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The Sun Ra Arkestra (1952 - )

Group - United States

Releases (148)

Official

Album - Live

  1. Fondation Maeght Nights, Volume 2 1971 (as Sun Ra Arkestra)
  2. Fondation Maeght Nights, Volume 1 1971 (as Sun Ra Arkestra)
  3. It’s After the End of the World 1972 (as Sun Ra and his Intergalactic Research Arkestra)
  4. Horizon 1974 (as Sun Ra and His Arkestra)
  5. Featuring Pharoah Sanders and Black Harold 1976 (as Sun Ra and His Arkestra)
  6. Unity 1978 (as Sun Ra Arkestra)
  7. Sound Mirror 1978 (as Sun Ra And His Arkestra)
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Album

  1. Super-Sonic Jazz 1957 (as Sun Ra and His Arkestra)
  2. Jazz in Silhouette 1958 (as Sun Ra and His Arkestra)
  3. When Sun Comes Out 1963 (as Sun Ra and his Myth Science Arkestra)
  4. Fate in a Pleasant Mood 1965 (as Sun Ra and his Myth Science Arkestra)
  5. Secrets of the Sun 1965 (as Sun Ra and His Solar Arkestra)
  6. Art Forms of Dimensions Tomorrow 1965 (as Sun Ra and His Solar Arkestra)
  7. Sun Ra and His Solar Arkestra Visits Planet Earth 1966 (as Sun Ra and His Solar Arkestra)
  8. Strange Strings 1966 (as Sun Ra and His Astro Infinity Arkestra)
  9. The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra, Volume 2 1966 (as Sun Ra and His Solar Arkestra)
  10. Other Planes of There 1966 (as Sun Ra and His Solar Arkestra)
  11. The Magic City 1966 (as Sun Ra and His Solar Arkestra)
  12. The Nubians of Plutonia 1966 (as Sun Ra and his Myth Science Arkestra)
  13. When Angels Speak of Love 1966 (as Sun Ra and his Myth Science Arkestra)
  14. Angels and Demons at Play 1967 (as Sun Ra and his Myth Science Arkestra)
  15. We Travel the Spaceways 1967 (as Sun Ra and his Myth Science Arkestra)
  16. Cosmic Tones for Mental Therapy 1967 (as Sun Ra and His Myth Science Arkestra)
  17. Sound of Joy 1968 (as Sun Ra and the Arkestra)
  18. Atlantis 1969 (as Sun Ra and His Astro Infinity Arkestra)
  19. Sound Sun Pleasure!! 1970 (as Sun Ra and His Astro Infinity Arkestra)
  20. My Brother the Wind 1970 (as Sun Ra and His Astro Infinity Arkestra)
  21. Continuation 1970 (as Sun Ra and His Astro Infinity Arkestra)
  22. Holiday for Soul Dance 1970 (as Sun Ra and His Astro Infinity Arkestra)
  23. The Night of the Purple Moon 1970 (as Sun Ra and His Intergalactic Infinity Arkestra)
  24. Pictures of Infinity 1971 (as Sun Ra and His Arkestra)
  25. My Brother the Wind, Volume II 1971 (as Sun Ra and His Astro Infinity Arkestra)
  26. Bad and Beautiful 04 May 1972 (as Sun Ra and His Arkestra)
  27. The Solar-Myth Approach (Vol. 1) 1972 (as Sun Ra & His Solar-Myth Arkestra)
  28. The Solar-Myth Approach (Vol. 2) 1972 (as Sun Ra & His Solar-Myth Arkestra)
  29. Nidhamu 1972 (as Sun Ra and His Astro Intergalactic Infinity Arkestra)
  30. Discipline 27-II 1973 (as Sun Ra and His Astro Intergalactic Infinity Arkestra)
  31. Space Probe 1974 (as Sun Ra and His Arkestra)
  32. Sub Underground 1974 (as Sun Ra and His Arkestra)
  33. Out Beyond the Kingdom Of 1974 (as Sun Ra And His Intergalactic Research Arkestra)
  34. The Invisible Shield 1974 (as Sun Ra and his Intergalactic Research Arkestra)
  35. Some Blues but Not the Kind That’s Blue 1977 (as Sun Ra and His Arkestra)
  36. Media Dreams 1978 (as Sun Ra and His Arkestra)
  37. Disco 3000 1978 (as Sun Ra and His Arkestra)
  38. On Jupiter 1979 (as Sun Ra and His Solar Arkestra)
  39. I, Pharaoh 1979 (as Sun Ra and His Arkestra)
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Other - Live

