Sun Ra at 100

[amateur51]

"In tomorrow's world, men will not
need artificial instruments such as
jets and space ships. In the world of
tomorrow, the new man will 'think'
the place he wants to go, then his
mind will take him there." -- Sun Ra,
1956

Handy to know if UKIP ever look like forming a Government.

BN.

Oh don't

[BLUESNIK'S REVOX]

Oh don't

Not sure if its available on the net but I've just stumbled upon the Jazz Library on Sun Ra from June 2007*. Alyn and Brian Morton. An excellent and sympathetic overview of Ra and what he was about.

BN.

On a Sony fx C90 cassette which I guess is now worth at least €500 to REAL jazz enthusiasts....at least...or to one of our fine jazz universities. "Ra Ra!" as we say at Oxbridge balls.

[Jazzrook]

Jez Nelson presents 'Travelling The Spaceways:The Cult of Sun Ra' on Radio 4(19 June, 11.30am)

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jun/15/sun-ra-jazz-interstellar-voyager

[Jazzrook]

Not sure if its available on the net but I've just stumbled upon the Jazz Library on Sun Ra from June 2007*. Alyn and Brian Morton. An excellent and sympathetic overview of Ra and what he was about.

BN.

On a Sony fx C90 cassette which I guess is now worth at least €500 to REAL jazz enthusiasts....at least...or to one of our fine jazz universities. "Ra Ra!" as we say at Oxbridge balls.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/c27cac8e-4c4a-48c0-a4ba-41399b9c176d

[Serial_Apologist]

Jez Nelson presents 'Travelling The Spaceways:The Cult of Sun Ra' on Radio 4(19 June, 11.30am)

https://www.theguardian.com/music/20...tellar-voyager

This is advertised as including an interview with Ra from just before his death. But Radio 4? at 11.30 am??? It would never have occurred to me to spot this, so many thanks, JR!

[Bryn]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/...a-41399b9c176d

Thanks for that. 128kbps HE-AAC. Not HD Sound, but not that bad, either.

[Jazzrook]

The Sun Ra Arkestra at Donostia-San Sebastian(Basque country) in 1985: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySGRQN_9FMk

[Serial_Apologist]

The Sun Ra Arkestra at Donostia-San Sebastian(Basque country) in 1985: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySGRQN_9FMk

Unquestionably a Basquet case!

[Jazzrook]

Sun Ra at Lugano, 1990 ~ I Want To Be Happy ~ www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-DJoBNITLo

[johncorrigan]

I'm no fan of Gilles Peterson - I find him v irritating, but he's a Ra Man and he devoted his 6 music show to Sun Ra on Saturday.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b047kzh9

[Jazzrook]

Amazing how much Sun Ra stuff is 'out there': www.the-temple.net/sunradisco/list.php

[charles t]

The one time I heard Sun Ra being interviewed on air, the interviewer began:

" Ahhhh ... You are not from this planet are you, Mr. Sun Ra? "

[Globaltruth]

With thanks to radio64 who spotted the r3 Tumblr,

here's the picture


and here's the link

http://bbcradio3.tumblr.com/

(posted 2 weeks ago)