Plateau
The Singles 1954-1960
- A Foggy Day
- Dreaming
- Daddy's Gonna Tell You No Lie
- Bye Bye
- Somebody's in Love
- Medicine for a Nightmare
- Saturn
- Supersonic Jazz
- Happy New Year to You
- It's Christmas Time
- Muck Muck (Matt Matt)
- Hot Skillet Mama
- Great Balls of Fire
- Hours After
- Teenager's Letter of Promises
- I'm So Glad You Love Me
- The Sun One
- The Sun Man Speaks
- The Sun Man Speaks
- October
- Adventure in Space
- Message to Earthman
- Message to Earthman
- State Street
Born: 1914-05-22
Died: 1993-05-30
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Sun Ra – The Futuristic Sounds Of Sun Ra (1961) (Full Album)
Alto Saxophone, Woodwind (Morrow), Flute – Marshall Allen Baritone Saxophone – Pat Patrick Bass – Ronnie Boykins Congas – Leah Ananda Drums – Willie Jones Euphonium, Trombone – Bernard McKinney Piano – Sun Ra Tenor Saxophone, Bass Clarinet – John Gilmore Recorded at Medallion Studio, Newark, New Jersey. October 10, 1961. Cover – Harvey Engineer – Paul Cady Producer – Tom Wilson A1 Bassism 0:00 A2 Of Sounds And Something Else 4:00 A3 What's That? 6:49 A4 Where Is Tomorrow? 9:01 A5 The Beginning 11:48 A6 China Gates 18:13 B1 New Day 21:33 B2 Tapestry From An Asteroid 27:23 B3 Jet Flight 30:23 B4 Looking Outward 33:35 B5 Space Jazz Reverie 36:22 FAIR USE DISCLAIMER: I do not own copyright for this copyrighted artwork, but under Section 107 United States Copyright Law as noted by t...
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Sun Ra - God Is More Than Love Can Ever Be (1979)
Tracklist: 01. Days of Happiness 0:00 02. Magic City Blue 7:28 03. Tenderness 12:16 04. Blithe Spirit Dance 20:49 05. God Is More Than Love Can Ever Be 31:18
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Space is the Place (Uncut Version, 1974) - Sun Ra
Spaceee is the placeee... "Avant-garde jazz musician Sun Ra stars in the movie version of his concept album Space is the Place. Not following a linear plot line, this experimental film is a bizarre combination of social commentary, blaxploitation, science fiction, and concert performance. The opening scene is set in an intergalactic forest, with Sun Ra introducing his plan to use music as salvation for the black community. Back on Earth, he wears a disguise as Sunny Ray, a piano player in a 1940s Chicago strip club who causes an explosion with his sounds. Switching to a scene in a desert, he plays a card game called 'The End of the World,' with the Overseer (Ray Johnson), who is dressed in white and drives a white Cadillac. Sun Ra pulls out a spaceship card and the Arkestra play the song ...
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Sun Ra Arkestra: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
Sun Ra was a big-band innovator, a pioneer of recording and playing with electronics, a poet, a cosmic philosopher, a bandleader and a keyboard innovator who claimed to be from Saturn. Herman Poole Blount would have turned 100 in 2014 had he not left us more than 20 years ago. But his spirit lives on, and so does his long-running band. On Halloween 2014, the Sun Ra Arkestra — complete with costumes inspired by Egyptian symbolism and science fiction — performed a rousing, out-of-this-world Tiny Desk Concert. The band was led by 91-year-old alto saxophonist Marshall Allen, who's been with the Arkestra since the early 1950s. All these years later, no one makes soul-stirring, spaced-out jazz quite like the Arkestra. SET LIST Along Came Ra/Zoom 0:23 Queer Notions 2:23 Angels And Demons At Pla...
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Sun Ra - Outer Space Employment Agency
This is a small sample from the movie "Space Is The Place" (1974)... Directed by John Coney... Featuring the "Intergalactic Myth-Science Solar Arkerstra"... Composed by Sun Ra, June Tyson, John Gilmore, Marshall Allen, Danny Davis, Eloe Omoe, Larry Northington, Danny Thompson, Kwame Hadi, Lex Humphries, Ken Moshesh and Tommy Hunter...
