For decades, American jazz saxophonist Knoel Scott has been honoring Herman "Sonny" Blount, aka Sun Ra, the composer, keyboardist and founder of the ethereal Sun Ra Arkestra. "Either the spirit is ...

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

The enduring legacy of jazz visionary Sun Ra is celebrated by this ensemble made up of Arkestra veterans and a younger generation of exploratory musicians under the direction of saxophonist Knoel ...

Louise Williams Bishop, Pablo Batista, Hugh Panero, and Earl Young will also be honored with plaques on South Broad Street ...

The post Sun Ra Arkestra’s Marshall Allen Releases Debut Solo Album Recorded Just Days After He Turned 100: Stream appeared first on Consequence. Sun Ra Arkestra leader Marshall Allen has released his ...

Union Pool closed out their annual Summer Thunder free show series on Sunday (8/24), as usual, with Sun Ra Arkestra. The weather couldn’t have been nicer and there was a line around the block to get ...

Sun Ra’s concept of “alter destiny” was his way of changing humanity Sun Ra wanted to change humanity with his concept of the “alter destiny.” How Sun Ra created his own record label, Saturn Records ...

When is a band not a ghost band? It is a question posed by a Cleveland jazz media figure after a performance by the Sun Ra Arkestra on the first full day of the Tri-C JazzFest, and it was a fair one ...

The Richmond Folk Festival has presented artists and cultural traditions from across planet Earth – from Tuva, Newfoundland, Colombia, Nigeria, Jamaica, Ireland, Iraq, Honduras, Kenya, and Armenia, ...

Sun Ra (1914 – 1993) was a virtuoso, bandleader, teacher, poet, cosmologist, historian, Egyptologist, and community leader. One of the great visionaries of the twentieth century, he believed that ...

“At the base root, Sun Ra’s concept comes out of Chicago, and basically, we’re just a Chicago jump band with a few frills.” Throughout the night, the Arkestra followed Scott's expressive cues rather ...

The Sun Ra Arkestra saxophonist, who remains captivated by the power of sound, is an inspiring onstage presence. By Hank Shteamer On April 8, the moon will blot out the sun along a roughly ...