If the recording Babylon is any indication, the second century of Sun Ra's music will be as entertaining as the first hundred years. Recorded live at Istanbul's Babylon Club in 2014, the full effect ...

Sun Ra Arkestra bandleader Marshall Allen, who will turn 101 in May, has announced his first-ever solo album, New Dawn, which will be out February 14 via Mexican Summer / Week-End Records. The album ...

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 ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – This weekend, Cuyahoga Community College hosts its 46th annual Tri-C JazzFest at Playhouse Square. The 2025 edition of the JazzFest features an interesting mix of styles and genres — ...

Though on the surface, Dead & Company and the Sun Ra Arkestra—the first a Grateful Dead offshoot focusing on rock tunes featuring extended jams, the other an avant-garde jazz ensemble that remains ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Cuyahoga Community College has announced the lineup for the 46th annual Tri-C JazzFest Cleveland, happening from Thursday, June 26, through Sunday, June 28, at Playhouse Square.

Mid-late afternoon on Friday of the Austin City Limits Music Festival's second weekend brought another showdown between Austin's own Golden Dawn Arkestra in the Tito's tent at 3:45 p.m. and Atlanta's ...

East Village Arts of Birmingham will host a birthday celebration and tribute to the late legendary bandleader and Birmingham native, Sun Ra. The event, which kicks off at 6:30 p.m. on Sunday, May 22, ...

Kevin Arrow is the Miami artist responsible for collecting and preserving the artifacts in the Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science’s Curious Vault. He’s also South Florida’s biggest Sun Ra ...