Under the auspices of modern classicists Kronos Quartet, a new Sun Ra tribute album is ready for release, titled, Outer Spaceways Incorporated.
In the late 'sixties '60s French jazz label, BYG set out to record and capture a growing market of 'freestyle' jazz artists, like Archie Shepp, and now most of their catalog is being re-released by Charly Records.
Tom Wilson produced both Bob Dylan and Velvet Underground, among other big names, but remained relatively unknown... until now.
Sometime during the Twentieth century, a musician, born somewhere in Alabama as Herman Poole Blount, rounded up his outlook of the World, or more precisely at the Universe, life, and music, and found in himself that he is actually Sun Ra.
The album, 'My Words Are Music', will feature recitations of Sun Ra’s poems by those he worked with and inspired.
The iconic three-story Philadelphia building, known as the Arkestral Institute of Sun Ra, has been a cradle for Sun Ra’s evolving Arkestra outfit since the 1960s.
'Lanquidity' has reached legendary status over the years and is widely considered one of the most accessible projects from the notoriously eccentric jazz icon.
Spiritual jazz, a genre born in the '60s and closely tied to that times' political, social, and cultural climate is experiencing a resurgence of sorts, is it again reflecting the moment we live in? We exam the genre's roots and its ever expanding horizons.
