In truth, there is no better entry point into the mysterious parallel universe that Sun Ra inhabited than this one. For its creator, though, Space Is The Place was much more than an album or movie ...

Music from our finest cosmic institution spanning a century’s worth of jazz The post Sun Ra Arkestra – Lights On A Satellite appeared first on UNCUT.

However, the instrumental album outsold several ... I’m really blown away by [Sun Ra’s] trajectory and their history. Do you see yourself occupying this space much longer or for the long ...

Questlove talks to IndieWire about "Ladies and Gentlemen… 50 Years of SNL Music," the NBC documentary he co-directed airing ...

Ahmed Abdullah has written a fascinating autobiography, “A Strange Celestial Road: My Times in the Sun Ra Arkestra." ...

The brass-heavy funk-soul band who started out playing for tips in Rittenhouse Square is now the house band for ex-Eagle's late night talk show.

Sun Ra--space-age prophet, pharoanic jester, shaman-philosopher and avant-jazz keyboardist/bandleader--lands his spaceship in Oakland, having been presumed lost in ...

He was to go on to become a member of iconic Afro-futurist jazz pioneer Sun Ra’s Arkestra and remains a central figure of the band to this day. Daniel Spicer called him up to discover the secrets of ...

Marshall Allen, the leader of the legendary group, Sun Ra Arkestra, has recently announced plans for his first solo album ...

Marshall Allen, leader of the Sun Ra Arkestra, releases his debut solo album New Dawn on Feb. 14 at age 100. The album ...

Marshall Allen – the former Sun Ra Arkestra bandleader – has announced that he will release his debut solo album. The century-old revered saxophonist and composer, who has been a member of the ...