Here are 10 key recordings plucked by edwin pouncey from ras enormous discography that continues to yield up new discoveries and lost. My responsibilities discipline include transferring the master tapes, compiling an extensive discography, music productions, documentaries, media corresponding and continually networking to promote the sun ra legacy to our fans. Ive also got sun ra and his solar arkestra visits planet earth, cosmos. Sun ra discography studio albums best place to download music. From the opening minimoog solo by sun ra, crystal spears is something else again. Featuring the astro infinity arkestra, atlantis reveals two very distinct sides of sun ras music. Sun ra jazz discography mp3 flac bittorent discography 3gb mp3 tpb 500mb m4aaac tpb. Dec 01, 2000 the decidedly bluesy cymbals was one of the best bets of the entire lot. The sky is a sea of darkness when there is no sun to light the way 12. The heliocentric worlds of sun ra, volume 2 sun ra. Strut present the definitive collection of singles released by sun ra across his illustrious career, spanning 1952 to 1991.
The ultimate guide part iii by kris needs december 2014 last issue, we saw how sun ras vast catalogue was finally being granted the restoration and digital makeover it deserves via the spectacular mastered for itunes project being carried out by his music archive director michael d. Jazz keyboardist, bandleader and composer sun ra recorded dozens of singles and over one hundred fulllength albums. Disco 3000 complete milan concert 1978 by sun ra, released 30 august 2017 1. The set includes the albums reflections in blue, hours after, mayan temples and a tribute to stuff smith. Anderson, gives an insiders perspective of playing with ra and his arkestra. The decidedly bluesy cymbals was one of the best bets of the entire lot. Saturns contribution to jazz, the unpeggably eclectic bandleader advanced the genre into the space age, planting the seeds for afrofuturism. Sun ra jazz discography mp3 flac bittorent blogger. Jazz keyboardist, bandleader and composer sun ra recorded dozens of singles and over one hundred fulllength albums, comprising well over songs. Jan 16, 2018 calling planet earth, sings herman blount, aka le sonyr ra aka sun ra, less than 10 minutes into the 1980 documentary sun ra.
Avantgarde freejazz sun ra three classic albums 2 cd. The first edition of my discography, the earthly recordings of sun ra, was published by cadence jazz books in 1994. Anderson and writermusic historian irwin chusid initially mainly focusing on the 50s and 60s, the pair. Mp3 files i hate messy files, so this is one of the reasons why im uploading all of this. Sun ra was a lot of thingspianist, bluesman, bandleader, arranger, interstellar poet, multiverse travellerbut hes never been accused of being a singles artist. Sun 176 n o t i s s u e d sun 177 handy jackson got my application, baby trouble will bring you down january 1953, 78 rpm only sun 178 joe hill louis we all gotta go sometime she may be yours january 1953, 78 rpm only recorded december 8 and november 17. The album is centered by the sidelong title track, a chanting excursion with an insistent funk groove with danny thompson playing the baritone riff that anchors you in a series of free blowing excursions from saxophonist john gilmore, altoist. With atlantis, sun ra shows both sides of his personality, offering a side of smaller cuts and one long solid jam that helped define the sound of space jazz. Sun ra discography the sun ra discography is one of the largest discographies in music history. The second edition coauthored with british ra expert chris trent came out in 2000. Can there be another person like sun ra dead or alive, ever. Not only is the electric keyboard dominantly featured, but also it presumably offered ra somewhat of a novelty as it had only been on the market for less than a year. Like pathways, this program employed a greatly reduced arkestra.
Buy mp3 music online sun ra the complete detroit jazz center residency with the omniverse jet set arkestra cd1. Electronic, techno, electro, house, experimental, grime, dubstep, hip hop, alternative, indie, and many more. Le sonyr ra born 5221914, died 5301993, known better under the name sun ra born herman poole blount, was an prolific american jazz composer, synthesizer and piano player. These are mostly jazz discographies, but country and pop music are represented also. Find sun ra discography, albums and singles on allmusic. I want to get some sun ra albums but dont have room for his massive discography, what are 37 of his best in your opinion. The complete nothing is, and pictures of infinity 1968, by space aura may 1966, credited to sun ra and his band from outer space, by the.
