• extended play : sounding off from john cage to dr.funkenstein
  by john corbett
  
      (1994, book, usa, duke university press books)
  
  • with several chapters devoted to Sun Ra

• the earthly recordings of sun ra - 2nd edition
  by robert l.campbell and christopher trent
  
      (1998, book, usa, cadence jazz books)
  
  • This is the ultimate guide to the recordings of Sun Ra: a chronological overview of Sun Ra's work, concerts, albums, line-ups and more.

• sun ra book 2000 - 2nd edition
  compiled by sun ra research
  
      (2001, book, usa, sun ra research)
  
  • A compilation of newspaper and magazine articles and pictures.
    Second edition, october 2001

• the wisdom of sun ra: sun ra's polemical broadsheets and streetcorner leaflets
  
      (2006, book, usa, halfletterpress)
  
  • "Sun Ra's earliest writings reveal the origins of his work as philosopher, mystic, and Afro-Futurist. This volume unveils over forty newly discovered broadsheets, typewritten in Chicago in the mid-1950s, on which Sun Ra expounded his wholly unique version of Biblical prophecy, etymology, and black nationalism. Compiled and introduced by John Corbett. Softcover/ 141pgs / full color."

• pathways to unknown worlds: sun ra, el saturn & chicago's afro futurist underground 1954-1968
      (2007, book, usa, halfletterpress)
  
  • "Pathways to Unknown Worlds presents a kaleidoscopic range of original record cover designs, production materials, paper ephemera, and photographs—much of it previously unseen. Included are essays by the curators John Corbett, Anthony Elms and Terri Kapsalis, along with contributions by Adam Abraham, Glenn Ligon and Camille Norment. Softcover/ 128pgs / full color."
    

• sun ra - interviews & essays
      (2010, book, usa, headpress)
  
  • edited by john sinclair

• sun ra, the astro black and other solar myths
      (2010, book, usa, half letter press)
  
  • edited by john corbett, anthony elms & terri kapsalis

• this planet is doomed - the science fiction poetry of sun ra
      (2011, book, usa, kicks books)
  
  • compiled by Michael Anderson. Foreword by Amiri Baraka. Intro by Bhob Stewart.

   

• space, interiors and exteriors, 1972
      (2013, book, usa, ??) - picture book
  
  • picture book by John Corbett. Intro by Glenn Ligon.

• a journey into jazz
      (2014, book, usa, round bend press books)
  
  • photo book by Lee Santa

• the execution of sun ra
      (2014, book, usa, musicovermind)
  
  • by Thomas Stanley

• prophetika - sun ra
      (2014, book, usa, kick books)
  
  • unpublished poetry and prose of Sun Ra.
    first volume of three.

• omniverse sun ra
      (2015, book, usa, art yard)
  
  • by Harmut Geerken and Chris Trent

• a pure solar wold - sun ra and the birth of afrofuturism
      (2016, book, usa, university of texas press)
  
  • by Paul Youngquist

From: Jim Johnson
Subject: Sun Ra 171 Required Booklist

        Fellow Saturnites: In my recent conversation with Arkestra drummer Samurai Celestial, I mentioned an interest in the required reading list that Sun Ra issued to his students when he taught his class at Cal Berkeley in the 1970s. I have personally been interested in this list for some time, as I have always wondered what Ra would recommend book- wise. Well, thanks to Samurai's kindness, he was able to supply me with a copy of the list to share with everyone.
         The course was listed as "Sun Ra 171", in Afro-American Studies. Supposedly, many students could not find a lot of the titles. Samurai has read many of the books but also can't find some of them.

SUN RA 171

REFERENCE LIST

1. Albums...Saturn Records (Chicago)

2. My Brother the Wind (Vol. 1 and 2)

3. The Night of the Purple Moon

4. Magic City...the Nubians of Pluto

5. Atlantis

6. Fate in a Pleasant Mood

7. Monorails and Satellites

8. Strange Strings

9. ESP...Nothing Is, Heliocentric (Vol. 1 and 2)

BOOKS

1. Jazz Where it Came From, Where It's At by John S. Wilson, published by the United States Information Agency

2. Black Man of the Nile by Yoseph Ben Jochannan, published by Alkibu Ian Books

3. Stylus (Spring 1971) vol. 13, #1 published by the student staff at Temple U., Philly

4. Ark of Bones by Henry Dumas

5. Poetry for my People by Henry Dumas

6. Black Fire by LeRoy Jones and Larry Neal

7. The Two Babylons by Alexander Hislop

8. Missonary Travels by Livingston

9. Radix by Bill Looney

10. God Wills the Negro by Theodore P. Ford

11. God's Children by Archibald Rutledge

12. Ruins of Empire by Volney

13. The Source Book of Man's Life and Death        God    (K.J. Version)

14. A New Model of the Universe by P.D. Ouspensky

15. The Loom of Language by Frederick Bodmer

16. Blackiesetymology published in London, England

• 1970/11/07 concert Berlin, Germany

  • setlist

    • Out In Space

  • FM broadcast

  • Recording got seeded at Dime

• 1971/06/10 concert 'The Warehouse', San Francisco, CA, usa

• 1971/06/12 concert 'JP Whidney High School', Watts, Los Angeles, CA, usa

  • setlist

    • Unknown Title, Calling Planet Earth, We'll Wait For You, Enlightenment, Love In Outer Space, Watusa, Second Stop Is Jupiter, Shadow World, Discipline 15, They'll Come Back, Theme Of The Stargazers, Outer Spaceways Inc., Walking On The Moon, "The Curse Of Sun Ra", tapers epilogue, Outro

• 1971/10/12 concert Stockholm

  • setlist

    • Discipline II, Discipline V, Enlightenment, Its after the end of the world, Discipline VIII, The Rainmaker, Rocket No. 9 > ann.

  • fm broadcast

• 1971/11/11 Sun Ra's Intergalactic Research Arkestra - concert 'Technische Hogeschool', Delft, Netherlands

  • line-up

    • Sun Ra's Intergalactic Research Arkestra 
      Sun Ra - mini-moog,syn,org,clavinet,p,voc * Kwame Hadi - tp * Marshall Allen - as,fl,oboe * Danny Davis - as,fl * Larry Northington - as,perc * Istar Sundance - as,bsn * John Gilmore - ts,perc * Danny Thompson - bars * Pat Patrick - bars,eb * Hakim Rahim - bars,as,fl * Eloe Omoe - bcl * Al Batin Nur - engl-hrn  * James Jacson - fl,oboe,ancient egyptian infinity-dr  * Lex Humphries - dr * Tommy Hunter - dr * Nimrod Hunt - perc * William Morrow - vib * Roger Aralamon Hazoume - balafon,dance * June Tyson - voc,dance * Malik Ramadin - voc,tympani * Art Jenkins - space voice,voc,cga,perc * Wisteria el Moondew (Judith Holton) - dance * Cheryl Banks - dance * Doug Williams - dance * Kevin Massey - dance * Kenneth Alexander - dance * Richard Wilkinson - light show

  • broadcast on dutch national radio (vpro) in 2001

  • a recording of this broadcast circulates

• early 1970's, c. 1972  -  Unknown Date and Location - "The Shadows Took Shape" (Transparency 0303)

  • setlist

    • Outer Space > Untitled Improvisation, Stardust From Tomorrow, Exotic Forest, Untitled Improvisation, Shadow World, Untitled Improvisation, Strange Worlds > Untitled Improvisation, Enlightenment, Outer Spaceways Incorporated, Prepare for the Journey to Other Worlds, The Shadows Took Shape, Friendly Galaxy > Watusi