  1. Black Myth / Out in Space 1998 (as Sun Ra and his Intergalactic Research Arkestra)
  2. It Is Forbidden: Ann Arbor Blues & Jazz Festival in Exile 1974 12 Jun 2001 (as Sun Ra & His Intergalactic Arkestra)
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Other - Compilation

  1. Pictures of Infinity 11 Dec 2017 (as Sun Ra and his Arkestra)
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Relationships (50)

Members

  1. Sun Ra original, eponymous
  2. John Gilmore (1953 - 1995) tenor saxophone
  3. Pat Patrick (1954 - 1989) baritone saxophone, alto saxophone
  4. Charles Davis (1955)
  5. Hatty Randolph (1957 - 1958)
  6. Lucious Randolph (1957 - 1960) trumpet
  7. Everett Turner (1958 - 1959) trumpet
  8. Ronnie Boykins (1958 - 1974) double bass
  9. Marshall Allen (1958)
  10. Art Jenkins (1960 - 1970)
  11. Clifford Jarvis (1960 - 1983) drums (drum set)
  12. Luqman Ali (1961 - 2007) membranophone
  13. Ali Hassan (1962 - 1968)
  14. Robert Cummings (1963 - 1971)
  15. James Jacson (1963 - 1997) percussion, bassoon, flute, oboe
  16. Nimrod Hunt (1966 - 1971)
  17. Danny Ray Thompson (1967 - 1995)
  18. Akh Tal Ebah (1969 - 1977) trumpet
  19. June Tyson (1970 - 1992)
  20. Eloe Omoe (1970 - 1989) bassoon, bass clarinet, oboe
  21. Robert Underwood (1972 - 1976) percussion, membranophone
  22. Ayé Aton (1972 - 1976) percussion, drums (drum set)
  23. Ahmed Abdullah (1975 - 1997)
  24. Vincent Chancey (1976)
  25. Hayes Burnett (1976 - 1982)
  26. Richard Williams (1977 - 1981) bass guitar
  27. Michael Ray (1978)
  28. Tyrone Hill (1979 - 2007) trombone
  29. Rollo Radford (1982 - 1992)
  30. Earl "Buster" Smith (1986 - 1995)
  31. Elson Nascimento (1987)
  32. Art Jenkins (1988 - 2012)
  33. Danny Ray Thompson (2002)
  34. Dale Williams guitar
  35. Duke Edwards
  36. Gene Easton
  37. John Goldsmith drums (drum set)
  38. Danny Davis alto saxophone
  39. Kelan Phil Cohran
  40. David Young
  41. Don Mumford
  42. Wayne Harris
  43. Samarai Celestial
  44. Robert Barry
  45. George Burton
  46. Harry Spencer
  47. Jim Herndon
  48. Damon Choice vibraphone
  49. Larry Northington
  50. Reggie Fields

Recordings by (1,435)