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Sun Ra – The Futuristic Sounds Of Sun Ra (1961) (Full Album)
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Alto Saxophone, Woodwind (Morrow), Flute – Marshall Allen
Baritone Saxophone – Pat Patrick
Bass – Ronnie Boykins
Congas – Leah Ananda
Drums – Willie Jones
Eupho...
Alto Saxophone, Woodwind (Morrow), Flute – Marshall Allen
Baritone Saxophone – Pat Patrick
Bass – Ronnie Boykins
Congas – Leah Ananda
Drums – Willie Jones
Euphonium, Trombone – Bernard McKinney
Piano – Sun Ra
Tenor Saxophone, Bass Clarinet – John Gilmore
Recorded at Medallion Studio, Newark, New Jersey. October 10, 1961.
Cover – Harvey
Engineer – Paul Cady
Producer – Tom Wilson
A1 Bassism 0:00
A2 Of Sounds And Something Else 4:00
A3 What's That? 6:49
A4 Where Is Tomorrow? 9:01
A5 The Beginning 11:48
A6 China Gates 18:13
B1 New Day 21:33
B2 Tapestry From An Asteroid 27:23
B3 Jet Flight 30:23
B4 Looking Outward 33:35
B5 Space Jazz Reverie 36:22
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I state here in a good faith that I have made and uploaded here this copy of this copyrighted artwork completely for the purposes of teaching and research, that my action - i.e. my production of the copy of this copyrighted artwork and sharing of it here on Youtube in this particular case - is totally non-profit, and that I believe that my production of this copy of this copyrighted artwork and sharing of it here in Youtube in this particular case can only increase value of this copyrighted artwork and produce only positive effects for this copyrighted artwork in its potential market.
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Alto Saxophone, Woodwind (Morrow), Flute – Marshall Allen
Baritone Saxophone – Pat Patrick
Bass – Ronnie Boykins
Congas – Leah Ananda
Drums – Willie Jones
Euphonium, Trombone – Bernard McKinney
Piano – Sun Ra
Tenor Saxophone, Bass Clarinet – John Gilmore
Recorded at Medallion Studio, Newark, New Jersey. October 10, 1961.
Cover – Harvey
Engineer – Paul Cady
Producer – Tom Wilson
A1 Bassism 0:00
A2 Of Sounds And Something Else 4:00
A3 What's That? 6:49
A4 Where Is Tomorrow? 9:01
A5 The Beginning 11:48
A6 China Gates 18:13
B1 New Day 21:33
B2 Tapestry From An Asteroid 27:23
B3 Jet Flight 30:23
B4 Looking Outward 33:35
B5 Space Jazz Reverie 36:22
FAIR USE DISCLAIMER: I do not own copyright for this copyrighted artwork, but under Section 107 United States Copyright Law as noted by the United States Copyright Office (Copyright Act 1976), allowance is made for fair use for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research.
I state here in a good faith that I have made and uploaded here this copy of this copyrighted artwork completely for the purposes of teaching and research, that my action - i.e. my production of the copy of this copyrighted artwork and sharing of it here on Youtube in this particular case - is totally non-profit, and that I believe that my production of this copy of this copyrighted artwork and sharing of it here in Youtube in this particular case can only increase value of this copyrighted artwork and produce only positive effects for this copyrighted artwork in its potential market.
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Sun Ra - God Is More Than Love Can Ever Be (1979)
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- Duration: 38:13
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Tracklist:
01. Days of Happiness 0:00
02. Magic City Blue 7:28
03. Tenderness 12:16
04. Blithe Spirit Dance 20:49
05. God Is More Than Love Can Ever Be 31:18
Tracklist:
01. Days of Happiness 0:00
02. Magic City Blue 7:28
03. Tenderness 12:16
04. Blithe Spirit Dance 20:49
05. God Is More Than Love Can Ever Be 31:18
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Tracklist:
01. Days of Happiness 0:00
02. Magic City Blue 7:28
03. Tenderness 12:16
04. Blithe Spirit Dance 20:49
05. God Is More Than Love Can Ever Be 31:18
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1:21:23
Space is the Place (Uncut Version, 1974) - Sun Ra
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Spaceee is the placeee...
"Avant-garde jazz musician Sun Ra stars in the movie version of his concept album Space is the Place. Not following a linear plot lin...
Spaceee is the placeee...