• 1973/--/-- radio show - unknown philly fm station - interview and jam with wilbur ware

• 1974/12/-- rehearsal  -  San Francisco  -  "Dance of the Living Image"

  • Dance of the Living Image, Unidentified Title, Sometimes I'm Happy, Astro Nation, Unidentified Title, Unidentified Title, Hard Hearted Hannah (instrumental), Hard Hearted Hannah (vocals) > Passin' Gas, Sophisticated Lady, (Slow) Watusi

• 1975/01/30 concert 'Smiling Dog Saloon', Cleveland, OH, usa

  • Omniverse, Astro Nation Enlightenment, Love In Outer Space, Theme Of the Stargazers, The Satellights are Spinning, Friendly Galaxy #1, I Am the Brother of the Wind, I Pharoah, Unidentified, Sophisticated Lady

  • fm broadcast

• 1975/06/11 concert 'the five spot', nyc, ny, usa

• 1977/07/08 Sun Ra (Solo piano) - WKCR studios

  • blues improv 1, st louis blues, sophisicated lady, blues improv 2, untitled, take the "A" train, untitled 2, try to put the blame on me, untitled 3 / station id, outro

• 1978/03/13 concert 'The Horseshoe Tavern', Toronto, ON

  • set 1

    • Untitled Improvisation, When There Is No Sun, (The World Is Waiting) For The Sunrise, Discipline 27, Calling Planet Earth > Take The "A" Train, Lights on a Satellite

  • set 2

    • Yeah Man!, King Porter Stomp, Unidentified Title, Unidentified Blues, Images, Love In Outer Space > We Travel The Spaceways

• 1978/05/05 concert 'Public Theater', nyc, NY, usa

  • line-up

    • Ra-org; Michael Ray-tp; Ahmed Abdullah-tp; Craig Harris-tb; Tony Bethel-tb; Vincent Chancey-frh; Marshall Allen-as; Danny Davis-as; John Gilmore-ts, cl; Danny Ray Thompson-bs; Eloe Omoe-bcl; James Jacson-bsn, perc; Luqman Ali-d; Atakatune-cga; Cheryl Banks-dance; Judith Holton (Wisteria)-dance; Mickey Davidson-dance

  • setlist

    • intro / disc 27 > shadow world, body and soul, yeah, man, lightening, enlightenment, images, lights on a satellite, sound mirror, watusa, We travel the Spaceways

• 1978/09/25 concert 'Happy Medium Disco', Chicago, IL, usa

  • line-up

    • Sun Ra (org, syn); Michael Ray (tp); Walter Miller (tp); Eddie Gale (tp); Marshall Allen (as, fl, perc); Danny Davis (as, fl, perc); John Gilmore (ts, cl, timb, voc); Eloe Omoe (bcl, perc); Danny Ray Thompson (bars, fl, perc); James Jacson (bsn, fl, Inf-dr); prob. Damon Choice (vib); Dale Williams (eg); prob. Luqman Ali (dr); Atakatune (cga); June Tyson (voc).

  • setlist

    • untitled improvisation [perc, tp, rhythmic ens., vib], Springtime in Chicago [JT voc], Astro Black [JT voc], (The World Is Waiting) For the Sunrise [JT voc], Discipline 27, The Shadow World, Yeah Man! (Sissle-Henderson), Big John's Special (H.Henderson), Over the Rainbow (Arlen-Harburg), Lights on a Satellite, Body and Soul (Heyman-Green-Sour-Eyton), King Porter Stomp (Morton), Second Stop Is Jupiter [ens. voc], Space Is the Place [JT, ens. voc], Enlightenment (Dotson-Ra) [JT, JG voc], Next Stop Mars [ens. voc] > Calling Planet Earth [ens. voc]

• 1979/03/09 concert 'Stars', Philadelphia, PA, usa

• 1979/04/04 concert 'Panama Red's', Champaign, Illinois, usa
  • setlist
    • unknown, When There Is No Sun, unknown, Big John's Special, Yeah Man, Space Is The Place, Spaceship Earth/Destination Unknown, unknown, unknown, We Travel The Spaceways, unknown, unknown, unknown, unknown, Springtime Again, King Porter Stomp, unknown
  • a recording of this three hour plus show got seeded at Dime
    

• 1979/05/04 Sun Ra Arkestra – concert On Board the SS President, “ew Orleans Jazz and Heritage Fest”, New Orleans, usa

  • Untitled * Pleiades * Strange Worlds * Black Myth * Astro Black * When There is no Sun * D27 * The Shadow World * Springtime Again * Big John's Special * Yeah Man! * Over the Rainbow * Outer Spaceways Inc. * Space is the Place * Destination Unknown * Door of the Cosmos * Watusi * Greetings from the 21st Century

• 1979/05/10 concert 'Bayou',Washington, DC, USA
  298.[232b] in the book.

  • Set 1

    • untitled, Strange Worlds, Tapestry from an Asteroid, The World is Waiting for the Sunrise, D-27, Big John's Special, Yeah Man, Springtime Again, The Shadow World, Over the Rainbow, St. Louis Blues, Lady Bird, Half Nelson, Celestial Road, We Travel the Spaceways, Greetings from the 21st Century

  • Set 2

    • untitled, D27-11, I'll Wait for You, El is the Sound of Joy, Love in Outer Space, 'Round Midnight, untitled, Outerspaceways INC., Door of the Cosmos, When There is no Sun, We Sing this Song to, Space is the Place, There Other Worlds... They have Not Told You of...

• 1979/06/30 concert Pisa, Italy

  • line-up

    • The Arkestra: Ra-p, org, syn, voc; Walter Miller-tp; Michael Ray-tp; Curt Pulliam-tp; Tony Bethel-tb; Marvin Consell (?)-tb; Marshall Allen-as, fl, ob; Hutch Jones-as; John Gilmore-ts, cl; Leroy Taylor (Eloe Omoe)-as, bcl; Danny Ray Thompson-bs, fl; James Jacson-bsn, perc; Damon Choice-vib; Taylor Richardson-eg; Skeeter McFarland-eg; "Scop"-b; Robert Barry-d; Reg McDonald-d; Atakatune (Stanley Morgan)-cga; June Tyson-voc, dance (and Evelyn Smont (?)-dance)

  • setlist

    • unidentified title (perc; Allen, kora; eg and perc)Space Is the Place (Ra)The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise (Ra)Discipline 27 (Allen, as; Omoe, bcl; tp)The Shadow World (Ra)Springtime Again (Ra)Yeah Man! (Sissle, Henderson)Big John's Special (H. Henderson)Watusa (Ra)Lady Bird (Dameron) / Half Nelson (M. Davis)King Porter Stomp (Morton)Space Is the Place / We Travel the Spaceways / Destination Unknown / 2nd Stop Is Jupiter (Ra)Calling Planet Earth (Ra)Strange Celestial Road (Ra)Somewhere over the Rainbow (Arlen, Harburg)Outer Spaceways Inc. / Sun Ra and his Band from Outer Space (Ra)

• 1981/04/02 concert 'Myrons Ballroom', Los Angeles, CA, usa

  • Opening medley / arrival, Blues improv / fletcher henderson medley / round midnight, Fate in a pleasant mood (?), Improv. 1, Moonship jouney > Space is the pLace > we travel the spaceways > percussion interlude, enlightenment, they'll come back, Improv 2, Fletcher Henderson tune, Lights on a satellite (?), Very fast old Sun Ra tune, ??, 27-II > someday soon

