Maybe Sun Ra really did come from Saturn. It's certain that the jazz scene has never experienced anyone like him before, during or after his time on our planet. Five new representative recordings ...

Sun Ra Arkestra at Tri-C JazzFest 2025 article by John Chacona, published on July 13, 2025 at All About Jazz. Find more Live ...

Sun Ra Arkestra Great American Music Hall jny: San Francisco, CA November 22, 23, 24, 2024 The Great American Music Hall has long served as an anchor of San Francisco's music scene. As jazz bookings ...

Ragin, who performed with Sun Ra and his big band, known as the Arkestra, in New York decades ago, is still in awe of Ra’s sophisticated music and profound philosophies.

Sun Ra was by and large an experimental jazz artist, but he was also considered a hugely influential figure among hip hop and rap artists. This entry on our list of essential Sun Ra songs sounds ...

Born in 1933, Ra delivered some of the most eclectic jazz in history. Swing, ragtime and be bop are some of the elements that were part of the Sun Ra Arkestra sonic potpourri.

The Sun Ra Arkestra, the ensemble Ra led for nearly 40 years until his death in 1993, was a big band in fact if not always in style, and Kronos has called in a wealth of collaborators to match Ra ...

Avant-garde jazz icon Sun Ra is being celebrated not for his other-worldly musical compositions, but for his poetry. In a new album from Omni Sound, titled My Words Are Music: A Celebration of Sun ...

Victor Wooten and the Wooten Brothers are scheduled to play June 19, as well as Sullivan Fortner and His Galactic Friends in a tribute to legendary cosmic jazz composer Sun Ra. The evening of June 20 ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala (WIAT) — A jazz icon who was born and raised in Birmingham, Alabama, but made his musical and philosophical home among “the spaceways,” was recently featured on an episo… ...