"Avant-garde jazz musician Sun Ra stars in the movie version of his concept album Space is the Place. Not following a linear plot line, this experimental film is a bizarre combination of social commentary, blaxploitation, science fiction, and concert performance. The opening scene is set in an intergalactic forest, with Sun Ra introducing his plan to use music as salvation for the black community. Back on Earth, he wears a disguise as Sunny Ray, a piano player in a 1940s Chicago strip club who causes an explosion with his sounds. Switching to a scene in a desert, he plays a card game called 'The End of the World,' with the Overseer (Ray Johnson), who is dressed in white and drives a white Cadillac. Sun Ra pulls out a spaceship card and the Arkestra play the song 'Calling Planet Earth' as their spaceship lands in Oakland, CA. Perpetually dressed in sparkling gold robes and headdresses, he sets out to save the black people from oppression. He visits a community center and sets up the Outer Space Employment Agency, occasionally switching back to the desert to continue his game with the Overseer. Eventually, Sun Ra gets kidnapped by two white guys and forced to listen to 'Dixie' on headphones, but some kids from the community center save him just in time for the live concert conclusion."
— Andrea LeVasseur, AllMovie Guide
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Spaceee is the placeee...
"Avant-garde jazz musician Sun Ra stars in the movie version of his concept album Space is the Place. Not following a linear plot line, this experimental film is a bizarre combination of social commentary, blaxploitation, science fiction, and concert performance. The opening scene is set in an intergalactic forest, with Sun Ra introducing his plan to use music as salvation for the black community. Back on Earth, he wears a disguise as Sunny Ray, a piano player in a 1940s Chicago strip club who causes an explosion with his sounds. Switching to a scene in a desert, he plays a card game called 'The End of the World,' with the Overseer (Ray Johnson), who is dressed in white and drives a white Cadillac. Sun Ra pulls out a spaceship card and the Arkestra play the song 'Calling Planet Earth' as their spaceship lands in Oakland, CA. Perpetually dressed in sparkling gold robes and headdresses, he sets out to save the black people from oppression. He visits a community center and sets up the Outer Space Employment Agency, occasionally switching back to the desert to continue his game with the Overseer. Eventually, Sun Ra gets kidnapped by two white guys and forced to listen to 'Dixie' on headphones, but some kids from the community center save him just in time for the live concert conclusion."
— Andrea LeVasseur, AllMovie Guide
- published: 22 Jul 2019
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20:15
Sun Ra Arkestra: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
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Sun Ra was a big-band innovator, a pioneer of recording and playing with electronics, a poet, a cosmic philosopher, a bandleader and a keyboard innovator who cl...
Sun Ra was a big-band innovator, a pioneer of recording and playing with electronics, a poet, a cosmic philosopher, a bandleader and a keyboard innovator who claimed to be from Saturn. Herman Poole Blount would have turned 100 in 2014 had he not left us more than 20 years ago. But his spirit lives on, and so does his long-running band.
On Halloween 2014, the Sun Ra Arkestra — complete with costumes inspired by Egyptian symbolism and science fiction — performed a rousing, out-of-this-world Tiny Desk Concert. The band was led by 91-year-old alto saxophonist Marshall Allen, who's been with the Arkestra since the early 1950s. All these years later, no one makes soul-stirring, spaced-out jazz quite like the Arkestra.
SET LIST
Along Came Ra/Zoom 0:23
Queer Notions 2:23
Angels And Demons At Play 8:17
Interplanetary Music 15:03
CREDITS
Producers: Bob Boilen, Mito Habe-Evans, Maggie Starbard; Audio Engineer: Kevin Wait; Videographers: Colin Marshall, Susan Hale Thomas, Maggie Starbard; Assistant Producer: Ryan Kellman
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Sun Ra was a big-band innovator, a pioneer of recording and playing with electronics, a poet, a cosmic philosopher, a bandleader and a keyboard innovator who claimed to be from Saturn. Herman Poole Blount would have turned 100 in 2014 had he not left us more than 20 years ago. But his spirit lives on, and so does his long-running band.
On Halloween 2014, the Sun Ra Arkestra — complete with costumes inspired by Egyptian symbolism and science fiction — performed a rousing, out-of-this-world Tiny Desk Concert. The band was led by 91-year-old alto saxophonist Marshall Allen, who's been with the Arkestra since the early 1950s. All these years later, no one makes soul-stirring, spaced-out jazz quite like the Arkestra.
