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The Carver Theater announced a week of events to honor the legacy of Birmingham jazz legend Sun Ra. The events celebrating ...
Daniel Spicer gets to grips with a lavish six album set documenting the first two concerts Sun Ra played outside of North ...
On Wednesday night, the indefatigable Sun Ra Arkestra leader regaled in a jeweled cape and played a captivating 90-minute set ...
Carla Bley is arguably the greatest living jazz composer; John Doran talks to the woman fellow musicians have nicknamed 'Countess Bleysie' and 'Bleythoven' about foundational free jazz sessions, the ...
"It is always difficult to establish if the eclipses were seen in the ancient past as bad omens or good omens." ...
Love Songs,' a 100 year old Philadelphia treasure celebrates his first solo album, and Record Store Day events.
Fela Kuti is renowned as the innovator of Afrobeat, a creative blend of his native West African music, James Brown funk, and big horn jazz rhythms that were meant for more than just jump up dance and ...
Pathways to Unknown Worlds; Extension Out; Cosmo-Media; View from a Mountain Top; Intrinsic Energies; Of Mythic Worlds. Sun Ra: keyboards; John Gilmore: tenor ...