For decades, American jazz saxophonist Knoel Scott has been honoring Herman "Sonny" Blount, aka Sun Ra, the composer, keyboardist and founder of the ethereal Sun Ra Arkestra. "Either the spirit is ...
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — Marshall Allen, a jazz musician who has been associated with the Sun Ra Arkestra for nearly 70 years, will not be part of the upcoming festival in Birmingham celebrating the ...
Sun Ra, an Alabama native and pioneering force in jazz music, will be honored in his home state with a new, multi-day festival. Organizer Lee Shook has raised more than $21,000 for the May festival ...
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 ...
Bandleader Knoell Scott leads the Sun Ra Arkestra, performing at SFJazz on July 31, 2025. Photo by Frankie Solinsky Duryea. The Sun Ra Arkestra began the first of four San Francisco shows at SFJazz’s ...
The Phoenix has announced the artist lineup for the second-annual Music on the Mountain, a special benefit festival celebrating recovery and supporting Trey Anastasio’s Divided Sky Foundation. Set to ...
When is a band not a ghost band? It is a question posed by a Cleveland jazz media figure after a performance by the Sun Ra Arkestra on the first full day of the Tri-C JazzFest, and it was a fair one ...
The Sun Ra Arkestra saxophonist, who remains captivated by the power of sound, is an inspiring onstage presence. By Hank Shteamer On April 8, the moon will blot out the sun along a roughly ...
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