Date:	22-May-1999 16:32:56
From:	Ted Wilby (chibi1@erols.com)
	I remember seeing Sun Ra on TV once in Philadelphia and thinking the music was "Way Out There...". I remember thinking the same thing when I first got my copy (Vinal by the way...) of Jimmy Hendrix "Axis Bold As Love". Years later, I got out my "Axis" album and was listening and thinking, "What was so way out about this? It's just a perfectly crafted pop record...." Well, years of experiance, and the rest of the world caught up to what Jim was doing, and I think the same for Sun Ra. I heard some things on WRTI last night in Philly, and I thought, "Why did I think this was so way out back then?" and, I guess the Jazz world has finally grown to Sun Ra's level. Now his stuff sounds pretty much in the grove with Myles Davis, and Count Basie and a lot of other main stream but slightly askew Jazz composers... Ha, Ha. We've grown up, and now can see how far ahead of his time, Sun Ra actually was.... too bad it took me so long, because now I wish I could go see the whole thing happening live....

 

Date:	25-Jan-2000 18:09:13
From:	Andrew gilson
	I am struck again and again by what a faithful Saturnine messenger Sun Ra was. Championing discipline and individuality in the face of the licentious herd....awesome. And the musical results speak for themselves. I'm now in a theatrical production. Once again, no place for freedom or equality, but practice, care, and listening. The theatre jail is a pretty good one--Ra said we only have a choice of jails. Sun Ra let loose a saturnalia of sound, harvested by driving his little musical army without mercy. Ave Saturnum!

 

Date:	10-Apr-2000 17:37:59
From:	Luca D'Orazio (dorazio@mclink.it)
	Sun Ra is the genius. He's armonically always in orbit

 

Date:	27-Jun-2000 06:20:01
From:	Peter Stenshoel
	I had a dream when I was about 13 years old that Sun Ra and his Arkestra wafted over to my front yard in a rubber raft-shaped UFO. Sun Ra said "hello" and dropped some pamphlets about the work of the Arkestra. This was a powerful dream, and I resolved to learn more about the band. (Up until then I had only heard a few seconds' worth of an electronic keyboard solo by Sun Ra from an ESP-disk sampler record.) Happily, I was able to see him and the Arkestra several times playing live, and even to meet Sun Ra once. I was thrilled, recently, to be working a downtown L.A. outdoor venue to assist with the microphone set up and monitor mix of the group under Marshall Allen's direction. Talk about a gr

 

Date:	27-Jun-2000 06:20:53
From:	Peter Stenshoel
	I had a dream when I was about 13 years old that Sun Ra and his Arkestra wafted over to my front yard in a rubber raft-shaped UFO. Sun Ra said "hello" and dropped some pamphlets about the work of the Arkestra. This was a powerful dream, and I resolved to learn more about the band. (Up until then I had only heard a few seconds' worth of an electronic keyboard solo by Sun Ra from an ESP-disk sampler record.) Happily, I was able to see him and the Arkestra several times playing live, and even to meet Sun Ra once. I was thrilled, recently, to be working a downtown L.A. outdoor venue to assist with the microphone set up and monitor mix of the group under Marshall Allen's direction. Talk about a gr

 

Date:	27-Jun-2000 07:32:11
From:	Luca D'Orazio (dorazio@mclink.it)
	A really modal man..........eheheheheheheh Sun Ra explained us the concept of brave mind....against all........exploring the common flash of parallel realities that is anyway the mean reality.............The Genius

 

Date:	30-Jul-2000 18:15:44
From:	Casey Grajek (kcgrajek@itol.com)
	I love jazz and I love Sun Ra, there's nothing better than getting drugged up and rolling around on the floor, while Sun Ra drives the magic ship through my head, space is the place

 

Date:	30-Aug-2000 06:46:12
From:	Suso Navarrete (suso@cvalenciana.map.es)
	I've been listening (and loving) to Sun Ra's music for many years, and his recordings fill already too much space in my living room. It's always risky to choose the major works of an artist, and still more if he left around 200 Lps, but I don't consider the three that you mention among the best ones. Stardust from tomorrow and Reflections in Blue are two of his last recordings, when he was playing what he called his low profile and, though interesting, are light-years away from the best period, that many people think is in the 60's and 70's. The Magic City, The Antique Blacks, Omniverse, Night of the Purple Moon and many others would be worth of belonging to this cathegory of major works.