  1. India 4:51 (1957)
  2. Sunology 5:42 (1957)
  3. Advice to Medics 2:04 (1957)
  4. Super Blonde 2:37 (1957)
  5. Soft Talk 2:43 (1957)
  6. Sunology, Part 2 7:06 (1957)
  7. Kingdom of Not 5:33 (1957)
  8. Portrait of the Living Sky 1:51 (1957)
  9. Blues at Midnight 6:32 (1957)
  10. El Is a Sound of Joy 3:58 (1957)
  11. Springtime in Chicago 3:54 (1957)
  12. Medicine for a Nightmare 2:25 (1957)
  13. Enlightenment 5:04 (1958)
  14. Saturn 3:39 (1958)
  15. Velvet 3:20 (1958)
  16. Ancient Ethiopia 9:07 (1958)
  17. Hours After 3:44 (1958)
  18. Horoscope 3:46 (1958)
  19. Images 3:51 (1958)
  20. Big City Blues 3:15 (1960)
  21. Circe 3:54 (1963)
  22. The Nile 4:54 (1963)
  23. Brazilian Sun 3:56 (1963)
  24. We Travel the Spaceways 3:24 (1963)
  25. Calling Planet Earth 5:34 (1963)
  26. Dancing Shadows 5:58 (1963)
  27. The Rainmaker 4:36 (1963)
  28. When Sun Comes Out 4:57 (1963)
  29. The Others in Their World 2:18 (1965)
  30. Space Mates 7:12 (1965)
  31. Lights on a Satellite 3:42 (1965)
  32. Distant Stars 2:57 (1965)
  33. Kingdom of Thunder 3:53 (1965)
  34. Fate in a Pleasant Mood 2:46 (1965)
  35. Ankhnaton 3:28 (1965)
  36. Friendly Galaxy 4:35 (1965)
  37. Solar Differentials 6:28 (1965)
  38. Space Aura 5:26 (1965)
  39. Love in Outer Space 4:44 (1965)
  40. Reflects Motion 9:07 (1965)
  41. Solar Symbols 2:42 (1965)
  42. Cluster of Galaxies 8:07 (1965)
  43. Ankh 3:10 (1965)
  44. Solar Drums 7:09 (1965)
  45. The Outer Heavens 4:34 (1965)
  46. Infinity of the Universe 2:29 (1965)
  47. Lights on a Satellite 6:08 (1965)
  48. Kosmos in Blue 2:23 (1965)
  49. Reflections in Blue 5:53 (1966)
  50. Two Tones 3:37 (1966)
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On Recordings (50)

