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Blackclassical v #SUNRA 100 Mix
Broadcast 22/05/2014 on @invaderFM 10PM GMT
There are countless people no doubt doing such things to celebrate Sun Ra’s 100 Earth Arrival Date, of which many will be the usual Now thats what I call Sun Ra hammering the obvious classics. This broadcast will swerve away from that and present some of the lesser know music from the almost infinite back catalogue. There are even a couple of exclusive things that you will have never heard from rare un-archived tapes plus a very very exclusive from the man Emmantive.
You may notice from the tracklist below that its not 100% Sun Ra, this mix is interspersed with musical disciples that learned their craft / or were heavily influences by the ideals of Arkestra and went on to spread his musical legacy outwards.
Tracklist:
Space Introduction…
Sun Ra: Black is the Outer Darkness (Nidhamu)
Sun Ra: Atlantis
Sun Ra: Tither & Yon
Sun Ra: Black Mass
Sun Ra: Cosmic Explorer
Sun Ra / Amiri Baraka: Black Mass
Sun Ra: The Song of the Drums
Sun Ra: Times the Universe Speaks
Sun Ra: As Space Ships Approach
Sun Ra: Cosmo Enticement
Sun Ra: Ancient Aiethopia
Sun Ra: Fate in a Pleasant Mood
Sun Ra: Song of Tree and Forest
Sun Ra: Strange Dreams, Strange Worlds
Sun Ra: China Gates
Sun Ra: It’s After the End of the World (Monohub’s FuturePast Mix)
Sun Ra: Of Other Tomorrows Never Known
Sun Ra: Plieades
Sun Ra / John Cage: Improvisations on Yamaha DX7 synthesizer / Empty Words (Part IV)
Sun Ra: Unidentified Blues
Sun Ra: Intro
Sun Ra: Astro Black
Sun Ra: Cosmo Enticement
Sun Ra: Strings Strange
Sun Ra: Sound Spectra-Spec Sket
Sun Ra: Cosmo Media
Sun Ra: Journey Through Stars
Sun Ra: Moondance
Sun Ra: East of Uz
Sun Ra: Sub Underground
Sun Ra: Walking on the Moon
Sun Ra / Salah Ragab: Dawn
Sun Ra: Space Probe
Philip Cohran and the Artistic Heritage Ensemble: The Dogon
Sun Ra: Solar Drums
Sun Ra: The Magic City
Sun Ra: The Possibility Of Altered Destiny
Sun Ra: Dance of Innocent Passion
Sun Ra: Intensity
Sun Ra: The Shadow World
Gerry Hemingway: Kwambe
Sun Ra: Astro Nation of the United Worlds of Outer Space
Sun Ra: Exotic Forest
Joe_McPhee / John Snyder: Shadow Sculptures
Sun Ra: The Possibility Of Altered Destiny
Sun Ra: Prepare for the Journey to Other Worlds
Griot Galaxy: Mathnawi
Faruq Z. Bey: Undercurrent
Northwoods Improvisors: Isolation
William Hooker: Drum Form (I)
Sun Ra: Black Man from the Cosmos
Sun Ra: Soul Vibrations of Man (Part I)
William Hooker: Pieces I, II
Eddie Gale: Ghetto Love Night
Eddie Gale: Look at Teyonda
Eddie Gale: The Rain
Eddie Gale: The Gleeker
Eddie Gale: A Song of Will
Eddie Gale: It Must Be You
William Hooker: Drum Form (II)
Sun Ra: Solar Differentials
Azar Lawrence: Bridge to a new age (chant)
Sun Ra: When there is no Sun (horo)
Bulgarian Jazz Quintet: Blues in 10/12
Ahmed Abdullah: East of UZ
Valdambrini Piana Quintet: Arabic Mood
Sun Ra: Antique Blacks [Equation Declamation]
Sun Ra: Satellites Are Spinning
Sun Ra: The Satellites Are Spinning
Sun Ra / Don Cherry: Live in Battery Park
Sun Ra: Untitled
Sun Ra
Sun Ra: The Antique Blacks
Sun Ra: The Ridiculous ‘I’ and the Cosmos Me
Sun Ra: There Is Change in the Air
Sun Ra: Nidhamu
Sun Ra: Untitled Improvisation
Don Cherry: Bitter Funeral Beer
David Wertman: Oh John Love Train
Amiri Baraka: Various
David Wertman: Clear Air Dancer
Amiri Baraka: It’s Nation Time
Amiri Baraka: Chant
Amiri Baraka: Answers
Amiri Baraka: All In The Street
Sun Ra: Untitled Improvisation
Amiri Baraka: Come See About Me
Sun Ra: Untitled Improvisation
Amiri Baraka: Peace In Place
Amiri Baraka: Bad News