• 1982/07/27 Sun Ra Arkestra – concert ‘Royal Northern College Of Music’, Manchester, England

  • line-up

    • sun ra -  p, syn, voc / ronnie brown -  tp / longineu parsons -  tp / tyrone hill -  tb / marshall allen -  as, fl, ob, evi / john gilmore -  ts, cl, timb, evi / eloe omoe -  as, bcl, fl, evi / james jacson - bsn, ob, inf-d / danny ray thompson - bars, as, fl, evi /  rollo radford - stand up eb / clifford jarvis - d / tommy 'bugs' hunter - d / samarai celestial - d / june tyson - voc / greg pratt - dance / carla washington - dance

  • setlist

    • Untitled Improv > Untitled Improv > Pleiades > Untitled Improv * Along Came Ra > The Living Myth * Discipline 27 > Untitled Improv * Ra To The Rescue #1 > Ra To The Rescue #2 > Untitled Improv * 1984 * Unidentified Title * Fate In Apleasant Mood * Unidentified Title * They Plan To Leave * I Could Have Enjoyed Myself On This Planet * Happy As The Day Is Long * Space Is The Place > We Travel The Spaceways * Untitled Improv * Strange World / Black Myth * Discipline 27-II > Sea Of Immortality > Right Road, Wrong Direction > The Last Days > Crazy As A Daisy * Prelude To Kiss * Lights On A Satellite * Big John's Special * Watusi * Unidentified Title * Yeah Man ! * Sleeping Beauty * Moonship Journey (incl.  First Stop Mars / Second Stop Jupiter /On Jupiter / Journey To Saturn / Pluto Too ) * They'll Come Back > I Have Many Names  

• 1982/07/30 Sun Ra Arkestra – concert ‘Mitchell Theatre’, Glasgow, Scotland

  • 1st set

    • unidentified title * unidentified percussion * unidentified title * When There Is No Sun -- Strange Worlds -- Black Myth -- Along Came Ra (Ra) * Discipline 27 (Ra) * unidentified title * unidentified synthesizer solo (Ra) * unidentified title * ...

  • 2nd set

    • unidentified title * unidentified title

• 1983/10/29 concert 'Philharmonie', Berlin, Germany - part of the "JazzTage 1983" festival

  • Don Cherry,tp,voc Lester Bowie,tp 
    Marshall Allen,as,per John Gilmore,ts,fl Archie Shepp,ts,voc 
    Sun Ra,key Richard Davis,b Clifford Jarvis,dr Philly Joe Jones,dr Famoudou Don Moye,per 

  • Announcement MichaelNaura, Happy Birthday / Stars That Shine Darkly, ?? (DCh,tp-PhJJ,dr-duo), Somewhere Else, Early Morning Blues, Poinciana 

  • This concert got broadcast on TV. A 55-minute recording of this concert circulates

• 1983/11/01 concert Paris, France

  • line-up

    • Sun Ra-p, keyb, Lester Bowie-tp, Don Cherry-t, Marshall Allen-as, John Gilmore-ts, Archie Shepp-ts, ss, voc, Richard Davis-b, Don Moye-perc, Philly Joe Jones-d, Clifford Jarvis-d, 

  • setlist

    • unidentified title (ens; Allen-as; Shepp-ts), unidentified title (Davis-b; Gilmore-ts), Somewhere over the Rainbow (Arlen-Harburg), Lights on a Satellite (Ra), What's New? (Burke-Haggart), Poinciana (Bernier-Simon), 'Round Midnight (Hanighen-Williams-Monk)

• 1984/03/16 Sun Ra Arkestra – concert ‘Stadthalle’, Unna, Germany

  • Sun Ra Arkestra
    Marshall Allen - as,fl,kora * John Gilmore - ts,EVI,timbales * Eloe Omoe - fl,bcl - Danny Ray Thompson - as,bs,fl * Ronnie Brown - tp  * James Jacson - as,fl,cl,bsn,oboe,Ancient-Egyptian-Infinity-dr,voc * Sun Ra - p,keyb,synth,voc  * Rollo Radford – b * Don Mumford - dr * Matthew Brown – perc * Myriam Broch - dance * Greg Pratt - dance

  • ?? * ?? * ?? * Children of the Sun (Ra) * Nuclear War (Ra) * ?? * Mack the Knife (Brecht-Weill-Blitzstein) * Blue Lou (Sampson) * Springtime Again (Ra) * Yeah Man! (Sissle-Henderson) * Watusa (Ra) * Space Is the Place / We Travel the Spaceways / 2nd Stop Is Jupiter / Outer Spaceways Inc. (Ra) * announcement * Retrospect (Ra) * 15. 1984 (Ra) * ?? * Drop Me off in Harlem (Ellington) * Daydream (Strayhorn-Ellington) * Sophisticated Lady (Carney-Mills-Ellington) * East of the Sun (Bowman) * Big John's Special (H. Henderson) * Fate in a Pleasant Mood (Ra) * Love in Outer Space (Ra) * Theme of the Stargazers / Sun Ra and his Band from Outer Space / Angel Race / I'll Wait for You (Ra) * Enlightenment (Dotson-Ra) / Strange Mathematic Rhythmic Equations (Ra)

  • a 168-minute recording of this concert circulates  

• 1984/04/10 Sun Ra Arkestra – concert ‘University Of Tampere’, Tampere, Finland

  • Sun Ra Arkestra

    • Sun Ra - syn,org,p,voc * Marvin Vines – tp * George Dickerson – tp * Fred Adams – tp * Darrell Marsh – tbn * Tyron Hill – tbn * Marshall Allen - as,fl,oboe * John Gilmore - ts,perc * Danny Thompson – bars * Eloe Omoe - bcl * James Jacson - fl,oboe,ancient egyptian infinity-dr * John Ore – bs * Rollo Redford – bs * Anthony Morris – dr

• 1984/06/01 Sun Ra and His Omniverse Arkestra - concert 'Afro-American Culture Museum', Philadelphia, PA, usa
  • line-up
    • The Arkestra
      Ronnie Brown-tp * Ahmed Abdullah-tp * Tyrone Hill- tb * Marshall Allen-as, fl, ob, EVI * John Gilmore-ts, cl, EVI, perc * Danny Thompson-bs, EVI * Eloe Omoe-as, bcl * James Jacson-bsn, fl, Ancient Egyptian Infinity Drum, voc * Ra-p, keyb, voc * unidentified-eg * prob. Rollo Radford-electric standup b * Don Mumford-d, perc
  • 1st set
    • Improvisation, unknown, Children of the Sun, Nuclear War, Back Alley Blues, East of the Sun, Daydream, Sophisticated Lady, Yeah Man!, Mack the Knife, Over the Rainbow, Queer Notions, Fate in a Pleasant Mood
  • 2nd set
    • Improvisation, Improvisation, Improvisation, Spontaneous Simplicity, Uranus Blues, Big John's Special, 'Round Midnight, Happy As the Day Is Long, Prelude to a Kiss, Drop Me Off in Harlem, Carefree, Christopher Columbus, See You Later, Alligator, We Travel the Spaceways

• 1984/10/31 Sun Ra Arkestra – concert ‘Lush Life’, New York City, NY, usa

  • 1st set

    • sunset on the nile * deep purple * east of the sun * queer notions * unidentified title * big john's special * unidentified blues * mack the knife (incomplete) * unidentified blues * space is the place > we travel the spaceways > rocket number nine > outer spaceways inc.

