The cosmic composer/bandleader Sun Ra's big band space jazz might have been and still is pretty far out, but even Thelonious Monk agreed that it swings. For this New Sounds, we'll hear music by Sun Ra, (he who claimed to be of the "Angel Race" and that he was from Saturn, not our planet Earth), done up by other ensembles. We'll listen to the Heliocentrics & the Respect Sextet, along with Your Neighborhood Saxophone Quartet. Plus we'll hear Sun Ra's music as rendered by the Revolutionary Snake Ensemble, and many others.
PROGRAM #3228, Interpreting Sun Ra’s Music (First aired on 7/20/11)
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ARTIST(S) |
RECORDING |
CUT(S) |
SOURCE |
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Sun Ra & the Arkestra |
Brain In A Box The Science Fiction Collection |
Space is the Place |
Rhino 79936 (5 CD set) |
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Heliocentrics |
Out There |
Sounds of the East [1:33] |
Now Again 75031 |
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Revolutionary Snake Ensemble |
Year Of The Snake |
A Call For All Demons [6:57] |
Innova #599 |
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Heliocentrics |
Out There |
Intermission [1:35] |
See above. |
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Dan Plonsey & Gamelan Sekar Jaya |
Wavelength Infinity: A Sun Ra Tribute |
Constellation/The Art Scene [6:41] |
Rastascan 18 |
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Josh Roseman Unit |
Cherry |
Daddy Gonna Tell You No Lie [3:06] |
Enja 93922 |
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Sun Ra & the Arkestra |
Stay Awake: Various Interpretations of Music from Vintage Disney Films
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Pink Elephants on Parade [2:31] |
A&M #CD-3918.** |
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Your Neighborhood Saxophone Quartet |
Plutonian Nights |
Enlightenment [4:56] |
Coppens CCD 3006 |
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Heliocentrics |
Fallen Angels – The Singles Collection |
Distant Star [3:48] |
Now Again Records 2009 |
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Your Neighborhood Saxophone Quartet |
Plutonian Nights |
Media Dreams [4:36] |
See above. |
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Respect Sextet |
Sirius Respect - the Music of Sun Ra & Stockhausen |
Angels and Demons at Play [9:27] |
Mode Avant 06 |
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The Philadelphia Experiment |
The Philadelphia Experiment |
Call For All Demons |
Ropeadope 93042 |