“Sun Ra Radio” Premieres Online

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   Three lengthy podcasts available now on interstellar bandleader’s archive website
Mitchell Seidel
Sun Ra prepares to perform at the Village Gate in New York City for the opening concert of the Greenwich Village Jazz Festival in 1987
The Sun Ra Music Archive, online home of much of the prolific keyboardist/composer/bandleader/theorist’s album catalog, has just premiered the first three episodes of a new radio series, Sun Ra Radio.
The episodes, each approximately three hours long, present an overview of the alleged Saturn native’s career with a combination of studio and live recordings by him and his long-running Arkestra, plus vintage interviews with the man himself and other artists, including Andrew Cyrille, Charles Gayle, Milford Graves, Sunny Murray, Archie Shepp, Bernard Stollman, and the Rev. Frank Wright.
Most of the music played on the series is taken from remastered albums on the Saturn and El Saturn labels, which are available in their entirety elsewhere on the website. Further episodes, containing more music and interviews, are scheduled for the future.
Check out Sun Ra Radio. 

 from https://jazztimes.com

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	Three lengthy podcasts available now on interstellar bandleader’s archive website Mitchell Seidel Sun Ra prepares to perform at the Village Gate in New York City for the opening concert of the Greenwich Village Jazz Festival in 1987 The Sun Ra Music Archive, online home of much of the prolific keyboardist/composer/bandleader/theorist’s album catalog, has just premiered the first three episodes of a new radio series, Sun Ra Radio. The episodes, each approximately three hours long, present an overview of the alleged Saturn native’s career with a combination of studio and live recordings by him and his long-running Arkestra, plus vintage interviews with the man himself and other artists, including Andrew Cyrille, Charles Gayle, Milford Graves, Sunny Murray, Archie Shepp, Bernard Stollman, and the Rev. Frank Wright. Most of the music played on the series is taken from remastered albums on the Saturn and El Saturn labels, which are available in their entirety elsewhere on the website. Further episodes, containing more music and interviews, are scheduled for the future. *Check out Sun Ra Radio.* from https://jazztimes.com

JazzHallRadio Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Forum Newbie Joined: 28 Jun 2018 Location: Birmingham, AL Status: Offline Points: 3	Post Options Post Reply Quote JazzHallRadio Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 28 Jun 2018 at 8:43pm
	We'll definitely check that out! We like to claim Sun Ra here in Birmingham, even if he was from Saturn. A fascinating guy and quite ahead of his time.