  • 2nd set

    • a lost horizon * day dream * willow weep for me * satin doll * lady with the golden stockings * days of wine and roses * fate in a pleasant mood

  • 3rd set

    • untitled improv * discipline 27-II > I have many names * when the lights are low * one for my baby * stars fell on alabama * halloween in harlem * untitled improv * gone with the wind

• 1985/07/12 Sun Ra Arkestra – concert “North Sea Jazz Festival”, ‘Dakterras’, Den Haag, Netherlands

  • George Dickerson,tp * Tyrone Hill,tb * Marshall Allen,as,fl,oboe * John Gilmore,ts,cl,voc,per * Ronald Wilson,ts * Danny Thompson,bs * Eloe Omoe,as,bcl * James Jacson,bassoon,fl,ancient-egyptian-infinity-dr,voc            * Sun Ra,p,synthy,voc * Bruce Edwards,g * Rollo Radford,e-b * Chris Henderson,dr * Jean-Claude Broche,dr * Myriam Broche,dancer * unkn,dancer

• 1985/07/24 Sun Ra & his Arkestra - concert 'Le New Morning', Paris, France

  • Sun Ra and His Arkestra 

    • line-up

      • Sun Ra (p, org, synth, voc), prob. Ronnie Brown (tp), unidentified (tp), Tyrone Hill (tb), prob. Dick Griffin (tb), Marshall Allen (as,oboe), John Gilmore (ts), Ronald Wilson (ts,picc), Danny Thompson (bs), James Jacson (Ancient Egyptian Infinity d, bsn, voc), Elo Omoe (as, bcl, contra-alto cl), Billy Bang (vln), Rollo Radford (eb), Avreeayl Ra Amen (d)

    • setlist

      • untitled improv, discipline 27-II, tomorrow never comes, unidentified blues, unidentified ballad, mack the knife, sophisticated lady, yeah man!, space is the place, we travel the spaceways, outer spaceway incorporated, rocket number nine, untitled improv, astro black, history-mystery, i have many names, fate in a pleasant mood, unidentified blues, i want to be happy, east of the sun, christopher columbus, see you later, alligator

• 1985/07/25 "musicians talking before the concert"

• 1985/07/25 concert 'Le New Morning', Paris, France

  • line-up

    • Sun Ra (p, org, synth, voc), prob. Ronnie Brown (tp), unidentified (tp), Tyrone Hill (tb), prob. Dick Griffin (tb), Marshall Allen (as,oboe), John Gilmore (ts), Ronald Wilson (ts,picc), Danny Thompson (bs), James Jacson (Ancient Egyptian Infinity d, bsn, voc), Elo Omoe (as, bcl, contra-alto cl), Billy Bang (vln), Rollo Radford (eb), Avreeayl Ra Amen (d)

  • setlist

    • i want to be happy, unidentified blues, (the world is waiting) for the sunrise, i pharoah, over the rainbow, sunset on the nile, fate in a pleasant mood 

• 1985/12/14 concert 'Club Lingerie', Los Angeles, CA, usa

  • percussion intro > Mystery Mr. Ra > space funk jam, 27-II > Somehwere There, perc. > ? tune (Ra piano), Hey Man (Henderson), Lights on a satellite (?), Piano solo / (? Ra ballad), (Ra tune??), Mack the knife (medley), queer notions ? (Henderson tune), keyboard solo / Love in outer space, drum solo, Somewhere over the rainbow, Space is the place

• 1986/02/01 concert "Jimmy Lyons Benefit", 'Public Theater', New York City, NY, usa

  • setlist

    • Untitled Improvisation/Discipline 27-II/ Tomorrow Is Knocking at Your Door/Unidentified Title/East of the Sun, Yeah Man!, Prelude To a Kiss, I Want To Be Happy

  • the Sun Ra Arkestra was one of the participating bands

• 1986/06/10 Sun Ra and His Omniverse Jet Set Arkestra - concert 'Nightstage', Cambridge, MA, usa
  • line-up
    • Sun Ra - piano, synthesizer, organ, vocals * Ronnie Brown - trumpet * Al Evans - flugelhorn * Tyrone Hill - trombone * Marshall Allen - alto saxophone, flute, percussion * Pat Patrick - alto saxophone * John Gilmore - tenor saxophone, timbales * Eloe Omoe - alto saxophone, bass clarinet, flute, percussion * Danny Ray Thompson - baritone saxophone, percussion * Kenny Williams - baritone  saxophone * James Jacson - bassoon, flute, Ancient Egyptian Infinity Drum, vocals * Bruce Edwards - electric guitar * Rollo Radford - electric standup bass * Buster Smith - drums * June Tyson - vocals
  • 1st set
    • untitled improvisation, The Lion of the Heavens, Discipline 27-II > Children of the Sun, (major portion missing), Mack the Knife, East of the Sun, synthesizer solo, We Travel the Spaceways
  • 2nd set
    • I'll Never Be The Same, Blues, Springtime Again, Images, Yesterdays//cut, Blues, Big John's Special, Outer Spaceways Inc. > Rocket Number Nine > Second Stop Is Jupiter, Space Is The Place > We Travel The Spaceways
  • encore
    • Improvisation, I Want To Be Happy
  • part of this concert got seeded on Dime (the start & ending of the first set, plus the second set with encores)

• 1986/08/08 Sun Ra and His Omniverse Jet Set Arkestra - concert 'Bottom Line', New York City, NY, usa
  • line-up
    • The Arkestra
      Ra-p, keyb, syn * Tyrone Hill-tb * Marshall Allen-as, fl * John Gilmore-ts, cl, perc * Ronald Wilson-ts * poss. Kenny Williams-ts, bs, perc * James Jacson-as, bsn, Ancient Egyptian Infinity Drum * Pat Patrick-as, eb * Billy Bang-vln, perc * Bruce Edwards or Carl LeBlanc-eg * prob. Buster Smith-d * prob. Tommy "Bugs" Hunter-d * unknown-d, perc * June Tyson-voc
  • 1st set
    • Improv, Astro Black, East of the Sun, unknown, unknown, unknown, unknown, unknown, We Travel the Spaceways, Synth Solo
  • 2nd set
    • Improv (tremendous free jazz piece!), Improv w/synth solo, unknown, I Dream Too Much, unknown, unknown
  • a recording of this show got seeded on Dime

• 1987/02/22 SUN RA and his 21st CENTURY ARKESTRA – concert ‘Left Bank Jazz Society’, Coppin State College, Baltimore, MD, usa

  • 1st set

    • Astro Black * Discipline 27-II > Children of the Sun > Nuclear War * Yesterdays * ?? * Beautiful Love * Unidentified Blues * I'll Never be the Same * personnel announcement * Satellites are Spinning

  • 2nd set

    • Untitled Improv * Mood Indigo * Sophisticated lady * I Dream Too Much * Space is the Place > We Travel the Spaceways > Outer Spaceways Inc. > Rocket Number Nine

  • 3rd set

    • personnel announcement * Tapestry From An Asteroid * Stardust From Tomorrow * Discipline 27 > If the people of Earth Don't Learn... * Unidentified Blues * I'll Never be the Same * I'm Gonna Unmask the Batman * East of the Sun * Drop Me off in Harlem * Over the rainbow * Christopher Columbus > See You Later Alligator

