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Article: Album Review

Sun Ra Arkestra: Live At The Paradox

Read "Live At The Paradox" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky


Few groups have travelled as far--cosmically and musically--as the Sun Ra Arkestra. While Ra's Saturnian schtick brought him great attention and notoriety, his music goes well beyond that one area. The roots of swing, bop-leaning sounds, extra-terrestrial experimentalism and free jazz of the most ferocious kind are all part of Ra's repertoire. Ra ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

Sun Ra Arkestra: Sunrise In Different Dimensions

Read "Sun Ra Arkestra: Sunrise In Different Dimensions" reviewed by Chris May


Sun Ra ArkestraSunrise In Different DimensionshatOLOGY2010 (1980) Sun Ra's discography is so vast, and its entry points so varied, that the late pianist and bandleader means a lot of different things to a lot of different people. For most, Ra is probably best known for orchestral performances of ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Sun Ra Arkestra: Secrets Of The Sun & Live At The Paradox

Read "Sun Ra Arkestra: Secrets Of The Sun & Live At The Paradox" reviewed by John Sharpe


Sun Ra & His Solar Arkestra Secrets Of The Sun Atavistic 2009 Sun Ra Arkestra Live At The Paradox In and Out Records 2009 In a world beset by ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Sun Ra Quartet in Italy, 1978

Read "Sun Ra Quartet in Italy, 1978" reviewed by Robert Dugan


The poet T.S. Eliot said “Mankind cannot take too much reality." Some people feel the same about keyboard player, bandleader and composer Sun Ra. Approaching Ra's output, both concert and studio recordings, can be daunting even for the initiated. Because the music was originally released in haphazard fashion, and has gone in and out of print ...

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Article: Album Review

Sun Ra: Sun Ra (featuring Pharoah Sanders & Black Harold)

Read "Sun Ra (featuring Pharoah Sanders & Black Harold)" reviewed by Jerry D'Souza


The event was billed as Four Days in December, and on the last four days of 1964, Judson Hall in New York City was witness to a torrent of free jazz. The series of concerts featured Cecil Taylor,Bill Dixon, Archie Shepp, Paul Bley, John Tchicai, Roswell Rudd and, perhaps fittingly enough on New Year's Eve, the ...

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Article: Album Review

Andratx: Live

Read "Live" reviewed by Mark Corroto


The Nordic jazz trio of Jonas Kullhammar, Kresten Osgood and Ole Morten Vågan is the type of super group that keeps the jazz tradition alive, not in the sense of an institution as much as a provocateur praxis. Andratx Live is its second release following a self-titled record on Moserbie in 2007. The three ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

Sun Ra: Featuring Pharoah Sanders and Black Harold

Read "Sun Ra: Featuring Pharoah Sanders and Black Harold" reviewed by John Sharpe


Sun Ra Sun Ra: Featuring Pharoah Sanders and Black Harold ESP-Disk 2009 Any newly available, 1960s vintage Sun Ra would be cause for celebration, so ESP's unearthing of 45 minutes of well-recorded stereo is wonderful indeed. Five new pieces supplement the six tracks which made up the previously ...

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Article: Talkin' Blues

Derek Trucks: Moving Forward, Back Where He Started

Read "Derek Trucks: Moving Forward, Back Where He Started" reviewed by Alan Bryson


Over the past few years guitarist Derek Trucks has been on the cover of Down Beat and Rolling Stone; he's been profiled in The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal; he's toured with Eric Clapton and Carlos Santana; he's guested on recordings with J.J. Cale, Elvin Bishop, Buddy Guy, David Sanborn and Nashville dobro ...

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News: Music Industry

Away from the Spaceways: John Gilmore

Away from the Spaceways: John Gilmore

Tenor saxophonist John Gilmore, who influenced John Coltrane and helped to pioneer the challenging techniques of 1960s avant-garde saxophone, spent most of his career with Sun Ra and his Arkestra, recording outside of Sun Ras band on only a handful of occasions. His powerful, edgy style combined aspects of hardbop and outside playing; well hear examples ...


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