Results for "Sun Ra"

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Sun Ra: Nuclear War

Read "Nuclear War" reviewed by Derek Taylor

by Derek Taylor
August 1, 2001

Apocalyptic in title, but surprisingly upbeat in sound this 1980s Arkestral artifact makes a welcome return to circulation through John Corbett's Unheard Music Series. The album is actually yet another off mark entry in Ra's occasional bid for major label backing. He shopped the session to Columbia, but met with the usual blank stares from the ...

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Sun Ra and His Outer Space Arkestra: Nuclear War

Read "Nuclear War" reviewed by AAJ Staff

by AAJ Staff
August 1, 2001

For all the talk about his extraterrestrial origins and cosmic philosophy, Sun Ra was often a very well- grounded human being. His 1982 disc Nuclear War has an easy-groovin' feeling throughout. Ra's big hope for major label recognition ended up released on the underground Y Records instead--but Atavistic just seized the opportunity to get Nuclear War ...

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Carla Cook: Just a Swingin' and a Groovin'

by Mathew Bahl
March 1, 2001

On the question of categories, Carla Cook will say this much: “I'm definitely a jazz singer in that I like to improvise and I like to swing." Beyond that, the subject doesn't interest her. “I don't spend a lot of time haggling with the word “jazz,?" she explains. “I let the “Jazz Police" handle that. I ...

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In Egypt

By Sun Ra

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Released: 1999

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The Sun Ra Arkestra Meets Salah Ragab: In Egypt

by Robert Spencer
November 1, 1999

Sun Ra enthusiasts take note: there are 36 minutes of the Man from Saturn and his Arkestra on this disc - the length of a good LP in the old days. Plus, how can any Saturnian resist the lure of a Ra disc recorded in the shadow of the Sphinx herself, right in Cairo? Top it ...

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