SET LIST
Along Came Ra/Zoom 0:23
Queer Notions 2:23
Angels And Demons At Play 8:17
Interplanetary Music 15:03
CREDITS
Producers: Bob Boilen, Mito Habe-Evans, Maggie Starbard; Audio Engineer: Kevin Wait; Videographers: Colin Marshall, Susan Hale Thomas, Maggie Starbard; Assistant Producer: Ryan Kellman
- published: 05 Nov 2014
- views: 425703
5:14
Sun Ra - Outer Space Employment Agency
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- Duration: 5:14
- Uploaded Date: 01 Mar 2011
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This is a small sample from the movie "Space Is The Place" (1974)...
Directed by John Coney...
Featuring the "Intergalactic Myth-Science Solar Arkerstra"......
This is a small sample from the movie "Space Is The Place" (1974)...
Directed by John Coney...
Featuring the "Intergalactic Myth-Science Solar Arkerstra"...
Composed by Sun Ra, June Tyson, John Gilmore, Marshall Allen, Danny Davis, Eloe Omoe, Larry Northington, Danny Thompson, Kwame Hadi, Lex Humphries, Ken Moshesh and Tommy Hunter...
https://wn.com/Sun_Ra_Outer_Space_Employment_Agency
This is a small sample from the movie "Space Is The Place" (1974)...
Directed by John Coney...
Featuring the "Intergalactic Myth-Science Solar Arkerstra"...
Composed by Sun Ra, June Tyson, John Gilmore, Marshall Allen, Danny Davis, Eloe Omoe, Larry Northington, Danny Thompson, Kwame Hadi, Lex Humphries, Ken Moshesh and Tommy Hunter...
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Sun Ra – The Futuristic Sounds Of Sun Ra (1961) (Full Album)
Alto Saxophone, Woodwind (Morrow), Flute – Marshall Allen
Baritone Saxophone – Pat Patrick...
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Sun Ra – The Futuristic Sounds Of Sun Ra (1961) (Full Album)
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Alto Saxophone, Woodwind (Morrow), Flute – Marshall Allen
Baritone Saxophone – Pat Patrick
Bass – Ronnie Boykins
Congas – Leah Ananda
Drums – Willie Jones
Euphonium, Trombone – Bernard McKinney
Piano – Sun Ra
Tenor Saxophone, Bass Clarinet – John Gilmore
Recorded at Medallion Studio, Newark, New Jersey. October 10, 1961.
Cover – Harvey
Engineer – Paul Cady
Producer – Tom Wilson
A1 Bassism 0:00
A2 Of Sounds And Something Else 4:00
A3 What's That? 6:49
A4 Where Is Tomorrow? 9:01
A5 The Beginning 11:48
A6 China Gates 18:13
B1 New Day 21:33
B2 Tapestry From An Asteroid 27:23
B3 Jet Flight 30:23
B4 Looking Outward 33:35
B5 Space Jazz Reverie 36:22
FAIR USE DISCLAIMER: I do not own copyright for this copyrighted artwork, but under Section 107 United States Copyright Law as noted by the United States Copyright Office (Copyright Act 1976), allowance is made for fair use for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research.
I state here in a good faith that I have made and uploaded here this copy of this copyrighted artwork completely for the purposes of teaching and research, that my action - i.e. my production of the copy of this copyrighted artwork and sharing of it here on Youtube in this particular case - is totally non-profit, and that I believe that my production of this copy of this copyrighted artwork and sharing of it here in Youtube in this particular case can only increase value of this copyrighted artwork and produce only positive effects for this copyrighted artwork in its potential market.
38:13
Sun Ra - God Is More Than Love Can Ever Be (1979)
Tracklist:
01. Days of Happiness 0:00
02. Magic City Blue 7:28
03. Tenderness 12:16
04. B...
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Sun Ra - God Is More Than Love Can Ever Be (1979)
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Tracklist:
01. Days of Happiness 0:00
02. Magic City Blue 7:28
03. Tenderness 12:16
04. Blithe Spirit Dance 20:49
05. God Is More Than Love Can Ever Be 31:18
1:21:23
Space is the Place (Uncut Version, 1974) - Sun Ra
Spaceee is the placeee...
"Avant-garde jazz musician Sun Ra stars in the movie version of...
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Space is the Place (Uncut Version, 1974) - Sun Ra
Space is the Place (Uncut Version, 1974) - Sun Ra
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Spaceee is the placeee...