Sun Ra: Untitled Improvisation
Amiri Baraka: Wha’s Gonna Happen
June Tyson: Along came Ra
David Wertman: Earthly Delights
Sun Ra: I, Pharaoh
Sun Ra: Imagination
Sun Ra: To Nature’s God
Sun Ra: Unknown
The Art Ensemble Of Chicago: Zero Sun (Dedicated to Sun Ra)
Dinamitri Jazz Folklore + Amiri Baraka: Kongo Bells Part ii
Sun Ra: Untitled [percussion, synthesizer]
Unknown (Space Poetry): Gotta Getaway
Sun Ra: Untitled [synthesizer]
Phil Corhan: El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz
Phil Corhan: Armageddon
Black Star Ensemble: Armageddon is Here
Ronnie Boykiss: Invocation Pt. 1
Sun Ra: Nuclear War
Ra Synthesis: Back from Where You Came
Sun Ra: The Sub-Dwellers
Anthony Braxton / William Parker / Milford Graves: Third Meeting
Sun Ra / Pharaoh Sanders: Dawn Over Israel
Sun Ra: The Music Is A Universal Language
Sun Ra: The Universe Is Endless
Sun Ra: Fourth Meeting
Sun Ra: The Universe Sent Me
Sun Ra: Declamation The Universe Sent Me to Converse With You
Sun Ra: Untitled Improvisation
Sun Ra: Cosmo Earth Fantasy
Jothan Callins: Prayer For Love & Peace
Sun Ra: I Speak Of Everything
Sun Ra: The World Comes To An End
Art Ensemble of Chicago: How Strange
Sun Ra: It’s After The End Of The World
Sun Ra: Strange Dreams
Art Ensemble of Chicago: Ole Jed
Sun Ra: Strange Worlds
Sun Ra: Black Sun
Sun Ra: Untitled Improvisation
Sun Ra: Black Myth
Sun Ra: It’s after the End of the World
Sun Ra: All Men Are Equal
Sun Ra: Black Forest Myth
Sun Ra: The Past Is A Dream
Duke Edwards: Black Elephant
Sun Ra: If You Are Not A Myth
Duke Edwards: Man - Don’t Cry Baby - Why - Reach for a Star
Build an Ark: Nature
Sun Ra: Tapestry From An Asteroid
Archie Shepp: Uhuru
Clifford Thornton / Jayne Cortez: Festivals and Funerals
Sun Ra: Medley I
Sun Ra: The World of Africa
Sun Ra: Pleiades
Emmantive: Love In Outer Space (Alternate Universe) - [EXCLUSIVE]
Sun Ra: Medley II
June Tyson: Astro Black
Sun Ra: Theme from the Star Gazers
Sun Ra: Soul Vibrations of Man (Part ii)
Sun Ra: Rocket #9
Sun Ra: The Wind Speaks
Sun Ra: Unknown
Sun Ra: Untitled Improvisation
Sun_Ra: Musical Astronauts
Sun Ra: Enlightenment
Sun Ra: Rocket Number Nine
Sun Ra: Children of the Sun
Thanks for Listening. Much love!
Reviews
Subject: Thank you!
His being a pioneer like WC Handy in the world of black owned businesses is lost on most, and his clear Afrocentric presentation resulted in covert censorship in the jazz world.
Other jazz artists dressed in standard issue uniforms of the day to appease, and this is understandable when you know that mobs of men sometimes showed up to lynch Nat King Cole before his gigs in the southern USA.
Sun Ra seemed to have suffered at the hand of a not so rare form of racism, where he was seen as too black, too Afro centric, for his own good by many in the jazz world.
Yet, Sun Ra, like MLK and many others in my view, was a universalist who was proud of himself being black, and was engaged in an inclusive active effort to build community. He did this while under the pressure of power based oppression in Philadelphia.
What a courageous man and musician John Gilmore was!
If possible, would you please consider more theological Sun Ra presentations through the use of live recordings and let them be downloadable?
I travel a lot and cannot count on internet service for longer periods of time than I would ever imagine. Downloading helps someone like me a lot (e.g. works at sea).
Sun Ra helped give many a belief in hope, in the potential of a better future for all, and he showed the wisdom of community service.
Thank you for honouring him so well.
Subject: Great listening