• 1987/06/20 Sun Ra and His Omniverse Jet Set Arkestra - concert 'Central Park', New York City, NY, usa
  • line-up
    • The Arkestra
      Ra-p, synth * Marshall Allen-as, fl * John Gilmore-ts, cl, perc * Billy Bang-vln * June Tyson-voc * Mr. TCIII-voc * others unidentified.
  • setlist
    • Intro, Improv (great free jazz/space piece featuring Billy Bang!), Stardust From Tomorrow, Improv (another free jazz/space piece), ...Improv (another free jazz/space piece w/synth solo), Prelude to a Kiss, Take the A Train, East of the Sun, Slumming on Park Avenue, unknown (great swing instrumental), I Dream Too Much, Space Is the Place>We Travel the Space Ways>Rocket Number Nine>Outerspaceways Incorporated
  • a recording of this show got seeded on Dime

• 1987/10/22 -L- concert "Jazz Jamboree", Warsaw, Poland

  • Sun Ra, p, keyb, voc, lead, Fred Adams, tp, Tyrone Hill, tb, Marshall Allen, as, fl, Pat Patrick, as, Danny Ray Thompson, as, bs, John Gilmore, ts, cl, voc, James Jacson, fl, bsn, Ancient Egyptian Infinity Drum, Leroy Taylor (Eloe Omoe), as, bcl, contra, alto cl, Danny Davis, as, fl, Kenny Williams, ts, bs, Robert A. Williams, space instruments, Oscar Fleming Brown, b, Earl C. (Buster) Smith, d, June Tyson, voc, dance, Judith A. Holton, dance, Cheryl Banks, dance, Greg Pratt, dance, Darrell Brown, dance

  • Untitled Improvisation, Discipline 27, II, Unidentified blues, Yeah Man, I Dream Too Much, Carefree (Egyptian Fantasy), Untitled Improvisation, In A Sentimental Mood

• 1987/12/27 Sun Ra and the American Destiny Arkestra - concert 'Kilimanjaro's', Washington DC, usa
  • setlist
    • Improv, unknown, , unknown, , unknown, , unknown (cuts abruptly), , unknown (cuts abruptly in - different tune than previous track), I Dream Too Much, Slumming on Park Avenue, , unknown, , unknown, , unknown, , unknown (cuts abruptly)

• 1988/04/15 concert 'Buddy Mulligan's', Chicago, IL, USA

  • The Arkestra: Michael Ray-tp; Martin Banks-tp; Tyrone Hill-tb; Marshall Allen-as, fl; Pat Patrick-as; John Gilmore-ts, cl, timbales; James Jacson-bsn, fl, Ancient Egyptian Infinity Drum, voc; Kenny Williams-bs; Eloe Omoe (Leroy Taylor)-bcl, contra-alto cl, as; Ra-p, keyb, voc; Owen Brown-vln; Bruce Edwards-eg; Rollo Radford-eb; Earl "Buster" Smith-d.

  • ??, Blue Lou, Queer Notions, Big John's Special (?), ??, Goin' To The Moon (?), Prelude To A Kiss, Yeah Man!, Mood Indigo, ??, ??, Slummin' On Park Avenue, ??, East Of The Sun, ??, Early Autumn, ??, ??, I Dream Too Much, Day Dream (?), ??, Space Is The Place etc

• 1988/05/08 Sun Ra Arkestra – concert ‘Restaurant Stadtgarden’, Köln, Germany

  • Untitled Improv * Unidentified Title * Blue Lou * Mood Indigo * Unidentified Blues * Retrospect * Prelude To a Kiss * Yeah Man ! * I Dream Too Much * Watusi * Unidentified Title * East of the Sun * Queer Notions * Spontaneous Simplicity * Mack The Knife * Fragile Emotions Blues * Sunset On the Nile * Untitled Improv * Space is the Place > We Travel the spaceways

  • an audience recording of this show circulates, but it has a lot of mic problems

• 1988/09/03 concert "Chicago Jazz Festival", Chicago

  • broadcast on WBEZ (NPR), FM radio, Chicago, IL

  • setlist

    • Untitled Improvisation, Blue Lou, Back Alley Blues, I Dream Too Much, Frisco Fog, Prelude to a Kiss, Queer Notions, Sophisticated Lady, Carefree (Egyptian Fantasy), I'll Wait For You, Angel Race, Outer Spaceways Incorporated, We Travel the Spaceways, Next Stop Mars, Interview w/Ra by Neil Tesser

• 1988/10/30 concert 'Kuumbwa Jazz Center', Santa Cruz, CA, usa

• 1989/09/28 SUN RA ARKESTRA – concert ‘9.30 CLUB’, WASHINGTON DC, usa

  • Untitled Improv > Stardust from Tomorrow * Blue Lou * Day Dream * Watusi * All The Things You Are * Carefree (Egyptian Fantasy) * Queer Notions * I Dream Too Much * Sophisticated Lady * Unidentified Blues * Someday My Prince Will Come * Rose Room * Lights On a Satellite * Softly As In a Morning Sunrise * Space is the Place > Rocket Number Nine > Second Stop is jupiter > Untitled Improv > Greetings from the 21st Century * Lets Go Fly a Kite * Unidentified Title * Enlightenment * Face the Music

• 1990/06/27 Sun Ra & His Omniverse Ultra 21st Century Arkestra - concert "Estival Jazz", 'Piazza Della Riforma', Lugano, Switzerland

  • line-up

    • Sun Ra: keyboards * Marshall Allen: alto saxophone * Noel Scott: alto saxophone * John Gilmore: tenor saxophone * Tyrone Hill: trombone * Jothan Callins: trumpet, flugelhorn * Michael Ray: trumpet * Christopher Capers: trumpet * Fred Adams: trumpet * June Tyson: violin, vocals * John Ore: bass * Buster Smith: drums * Elson Nascimento: drums * Clifford Barbaro: percussion

  • setlist

    • Discipline 27, Prelude To A Kiss, Blue Lou, Face The Music, Carefree, Improvisation, Down Here On The Ground, Sunset On The Night, On The River Nile, I Want To Be Happy, Space Is The Place / We Travel The Spaceways

  • a soundboard recording of this show got seeded on Dime

• 1991/02/10 concert 'Nightstage', Cambridge, MA, usa

• 1991/11/18 Sun Ra and his All-Star Inventions - concert 'Bottom Line', New York City, NY, usa
  • line-up
    • Sun Ra-synth * John Gilmore-ts, voc * Chris Anderson-p * Bruce Edwards-eg * John Ore-b * Buster Smith-d * June Tyson-voc
  • setlist
    • This world Is Not My Home, unknown, unknown, unknown, Interplanetary Music, unknown, Theme of the Stargazers

• 1992/03/1992 concert 'Pumpehuset', Copenhagen, Denmark

  • Sun Ra: p,keyb, Marshall Allen: as,fl, James Jackson: bassoon,egypt.dr, Michael Ray: tp,voc(*), Ahmad Abdullah: tp,voc(*), Lester Nelson (or Tyrone Hill?): tb, Bruce Edwards: g, Jothan Collins: eb, Earl "Buster" Smith: dr,announcer, Stanley Morgan (Atakatune): cga, Elson Dos Santos Nascimento: b-dr,perc

  • Set I

    • Friendly Galaxy (Ra), Prelude to a Kiss (Ellington), Opus Springtime (Ra), love in outer space (Ra), Spontaneous Simplicity (Ra), unforgettable (Nat King Cole), Nameless One #2 (Ra), interplanetary music (Ra), [extro - Buster Smith]