"Avant-garde jazz musician Sun Ra stars in the movie version of his concept album Space is the Place. Not following a linear plot line, this experimental film is a bizarre combination of social commentary, blaxploitation, science fiction, and concert performance. The opening scene is set in an intergalactic forest, with Sun Ra introducing his plan to use music as salvation for the black community. Back on Earth, he wears a disguise as Sunny Ray, a piano player in a 1940s Chicago strip club who causes an explosion with his sounds. Switching to a scene in a desert, he plays a card game called 'The End of the World,' with the Overseer (Ray Johnson), who is dressed in white and drives a white Cadillac. Sun Ra pulls out a spaceship card and the Arkestra play the song 'Calling Planet Earth' as their spaceship lands in Oakland, CA. Perpetually dressed in sparkling gold robes and headdresses, he sets out to save the black people from oppression. He visits a community center and sets up the Outer Space Employment Agency, occasionally switching back to the desert to continue his game with the Overseer. Eventually, Sun Ra gets kidnapped by two white guys and forced to listen to 'Dixie' on headphones, but some kids from the community center save him just in time for the live concert conclusion."
— Andrea LeVasseur, AllMovie Guide
20:15
Sun Ra Arkestra: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
Sun Ra was a big-band innovator, a pioneer of recording and playing with electronics, a po...
published: 05 Nov 2014
Sun Ra Arkestra: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
Sun Ra Arkestra: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
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Sun Ra was a big-band innovator, a pioneer of recording and playing with electronics, a poet, a cosmic philosopher, a bandleader and a keyboard innovator who claimed to be from Saturn. Herman Poole Blount would have turned 100 in 2014 had he not left us more than 20 years ago. But his spirit lives on, and so does his long-running band.
On Halloween 2014, the Sun Ra Arkestra — complete with costumes inspired by Egyptian symbolism and science fiction — performed a rousing, out-of-this-world Tiny Desk Concert. The band was led by 91-year-old alto saxophonist Marshall Allen, who's been with the Arkestra since the early 1950s. All these years later, no one makes soul-stirring, spaced-out jazz quite like the Arkestra.
SET LIST
Along Came Ra/Zoom 0:23
Queer Notions 2:23
Angels And Demons At Play 8:17
Interplanetary Music 15:03
CREDITS
Producers: Bob Boilen, Mito Habe-Evans, Maggie Starbard; Audio Engineer: Kevin Wait; Videographers: Colin Marshall, Susan Hale Thomas, Maggie Starbard; Assistant Producer: Ryan Kellman
5:14
Sun Ra - Outer Space Employment Agency
This is a small sample from the movie "Space Is The Place" (1974)...
Directed by John Con...
published: 01 Mar 2011
Sun Ra - Outer Space Employment Agency
Sun Ra - Outer Space Employment Agency
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This is a small sample from the movie "Space Is The Place" (1974)...
Directed by John Coney...
Featuring the "Intergalactic Myth-Science Solar Arkerstra"...
Composed by Sun Ra, June Tyson, John Gilmore, Marshall Allen, Danny Davis, Eloe Omoe, Larry Northington, Danny Thompson, Kwame Hadi, Lex Humphries, Ken Moshesh and Tommy Hunter...
Sun Ra
Sun Ra (born Herman Poole Blount, legal name Le Sony'r Ra; May 22, 1914 – May 30, 1993) was an American jazz composer, bandleader, piano and synthesizer player, poet and philosopher known for his experimental music, "cosmic philosophy," prolific output, and theatrical performances. He was inducted into the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame in 1979.
Born in Alabama in 1914, Blount would eventually become involved in the 1940s Chicago jazz scene. He soon abandoned his birth name, taking the name Sun Ra (Ra being the Egyptian God of the Sun) and developing a complex persona and mythology that would make him a pioneer of Afrofuturism: he claimed he was an alien from Saturn, and throughout his life, he consistently denied any ties to his prior identity. His compositions ranged from keyboard solos to big bands of over 30 musicians, and his widely experimental and eclectic music would eventually touch on virtually the entire history of jazz, from ragtime to swing music, from bebop to free jazz. From the mid-1950s to his death, Ra led "The Arkestra", an ensemble with an ever-changing name and flexible line-up (although certain core members remained with the group through its various incarnations, including Marshal Allen, John Gilmore, June Tyson). Its performances often included dancers and musicians dressed in elaborate, futuristic costumes inspired by ancient Egyptian attire and the space age.
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