Try fitting a cathedral in a suitcase. That’s the quiet determination behind American Masters turning its lens on Sun Ra, an artist whose life and work feel so […]
Sun Ra
Originally commissioned by Chicago’s Adler Planetarium, Cohran’s 1993 record returns via Stones Throw’s new imprint Listening Position. In 1993, when Chicago’s Adler Planetarium asked Kelan Phil Cohran to score a […]
The Sun Ra Arkestra bandleader becomes the oldest person to release a debut album. Space is still the place… Avant-garde jazz saxophone player Marshall Allen has been with […]
A new documentary about the Sun Ra Omniverse is currently in production. Support the Kickstarter today! In partnership with the SUN RA Estate and veteran bandleader, Marshall Allen, […]
It’s been almost two decades since Sun Ra, the enigmatic artist who reported Saturn as his birthplace, left our planet and yet – the cosmic jazz pioneer’s Afrofuturist […]
30-minutes of pure cosmic joy and wonder from Sun Ra and his Intergalactic Arkestra. By 1972, Sun Ra had firmly established his Arkestra as a formidable presence on […]
Revisit one of the all-time great late night music programs produced by Hal Willner. For two years starting at the end of the 1980s, the producer and musical […]
When Sun Ra caught wind of flights from Denmark to Egypt, he and the Arkestra embarked on the trip of a lifetime. Sun Ra was a singular artists […]
The live stream benefit concert and Q&A with Arkestra director Marshall Allen premieres Saturday, February 27th at 6pm PST. As part of their “ongoing initiative exploring the intersection […]
A historic Sun Ra ensemble performs at the Philharmonie, Berlin. One of the greatest jazz lineups we’ve ever seen: Archie Shepp, John Gilmore, Don Cherry, Lester Bowie, Philly […]
Filmmaker Robert Mugge profiles Sun Ra, jazz musician, bandleader and self-styled poet and philosopher. “They say that history repeats itself. But history is only his story. You haven’t […]
