New Stuff: Sun Ra Arkestra

 

New Stuff: Sun Ra

 

New Stuff: Sun Ra

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New Stuff: Sun Ra

 

New Stuff: Sun Ra Arkestra

 

New Stuff: Sun Ra

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New Stuff: The Sun Ra Arkestra

Wonderful 3 CD set from the Sun Ra Arkestra's 1984 tour which also brought them to Regensburg and Landshut.

Sun Ra Arkestra

The audience at the Regensburg Leerer Beutel fully realized and appreciated it, the jazz reviewer for the local newspaper did not: this was a fantastic concert fully worthy of the great Sun Ra's legacy! The current incarnation of the Arkestra is a congenial mixture of some elderly veterans and quite young talented aspiring musicians, lead by the now 90-year-old Marshall Allen, who has been with the band for nearly 60 years. Of course, they appeared on stage with their traditional colorful 'space suits' and from the first song on it was obvious that they would bring us an otherworldy jazz experience. The program expectedly consisted mainly of Sun Ra compositions, but one of the highlights of the evening was Marshall Allen's own song "In B-Tween", in which the maestro himself performed a mesmerizing long solo. It was evident that despite his age Allen was the player with the most free imagination and an inspiartion for his fellow band members. I was fully convinced by the quality of the concert and especially enjoyed the contributions by James Stewart, Knoel Scott, Danny Ray Thompson and the truly virtuose young pianist Farid Barron, not to forget: the female singer Tara Middleton. As expected there was a lot of show and several joyful parades through the audience till the concert ended after 2 sets of 70 minutes each.

(The clip is from a concert during this during due to the fact that there currently are none from the Regensburg).

New Stuff: Sun Ra

A rare Sun Ra album from 1967 found on the net.

Sun Ra - 1967 - Strange Strings