That holds especially true of Sun Ra at the Showcase: Live in Chicago. Captured during two barn-burning performances at the Windy City's venerable Showcase Club in '76 and '77, this limited 2-LP, 2 CD ...

Legendary Afrofuturist bandleader, composer, and musician Sun Ra had an eye on the cosmos. Though he passed away in 1993, the members of his 13-person musical ensemble, the Sun Ra Arkestra, have since ...

Sun Ra made his initial fame in Chicago, and his high-flying career took him to cities around the world. He also has a history of performances in his hometown, including nightclub dates during the ...

Avreeayl’s father, Arthur "Swinglee" O’Neil, was a tenor saxophonist who was mentor to many young Chicago musicians, including John Gilmore, later the mainstay of Sun Ra’s Arkestra. (Avreeayl reports ...

Avant-garde visionary Sun Ra released over a hundred albums across his career, much of it based in his own cosmic philosophy and afro-futurist thought. Mr Beatnick walks us through his music and ...