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Sun Ra: Holiday for Soul Dance
by Matthew Wuethrich
Holiday for Soul Dance testifies to not only Sun Ra’s originality, but also his courage when making stylistic decisions. This album, believed to be recorded sometime around 1958, casts Ra in the role of the traditionalist as the Arkestra interpret a batch of time-honored (and time-worn) standards. Surprisingly, this role fits better than one might expect. ...
Sun Ra: We Travel the Spaceways/Bad and Beautiful
by Matthew Wuethrich
This Evidence re-issue package, like a large portion of the others, captures different aspects of the late '50s/early '60s Arkestra in transition. The first seven tracks comprise We Travel the Spaceways, recorded in Chicago between 1956 and 1960 at a variety of sessions. The second group of seven tunes were originally released as Bad and Beautiful, ...
Sun Ra: The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra, Vol. I
by Matthew Wuethrich
A misconception: Sun Ra played free jazz. Critics and listeners usually lump Ra’s dissonant recordings into the free jazz category for one of two reasons. They either take his aggressive, wild sound textures to be essentially the same as that of other members of the '60s avant-garde; or there is just no good category for Ra. ...
Sun Ra and His Arkestra: Jazz in Silhouette
by Matthew Wuethrich
In the jazz universe, Sun Ra typically travels in an unknown, distant galaxy of his own. He is on the map, but understood and given his proper significance by only a loyal few. Most know his esoteric philosophising, lavish stage shows, and outward-bound music, but those features only scratch the surface of Ra’s music. Recorded in ...
Sun Ra: Music from Tomorrow's World
by Matthew Wuethrich
Historical document or musical revelation? Music from Tomorrow’s World, the latest release in Atavistic’s Unheard Music Series, again poses this seemingly eternal, yet pertinent, question. Should live recordings be made available to the listening public, even if the sound quality distorts and obscures the musical content? Many would say no, but in the case of Sun ...
Sun Ra: Lanquidity
by Matthew Wuethrich
1978’s Lanquidity (now re-issued by Evidence) features a silver and purple cover image of Ra that begs the question: Has Sun Ra made a fusion album? This thought at first seems merely ridiculous, then after further consideration becomes a bit surreal, and then upon hearing becomes downright disturbing. As with any Ra project, a simple description ...
Music From Tomorrow's World
By Sun Ra
Label: Atavistic Records
Released: 2002
Track listing: Angels & Demons At Play; Spontaneous Simplicity; Space Aura;
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Sun Ra and his Arkestra: Music From Tomorrow's World
by Mark Corroto
1960 was one of many turning points in the career of Sun Ra. That year he moved from Chicago’s South Side to New York City. Behind, he left the idea that became the AACM, plus many inspired musicians who would create the Chicago avant- sound. Unheard Music producer John Corbett has unearthed two never ...
Nuclear War
By Sun Ra
Label: Atavistic Records
Released: 2001
Track listing: Nuclear War; Retrospect; Drop Me Off In Harlem; Sometimes I'm Happy; Celestial Love; Blue Intensity; Nameless One No.2; Smile.
Sun Ra: Nuclear War
by Mark Corroto
Creative music fans always somehow end up at Sun Ra’s musical doorstep. Either they follow the rock scene and are tipped off to him by Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth and the Beastie Boys or they are established jazz fans and his name crops up in discussions of jazz music from the 1950s through the early ...
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