  • Set II

    • Ankhnaton (Ra), Deep Purple (DeRose-Parish), Space Loneliness (Ra), Hocus Pocus (Hudson), Carefree [Egyptian Fantasy] (Ra), Day Dream (Strayhorn), The Shadow World (Ra), space is the place (Ra/all voc), [extro - Buster Smith]

  • [encore]

    •  They'll Come Back (Ra/all voc)

• 1996/11/02 Sun Ra Arkestra - concert 'International House', Chicago, IL, usa
  • [778]
  • line-up
    • Marshall Allen * Kwame Hadi * Fred Adams * Tyrone Hill * Noel Scott * Charles Davis * James Jacson * Damon Choice * Rollo Radford * Juney Booth * Samarai Celestial * Elson Nascimento * Art Jenkins
  • setlist
    • Untitled, Door of the Cosmos, D - 27-II, We'll Wait for You, They're Peepin' In, East of the Sun, Carefree, Prelude no.7, Saturn, Where There is No Sun, We Travel the Spaceways, Secrets From the Sun, Gone With the Wind, unknown, unknown, Love In Outer Space, Face the Music, They'll Come Back
  • a lot of tracks are not listed in [778]

THE SUN RA ARKESTRA directed by Marshall Allen

• 2003 05 29 concert Cinema Rio, Poschiavo, Switzerland – 22 h

  • “Tribute to the Great Swing Bands”

  • 102 min, aud
    

  • Marshall Allen: as, fl, EVI, voc * Art Jenkins: voc, perc * Charles Davis: ts * Knoel Scott: as, fl, voc * Yahya Abdul Majid: ts * Reynold Scott: bars * Fred Adams: tr, voc * Michael Ray: tr, voc * Tyrone Hil:l tb, voc * Dave Davis: tb * Dave Hotep: guit * Bill Davis: b * Elson Nascimento: perc * Luqman Al:i dr
    

  • Interplanetary Music (Ra), It's the Beginning of the World (Ra) / Happy as the Day Is Long (Arlen-Koehler), Big John's Special (H. Henderson), Prelude to a Kiss (Ellington), Limehouse Blues (Braham-Furber), Unidentified Title, Blue Set (Ra), Way Down Younder in New Orleans (Creamer-Layton), Sophisticated Lady (Ellington), Discipline 27-II / I'll Wait´for You (Ra), Drop Me Off in Harlem (Ellington), It's After the End of the World (Ra), Wrappin´it Up (The Lindy Glide) (Fletcher Henderson), Unidentified Title, That's How I Feel Today (Ra), Slippery Horn (Ellington), Fate in a Pleasant Mood (Ra), Closing announcements by Marshall Allen and Art Jenkins

TRUDY MORSE: poetry of Sun Ra

• 2003 05 30 lecture Cinema Rio, Poschiavo, Switzerland

THE SUN RA ARKESTRA directed by MARSHALL ALLEN

• 2003 05 30 concert Cinema Rio, Poschiavo, Switzerland – SUN RA † 1993

  • “The Genius of Sun Ra”

  • Released on CD on El Ra Records in 2003
    

  • Marshall Allen: as, fl, EVI, voc * Art Jenkins: voc, perc * Charles Davis: ts * Knoel Scott: as, fl, voc * Yahya Abdul Majid: ts * Reynold Scott: bars * Fred Adams: tr, voc * Michael Ray: tr, voc * Tyrone Hil:l tb, voc * Dave Davis: tb * Dave Hotep: guit * Bill Davis: b * Elson Nascimento: perc * Luqman Al:i dr

TRUDY MORSE: poetry of Sun Ra

• 2003 05 31 lecture Galleria PGI Poschiavo

THE SUN RA ARKESTRA directed by Marshall Allen

• 2003 05 31 workshop Scuola professionale Poschiavo, Poschiavo, Switzerland – 14 h

  • “Space is the Place”

THE SUN RA ARKESTRA directed by Marshall Allen

• 2003 05 31 concert Cinema Rio, Poschiavo, Switzerland – (new moon)

  • “Space is the Place”
    

  • Marshall Allen: as, fl, EVI, voc * Art Jenkins: voc, perc * Charles Davis: ts * Knoel Scott: as, fl, voc * Yahya Abdul Majid: ts * Reynold Scott: bars * Fred Adams: tr, voc * Michael Ray: tr, voc * Tyrone Hil:l tb, voc * Dave Davis: tb * Dave Hotep: guit * Bill Davis: b * Elson Nascimento: perc * Luqman Al:i dr

THE SUN RA ARKESTRA directed by Marshall Allen

• 2003 06 01 concert Cinema Rio, Poschiavo, Switzerland

  • “The Music of Maestro Marshall Allen”
    

  • Marshall Allen: as, fl, EVI, voc * Art Jenkins: voc, perc * Charles Davis: ts * Knoel Scott: as, fl, voc * Yahya Abdul Majid: ts * Reynold Scott: bars * Fred Adams: tr, voc * Michael Ray: tr, voc * Tyrone Hil:l tb, voc * Dave Davis: tb * Dave Hotep: guit * Bill Davis: b * Elson Nascimento: perc * Luqman Al:i dr

• 2008/09/15 concert "ZXZW Festival", 'Paradox', Tilburg, The Netherlands
  • "Tribute to the Great Swing Bands"
    
  • Marshall Allen: as, EVI, cl, fl, voc, director ; Yah Yah Abdul-Majid: ts, voc, perc ; Charles Davis: ts, perc, voc ; Knoel Scott: as, voc, perc ; Danny "Ray" Thompson: bars, fl, voc, perc ; Raynold Scott: bars, fl, voc, perc ; Fred Adams: tp, voc, perc ; Cecil Brooks: tp, voc, perc ; Dave Davis: tb, Fh, voc, perc ; Farid Barron: piano, keyb ; Dave Hotep: guitar ; Joonie Booth: b ; Elson Nascimento: surdo grande, perc ; Wayne Anthony Smith: jr. dr
    
  • 1st set
    • Announcement > Untitled improvisation * Discipline 27-II (Ra) > I´ll Wait For You (Ra) * Intro YaYa > Drop Me Off in Harlem (Ellington) * Happy as the Day Is Long (Arlen-Koehler) * Prelude to a Kiss (Ellington) * Unidentified blues * Big John´s Special (H.Henderson) * Hocus Pocus (Hudson) * Cocktails for Two (Johnston-Coslow) * Way Down `Younder in New Orleans (Creamer-Layton) * Unidentified > personal announcement Fred Adams & Danny Ray Thompson
  • 2nd set
    • Satin Doll (Ellington-Strayhorn) * A Longer View (Lunceford) * Limehouse Blues (Braham-Furber) * East Saint Louis Toodle-O (Miley-Ellington) * Blowing ????? * Sophisticated Lady (Ellingon) * Unidentified title * Fate in a Pleasant Mood (Ra) > Space Is the Place (Ra) > I´ll Wait For You (Ra) > We Travel the Spaceways (Ra) > personal announcement
      

• 2008/09/16 concert "ZXZW Festival", 'Paradox', Tilburg, The Netherlands
  • "Sun Ra´s Favorites"
    