Volume 1 features along came ra, a previously unissued live track recorded in paris in 1983. Calling planet earth, sings herman blount, aka le sonyr ra aka sun ra, less than 10 minutes into the 1980 documentary sun ra. Topics about sun ra albums in general should be placed in relevant topic categories. A double 10 set featuring unreleased and rare sun ra recordings from the outer limits and the underground. Sun ra and clifford jarvis in a 1968 photo by lee santa. Sun ra the complete detroit jazz center residency with the omniverse jet set arkestra cd1. Sun ra is mostly heard on organ, and his understated playing sets the tone for a group of moody, lowkey tracks. Resulting album sun ra sextet at the village vanguard on jazz door makes a muted, poignant footnote to ra s story, although he continued touring with the arkestra. The end of the sixties found sun ra in a more eccentric mode than ever, as documented by the live albums nothing is dancing shadows may 1966, later expanded as the doublecd college tour volume one.
Discover music on discogs, the largest online music database. We specialise in finding the highest quality products regardless of format or genre. View all albums and help us complete sun ra arkestra discography. Immediate download of numtrackstrack album in your choice of highquality mp3, flac, or just about. Sun ra jazz discography mp3 flac bittorent freedom records jazz.
You should check this out too its a jazz film approx. Over one million legal mp3 tracks available at juno download. Albums include lanquidity, space is the place, and jazz in silhouette. Sun ra discography project gutenberg selfpublishing. American freejazz composer, pianist and band leader. The other worlds of sun ra features writer and activist amiri baraka, who collaborated with ra in the new york underground of the 1960s. Download a 14 hour retrospective of cosmic jazz legend sun ra. I wanted to incorporate all the things that i was missing from the beginning like search capabilities, and also. The march 1992 show in aarburg was released as destination unknown enja, with ra s contributions being sparse but spectrally evident in the big band bombast.
On october 20, 1952 he legally changed his name into le sonyr ra. Mar 30, 2012 the first sun ra discography the up to now last and most complete it can never be totally complete as the universe has endless possibilities attempt to write a discography of the recorded works of cosmomusic master sun ra, is still the earthly recordings of sun ra by robert l. The first sun ra discography the up to now last and most complete it can never be totally complete as the universe has endless possibilities attempt to write a discography of the recorded works of cosmomusic master sun ra, is still the earthly recordings of sun ra by robert l. The complete detroit jazz center residency with the omniverse jet set arkestra cd11 sun ra greatest hits.
Easy listening for intergalactic travel sun ra secrets of the sun sun ra. Buy and sell music with collectors in the marketplace. This site promotes jazz discography created with the brian application. The future rendered here by ra seems more dystopian than utopian, and these 1975 guided improvisations are imbued with an underlying violence, alternate. Pathways to unknown worlds by sun ra, released 22 february 2019 1. All the discographies listed are generated automatically with the brian application. Sun god ra ep by sun god ra, released 19 may 2017 1. After receiving a few requests from interested readers to reup portions of this series, i decided that featuring the entire collection of webcasts in. Sun ra the cosmic jazz master would have celebrated his 100th earth year in 2014 but his catalogue of over 150 albums, his unique. Keeping in the spirit of the avantgarde and otherworldly sound that sun ra had been developing throughout the 60s and well into the 70s, brother ahh explored similar territories with emphasis on two sidelong tracks that included the extradorinaiy talents of max roach on drums and his percussion ensemble mboom as well as a 90piece vocal choir.
Of mythic worlds travelogue through a cybernetical soundscape. Continuation, like a number of early sun ra albums, contains mysteries. After departing earth in 1993 sun ra legacy in music continues to influence artists worldwide and has changed the world of music as we know it. The guide continues on to sun ras time in new york in the 1960s, where the space jazz or quirky hardbop of the arkestras chicago days starts to morph, reflecting the new free jazz ideas being developed literally all around them by albert ayler, ornette coleman, john coltrane, and others.
A live album by the sun ra quartet, taken from a reportedly busy time in italy 1978 there are more complete versions out there, but this lp with a sidelong jam and three shorter freakouts was the initial form of its release. Sun ra the complete detroit jazz center residency with. No matter who is soloing, this is mostly a quiet, introspective session. The sun ra discography is one of the largest discographies in music history. Bleep we sell the best music from the best record labels and artists in the world. Released prolifically during the 1950s and more sporadically thereafter, primarily on the saturn label, the 45s offer oneoff meteorites from ras prolific cosmic journey, tracing the development of his forwardthinking spacebop and his unique take on jazz and. Dec 03, 2016 sun ra was a lot of thingspianist, bluesman, bandleader, arranger, interstellar poet, multiverse travellerbut hes never been accused of being a singles artist.
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