Produced by Tom Wilson, the same man who also helmed recordings by the Mothers of Invention, Bob Dylan and the Velvet Underground, The Futuristic Sounds Of Sun Ra may belie its title when described as ...

Do the Impossible” illuminates the jazz visionary, mythmaker, and Afrofuturist architect whose influence now resonates across ...

Stunning visuals and the sounds of Sun Ra & His Solar Arkestra fill this classic 1966 black and white short experimental film by composer/photographer/ filmmaker and multi-media artist Phill Niblock.

Few musicians have been as delightfully and fascinatingly weird as Sun Ra. He was born Herman Poole Blount, changed his name to honor the Egyptian god of the sun, believed he was an angelic being from ...

Patrons of South Side jazz clubs in the 1950s might have noticed something a bit different about pianist Sun Ra’s big band — slowly at first, then all at once. Their sounds became more far-out, the ...

A veteran of Sun Ra’s band of astral travelers, saxophonist and bandleader Marshall Allen carries on the jazz legend’s legacy of uplifting spirits and upending musical expectations. A lovingly ...

A most perfect early spring evening shined even brighter with the sounds of Sun Ra Thursday night, as Best Video in Hamden, in conjunction with The International Festival of Arts and Ideas, presented ...

Discover the extraordinary life of poet, philosopher and music visionary Sun Ra. With his ever-evolving collective, the Sun Ra Arkestra, he self-produced more than 200 albums, stretching the ...

Questlove, Dawn Richard and a range of other musicians, writers and critics share their favorites from the experimental pianist, organist and bandleader’s wide-ranging catalog. By Marcus J. Moore ...

Sun Ra has a way with words – a strange celestial way. Like the rest of us, he uses them to communicate. But what he communicates can sound outlandish, even alien to human ears. He took deadpan ...