  • Marshall Allen: as, EVI, cl, fl, voc, director ; Yah Yah Abdul-Majid: ts, voc, perc ; Charles Davis: ts, perc, voc ; Knoel Scott: as, voc, perc ; Danny "Ray" Thompson: bars, fl, voc, perc ; Raynold Scott: bars, fl, voc, perc ; Fred Adams: tp, voc, perc ; Cecil Brooks: tp, voc, perc ; Dave Davis: tb, Fh, voc, perc ; Farid Barron: piano, keyb ; Dave Hotep: guitar ; Joonie Booth: b ; Elson Nascimento: surdo grande, perc ; Wayne Anthony Smith: jr. dr
    
  • 1st set
    • Announcement > Untitled improvisation * Discipline 27 > I´ll Wait For You (Ra) * Space Idyll (Ra) * Big John´s Special (H.Henderson) * Images (Ra) * When You Wish Upon a Star (Washington-Harline) * Blue Set (Ra) * Saturn (Ra) * Love in Outer Space (Ra) * Sunology/The Lion of the Heaven (Ra) * East of the Sun (Bowman) * If We Came from Nowhere Here (Ra) > personal announcement
  • 2nd set
    • Astro Black (Ra) * Discipline 27 (Ra) > Untitled improvisation * Angel and Demons at Play (Ra) * Dreams Come True (Ra-Mayo) * Friendly Galaxy (Ra) * Enlightenment (Dotson-Ra) > Strange Mathematics,  Rhytmic Equations (Ra) * Lights on a Satellite (Ra) * Velvet (Ra) * Fate in a Pleasant Mood (Ra) > Space Is the Place (Ra) > We Travel the Spaceways (Ra) * YaYa reading Sun Ra poem

THE SUN RA ARKESTRA under the direction of Marshall Allen

• 2008/09/17 concert "ZXZW Festival", 'Paradox', Tilburg, The Netherlands
  • "Space Is the Place"
    
  • Marshall Allen: as, EVI, cl, fl, voc, director ; Yah Yah Abdul-Majid: ts, voc, perc ; Charles Davis: ts, perc, voc ; Knoel Scott: as, voc, perc ; Danny "Ray" Thompson: bars, fl, voc, perc ; Raynold Scott: bars, fl, voc, perc ; Fred Adams: tp, voc, perc ; Cecil Brooks: tp, voc, perc ; Dave Davis: tb, Fh, voc, perc ; Farid Barron: piano, keyb ; Dave Hotep: guitar ; Joonie Booth: b ; Elson Nascimento: surdo grande, perc ; Wayne Anthony Smith: jr. dr
    
  • 1st set
    • Planet Earth (Ra) * Joy Delight (Ra) * Discipline 27 (Ra) > Untitled improvisation > If We Came from Nowhere Here (Ra) * The Shadow World (Ra) * Unidentified title * Space Idyll (Ra) * Unidentified title * YaYa reading Sun Ra poem * Door of the Cosmos (Ra) > personal announcement Danny Ray Thompson
  • 2nd set
    • Untitled improvisation * Interplanetary Music (Ra) * Carefree (Ra) * Ra # 2 (Ra-Allen) * Images (Ra) * Rocket Number Nine (Ra) * Space Is the Place (Ra) * Interstellar Low Ways (Ra) * Second Stop Is Jupiter (Ra) > Saturn Rings (Ra) * Fate in a Pleasant Mood (Ra) > If We Came from Nowhere Here (Ra) > I´ll Wait For You (Ra) > Space Is the Place (Ra) > We Travel the Spaceways (Ra)

• 2008/09/18 workshop "ZXZW Festival", 'Paradox', Tilburg, The Netherlands
  
  • Big John * Ra #2 * Inteplanetary Music
    
• 2008/09/18 concert "ZXZW Festival", 'Paradox', Tilburg, The Netherlands
  • "The Music of Marshall Allen"
    
  • Marshall Allen: as, EVI, cl, fl, voc, director ; Yah Yah Abdul-Majid: ts, voc, perc ; Charles Davis: ts, perc, voc ; Knoel Scott: as, voc, perc ; Danny "Ray" Thompson: bars, fl, voc, perc ; Raynold Scott: bars, fl, voc, perc ; Fred Adams: tp, voc, perc ; Cecil Brooks: tp, voc, perc ; Dave Davis: tb, Fh, voc, perc ; Farid Barron: piano, keyb ; Dave Hotep: guitar ; Joonie Booth: b ; Elson Nascimento: surdo grande, perc ; Wayne Anthony Smith: jr. dr
    
  • 1st set
    • Interplanetary Music (Ra) * Millenium of the Rising Star (Allen) * Cosmic Hop (Allen) * Beta Music [Will Create A Better World] (Allen) * Unidentified title ??? * Space Lullaby (Allen) * In-B-Tween/Mr.Mystery (Allen-Jenkins) * They´re Peepin´ (Ra-Allen-Jacson jr)
  • 2nd set
    • Face the Music (Ra) * Swirlin (Allen) * Vibrations of the Day (Allen) * That's the Way I Feel Today (Ra) * You Find Me (Allen) * Unidentified title * Skippin´ Stones (Allen) * Deputy Hotel (Allen) * Fate in a Pleasant Mood (Ra) > We´ll Wait For You (Ra) > We Travel the Spaceways (Ra) > personal announcement

CLAZZ ORCHESTRA

• 2008/09/19 Clazz Orchestra - concert "ZXZW Festival", 'studiozaal', Tilburg, NL  =  a Sun Ra tribute

THE SUN RA ARKESTRA under the direction of Marshall Allen

• 2008/09/20 concert "ZXZW Festival", 'Paradox', Tilburg, NL

  • broadcast on dutch radio 6, and made available as a stream on the radio 6 website

  • released on "Live In Tilburg" on the In+Out Records label
    

  • Marshall Allen: as, EVI, cl, fl, voc, director ; Yah Yah Abdul-Majid: ts, voc, perc ; Charles Davis: ts, perc, voc ; Knoel Scott: as, voc, perc ; Danny "Ray" Thompson: bars, fl, voc, perc ; Raynold Scott: bars, fl, voc, perc ; Fred Adams: tp, voc, perc ; Cecil Brooks: tp, voc, perc ; Dave Davis: tb, Fh, voc, perc ; Farid Barron: piano, keyb ; Dave Hotep: guitar ; Joonie Booth: b ; Elson Nascimento: surdo grande, perc ; Wayne Anthony Smith: jr. dr

THE SUN RA ARKESTRA under the direction of Marshall Allen

• 2008/09/21 concert "ZXZW Festival", 'Open Air Stage', Tilburg, NL  --  14.30 h
  

  • Marshall Allen: as, EVI, cl, fl, voc, director ; Yah Yah Abdul-Majid: ts, voc, perc ; Charles Davis: ts, perc, voc ; Knoel Scott: as, voc, perc ; Danny "Ray" Thompson: bars, fl, voc, perc ; Raynold Scott: bars, fl, voc, perc ; Fred Adams: tp, voc, perc ; Cecil Brooks: tp, voc, perc ; Dave Davis: tb, Fh, voc, perc ; Farid Barron: piano, keyb ; Dave Hotep: guitar ; Joonie Booth: b ; Elson Nascimento: surdo grande, perc ; Wayne Anthony Smith: jr. dr

• 2008/10/31 The Sun Ra Arkestra - concert 'The University Of Connecticut', Connecticut, usa

The Sun Ra Arkestra at the WHUS show in Connecticut on Halloween - picture by Pete Brunelli

more pictures at http://www.flickr.com/photos/petebrunelli/sets/72157608556478638/