Orchestra

  1. Big John's Special 2:37 The Sun Ra Arkestra (2007)
  2. Ra Ra Ra 1:54 The Sun Ra Arkestra (2007)
  3. The Sunny Side of the Street 6:31 The Sun Ra Arkestra (2007)
  4. South America 11:12 The Sun Ra Arkestra (2007)
  5. Tea for Two 9:20 The Sun Ra Arkestra (2007)
  6. The Satellites Are Spinning 2:46 The Sun Ra Arkestra (2007)
  7. Everything Is Space 1:57 The Sun Ra Arkestra (2007)
  8. Planet Earth 5:21 The Sun Ra Arkestra (2007)
  9. Space Lonliness / Round Midnight 9:30 The Sun Ra Arkestra (2007)
  10. Space Is the Place / We Travel the Spaceways / Greetings From the 21st Century / Strange Celestial Road 15:31 The Sun Ra Arkestra (2007)
  11. Round Midnight 8:05 The Sun Ra Arkestra (2007)
  12. Saturn Rings / Journey to Saturn / Saturn Rings 7:07 The Sun Ra Arkestra (2007)
  13. Sea of Immortality 0:26 The Sun Ra Arkestra (2007)
  14. We Travel the Spaceways 2:16 The Sun Ra Arkestra (2007)
  15. Unidentified Title (Kora, Bass, Percussion, Etc) 6:58 The Sun Ra Arkestra (2007)
  16. Africa 23:50 The Sun Ra Arkestra (2007)
  17. Discipline 27 / Unidentified Improv 16:51 The Sun Ra Arkestra (2007)
  18. Rocket Number Nine / The Space Age Is Here to Stay 5:54 The Sun Ra Arkestra (2007)
  19. Third Heaven / Why Go to the Moon? We Travel the Spaceways / Imagination 4:21 The Sun Ra Arkestra (2007)
  20. Unidentified Title 12:02 The Sun Ra Arkestra (2007)
  21. Announcement: Get Your Passport From Me 4:20 [announcer] (2007)
  22. Myth Vs Reality 0:23 The Sun Ra Arkestra (2007)
  23. Images 9:21 The Sun Ra Arkestra (2007)
  24. Love in Outer Space (Includes long Drum Section) 23:32 The Sun Ra Arkestra (2007)
  25. Cocktails for Two 4:12 The Sun Ra Arkestra (2007)
  26. Strange Celestial Road 7:48 The Sun Ra Arkestra (2007)
  27. We Travel the Spaceways / Angel Race / This World Is Not My Home / I'll Wait for You / I Could've Enjoyed Myself on the Planet / Greetings From the 21st Century / Rocket Number Nine / Next Stop Mars / Second Stop Is Jupiter / Why Go to the Moon / Satellites Are Spinning / Journey to Saturn / We Travel the Spaceways / Interplanetary Music / Face the Music / Strange Celestial Road / Sun Ra and His Band From Outer Space / Hit That Jive, Jack / Gone With the Wind 12:35 The Sun Ra Arkestra (2007)
  28. Discipline 27 12:02 The Sun Ra Arkestra (2007)
  29. Greetings From the 21st Century / Interplanetary Music / Moonship Journey / Next Stop Mars / Second Stop Is Jupiter / Rocket Number Nine / Do That Thang / Pluto Too 5:15 The Sun Ra Arkestra (2007)
  30. Body and Soul 5:56 The Sun Ra Arkestra (2007)
  31. Island in the Sun 13:32 The Sun Ra Arkestra (2007)
  32. Face the Music 6:44 The Sun Ra Arkestra (2007)
  33. Bad Truth / Moonship Journey / Sea of Immortality / Astro Nation / Angel Race / This World Is Not My Home / I'll Wait for You 8:25 The Sun Ra Arkestra (2007)
  34. Discipline 27 / Untitled Improv (Alto Sax, Trumpet, Etc.) 11:03 The Sun Ra Arkestra (2007)
  35. Rocket Number Nine / Next Stop Mars / Second Stop Is Jupiter / Journey to Saturn / Saturn Rings / Third Heaven / Neptune 3:28 The Sun Ra Arkestra (2007)
  36. Springtime Again 5:56 The Sun Ra Arkestra (2007)
  37. There Will Never Be Another You 8:49 The Sun Ra Arkestra (2007)
  38. Journey to Saturn / Saturn's Rings 11:06 The Sun Ra Arkestra (2007)
  39. Willow Weep for Me 4:31 The Sun Ra Arkestra (2007)
  40. Shoulder to Shoulder 4:55 The Sun Ra Arkestra (2007)
  41. Destination Unknown / The Space Age Is Here to Stay / Unidentified Improv (Synthesizer Only) / Calling Planet Earth 11:46 The Sun Ra Arkestra (2007)
  42. Celestial Realms 5:39 The Sun Ra Arkestra (2007)
  43. Interstellar Low Ways 6:58 The Sun Ra Arkestra (2007)
  44. Space Lonliness 6:52 The Sun Ra Arkestra (2007)
  45. Blue Lou 4:09 The Sun Ra Arkestra (2007)
  46. King Porter Stomp 4:30 The Sun Ra Arkestra (2007)
  47. Discipline 27-11 2:48 The Sun Ra Arkestra (2007)
  48. Rose Room 6:27 The Sun Ra Arkestra (2007)
  49. What's New? 7:40 The Sun Ra Arkestra (2007)
  50. Astro Black 3:31 The Sun Ra Arkestra (2007)

Credited as (144)

