few have been quite as dedicated to their art as Sun Ra. Born Herman Poole Blount in 1914 – though he claimed he was in fact from Saturn – and backed by his Arkestra collective, he released ...

Sun Ra: Space. Music. Myth by Tam Fiofori; Published by SUN ARTS: BEP, Lagos, Nigeria; 2022; 416pp THE American jazz musician Sun Ra was larger than life and death in his delivery of music during ...

Explore the musical cosmos with Marshall Allen and the Sun Ra Arkestra on this special evening featuring art film and music.

Sun Ra was many things. As a pianist, composer, inventor, bandleader, philosopher and a revolutionary, Ra’s creation knew no bounds; even still, three decades after his ascent to the stars ...

Bill Sebastian built his first "visual synthesizer" in the 1970s and performed it onstage with the pioneering jazz musician Sun Ra. Now, with the advancement of virtual reality, he plays his ...

The free showpaper and culture zine launched by industry veterans Mike Amari and Liam Singer in 2022 is winding down after ...

"A long line of historical bands like Sun Ra, the Chicago Art Ensemble. Even rapper Lil B," he answered. "I was joking to myself. I was like, ‘I'm almost the Lil B of this type of music.' ...

The Seattle-based composer brings together 60 musicians to celebrate the legacies of Butch Morris, Sun Ra, and Julius ...

There are big-league Korean names and a few regulars on the global art circuit, but most are not well known ... paying ...

The nonprofit Seattle Jazz Fellowship has carved out a performance space in the historic Globe Building — for now — and is ...

Niki's West Steak & Seafood Restaurant, a popular meat-and-three, has been drawing crowds since 1957. The extensive menu and ...

“A long line of historical bands like Sun Ra, the Chicago Art Ensemble. Even rapper Lil B,” he answered. “I was joking to myself. I was like, ‘I’m almost the Lil B of this type of music.