• 2009/10/17 concert 'Jazzkeller, Burghausen, Germany

  • line-up

    • Marshall Allen: as, EVI, fl, voc, director * Knoel Scott: as, voc, perc * Raynold Scott: bars, fl, voc, perc * Fred Adams: tp, voc, perc * Michael Ray: tp, voc * Dave Davis: tb, voc, perc * Farid Barron: piano * Juini "Arthur" Booth: bass * Dave Hotep: guitar * Elson Nascimento: surdo grande, perc * Wayne Anthony Smith jr.: dr

  • set one

    • Untitled improvisation, Discipline 27 II -> I´ll Wait For You (Ra), Springtime Again (Ra), Joy Delight, Body and Soul (Heyman-Green-Sour-Eyton), Big John´s Special #2 (H.Henderson), Dreams Come True (Ra-Mayo)

  • set two

    • They´ll Come Back (Ra), unidentified title (Ra), Velvet (Ra), When You Wish upon a Star (Washington-Harline), Space Idyll # 1 (Ra), Hocus Pocus (Hudson), Blue Set (Ra), Love in Outer Space (Ra)

  • set three

    • Planet Earth (Ra), In-B-Tween/Mr.Mystery (Allen-Jenkins), Nuclear War (Ra), East of the Sun (Bowman), Carefree (Ra), We Travel the Spaceways (Ra)

• 2009/10/19 afternoon rehearsal 'Domicile Jazz Club', Pforzheim, Germany

• line-up

  • Marshall Allen: as, EVI, fl, voc, director * Knoel Scott: as, voc, perc * Raynold Scott: bars, fl, voc, perc * Fred Adams: tp, voc, perc * Michael Ray: tp, voc * Dave Davis: tb, voc, perc * Farid Barron: piano * Juini "Arthur" Booth: bass * Dave Hotep: guitar * Elson Nascimento: surdo grande, perc * Wayne Anthony Smith jr.: dr

• rehearsal

  • Images (Ra) * Enlightenment (Dotson-Ra) * Love in Outer Space (Ra)

• 2009/10/19 concert 'Domicile Jazz Club', Pforzheim, Germany

  • line-up

    • Marshall Allen: as, EVI, fl, voc, director * Knoel Scott: as, voc, perc * Raynold Scott: bars, fl, voc, perc * Fred Adams: tp, voc, perc * Michael Ray: tp, voc * Dave Davis: tb, voc, perc * Farid Barron: piano * Juini "Arthur" Booth: bass * Dave Hotep: guitar * Elson Nascimento: surdo grande, perc * Wayne Anthony Smith jr.: dr

  • set one

    • Announcement Axel Klauschke > Planet Earth (Ra), Discipline 27 II -> I´ll Wait For You (Ra), Images (Ra), Dreams Come True (Ra-Mayo), Velvet (Ra), Blue Set (Ra), It Is Forbidden (Ra) > How Long You Been Dead? (Ra), Cocktails for Two (Johnston-Coslow), Carefree (Ra) > Crazy as a Daisy (Ra), Fate in a Pleasant Mood (Ra)

  • set two

    • Interplanetary Music (Ra), Nuclear War (Ra), Take off (Marshall Allen), Other Worlds (Ra) > When You Wish upon a Star (Washington-Harline), Love in Outer Space (Ra), East of the Sun (Bowman), Way Down `Younder in New Orleans (Creamer-Layton), Dancing Shadows (Ra), We Travel the Spaceways (Ra)

1. Along Came Ra / Children of the Sun (Lost Arkestra Series)
2. Theme of the Stargazers / Enlightment (Cleveland 1975)
3. Saturn (Jazz in Silhouette: Images and Forecasts of Tomorrow, 1958)
4. Moon People (Sun Ra Quartet, New Steps, 1978)
5. I Am Gonna Unmask the Batman (feat. Ebah, Rocket Ship Rock)
6. Rocket Ship Rock (feat. Yochanon, Rocket Ship Rock)
7. Teenager’s Letter of Promises (Juanita Rogers, Interplanetary Melodies)
8. Untitled (Squat Theater, NYC, 17 Jan. 1981)
9. Planet Earth Day (Pleiades, with Orchestra, France, 1990)
10. Sophisticated Lady (Cleveland, 1975)
11. Exactly Like You (Sun Ra Quartet, New Steps, 1978)
12. Blue Intensity (Nuclear War, 1982)
13. Intergalactic Research (Rehearsal, 1971)
14. Sun Ra Interview intro (unidentified) / Orbiting (excerpt, Fillmore West, 14 Nov. 1968)
15. Sun Ra Interview with Detroit Black Journal, 1981 (Pt.1)
16. Enlightment / Love in Outer Space / King Porter Stomp (Montreux Jazz Festival, 9 July 1976)
17. Ankhnaton (Fate in a Pleasant Mood, 1960)
18. Planet Earth (Sun Ra Visits Planet Earth, 1957)
19. Ancient Aiethopia (Jazz in Silhouette, 1958)
20. Sun Ra Interview intro (unidentified) / Worlds Approaching (take 2, NYC July 1966)
21. Sun Ra Interview with Detroit Black Journal, 1981 (Pt.2)
22. Velvet (Janus, 1968)
23. Yesterdays (Reflections in Blue, 1986)
24. The Eternal Myth Revealed – excerpt 1 (compiled/narrated by Michael Anderson for Transparency)
25. Smile (feat. June Tyson) (Nuclear War, 1982)
26. Retrospect (Nuclear War, 1982)
27. Love On a Far Away Planet (Hours After, 1986)
28. Friend and Friendship (Sun Ra Quartet, New Steps, 1978)
29. October (Saturn single, 1958)
30. Lights On a Satellite (Art Forms of Dimensions Tomorrow, 1962)
31. Discipline No. 1 (Mayan Temples, 1990)
32. Space Mates (Fate in a Pleasant Mood, 1960)
33. Manhattan Undertones (solo synthesizer c.1987, from Sun Ra 1987 WKCR tape)
34. Sun Ra Interview with Detroit Black Journal, 1981 (Pt.3)
35. The Eternal Myth Revealed – excerpt 2 (compiled/narrated by Michael Anderson for Transparency)
36. Black Sky and Blue Moon (Nu Sounds, c.1954, from Sun Ra 1987 WKCR tape)
37. Holiday for Strings (Nu Sounds, c.1954, from Sun Ra 1987 WKCR tape)
38. The Eternal Myth Revealed – excerpt 3 (compiled/narrated by Michael Anderson for Transparency)
39. Solar Drums (Art Forms of Dimensions Tomorrow, 1962)
40. ‘Dark Forces’ (excerpt, Cairo, 1971) / Sun Ra recitation (unidentified)
41. I Am Gonna Unmask the Batman (Lacy Gibson) (extended version, Rocket Ship Rock)
42. Space is the Place (excerpt, Helsinki, 1971)

• 2011 09 03 concert "Detroit Jazz Festival", Detroit, MI, usa

• 2012/04/27 concert 'Woodmere Art Museum', Philadelphia, PA, usa
• 2012/04/29 concert 'The Knickerbocker Cafe', Westerly, RI, usa

EXHIBITION

INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART
UNIVERCITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
April 24, 2009 - August 2, 2009

Pathways to Unknown Worlds: Sun Ra, El Saturn & Chicago's Afro-Futurist Underground, 1954-1968

http://www.icaphila.org/exhibitions/sunra.php

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