  1. Sun Ra & His Intergalactic Arkestra
  2. Sun Ra and His Outer Space Arkestra
  3. Sun Ra and his Myth Science Arkestra
  4. Sun Ra & His Solar-Myth Arkestra
  5. Sun Ra Arkestra
  6. Sun Ra and the Arkestra
  7. Sun Ra and His Astro Infinity Arkestra
  8. Sun Ra & His Cosmo Discipline Arkestra
  9. Sun Ra and His Year 2000 Myth Science Arkestra
  10. Sun Ra and His Intergalactic Solar Arkestra
  11. Sun Ra and his Intergalactic Research Arkestra
  12. Sun Ra and His Solar Arkestra
  13. Sun Ra and His Arkestra
  14. Sun Ra and His Omniverse Arkestra
  15. Sun Ra and His Astro Intergalactic Infinity Arkestra
  16. Sun Ra and His Intergalactic Infinity Arkestra
  17. Sun Ra & the Year 2000 Myth Science Arkestra
  18. Sun Ra and His Arkestra & Harry Nilsson
  19. Sun Ra and His Solar-Myth Arkestra
  20. Sun Ra and His Arkestra feat. Pharoah Sanders
  21. Sun Ra and His Arkestra feat. Black Harold
  22. The Cosmic Rays with Le Sun Ra and Arkestra
  23. Le Sun-Ra and his Arkistra
  24. Le Sun Ra and his Arkestra
  25. Yochanan with Sun Ra and His Arkestra
  26. Sun Ra and His Astro-Solar-Infinity Arkestra
  27. Sun Ra and His Astro-Galactic Infinity Arkestra
  28. Sun Ra and His Intergalactic Myth Science Solar Arkestra
  29. The Sun Ra Arkestra / Salah Ragab and The Cairo Jazz Band
  30. The Sun Ra Arkestra
  31. The Sun Ra Arkestra / Salah Ragab and The Cairo Jazz Band / The Cairo Free Jazz Ensemble
  32. Sun Ra and His Myth Science Arkestra
  33. Sun Ra and the Omniverse Jet Set Arkestra
  34. Sun Ra & His Solar Myth Arkestra
  35. Sun Ra and His Intergalactic Arkestra
  36. Sun Ra and the Year 2000 Myth Science Arkestra
  37. Sun Ra and his Blue Universe Arkestra
  38. Amiri Baraka, Sun Ra and the Myth Science Arkestra
  39. Sun Ra and His Space Arkestra
  40. Sun Ra And His Arkestra
  41. Sun Ra and His Myth Science Solar Arkestra
  42. Sun Ra and The Arkestra
  43. Le Sun-Ra and His Arkistra
  44. The Cosmic Rays With Sun Ra and Arkestra
  45. Billie Hawkins With Sun Ra and His Orchestra
  46. Agoria feat. Carl Craig & La Scalars / Sun Ra and His Myth Science Arkestra
  47. Sun Ra Arkestra Under the Direction of Marshall Allen
  48. Sun Ra
  49. Sun Ra And His Intergalactic Myth Science Solar Arkestra
  50. Sun Ra and His Intergalactic Research Arkestra
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Events (4)

Main Performer At

  1. North Sea Jazz Festival 2014, Day 2
  2. Jam Room Festival 2022
  3. Internationales Jazzfestival St. Ingbert 2009
  4. Pescara Jazz 1976

Links (32)

Official Homepages

  1. http://www.sunraarkestra.com/

Other Databases

  1. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n95062594
  2. http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6jf14kx
  3. http://www.worldcat.org/wcidentities/lccn-n95-62594
  4. https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/sun_ra_arkestra
  5. https://www.musik-sammler.de/artist/sun-ra-and-his-myth-science-archestra/
  6. https://www.musik-sammler.de/artist/sun-ra-arkestra/

Last.Fm

  1. https://www.last.fm/music/Sun%20Ra%20Arkestra

Songkick

  1. https://www.songkick.com/artists/143611

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/2219395

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000924706
  2. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000488001
  3. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0001224348
  4. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000583876
  5. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0001488326
  6. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000461586
  7. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000487876
  8. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000583875
  9. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000490500
  10. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0001224854
  11. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000923749
  12. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000488111
  13. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0001923947
  14. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0003314320

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/121034878

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q65548769

Stream For Free

  1. https://www.deezer.com/artist/102526
  2. https://open.spotify.com/artist/5V5vvh5MgM7vDuPp4lJYkh
  3. https://open.spotify.com/artist/1hATsMMFoS9KKP7yI6ENFw

Purchase Music For Download

  1. https://music.apple.com/gb/artist/323658571

Bandcamp

  1. https://sunramusic.bandcamp.com/

Social Networking

  1. https://twitter.com/SunRaUniverse