Sun Ra maintained a big band from 1955 until his death in 1993, even though he was even further out on the fringe of the music industry than Charles Mingus, who only held onto smaller groups. Sun Ra consistently maintained he came from another planet-and his taste in clothes and harmonies lent some credence to the claim-but he also felt he could connect with a broad terrestrial audience, which is why he continually released singles on his Saturn label. Some of these singles were his trademark space-jazz, but most of them were more down-to-earth-doo-wop, blues, R&B vocals, swing standards, novelty songs and big-band dance numbers. Yet they all had the Sun Ra touch, which made them weird and worldly all at once. --Geoffrey Himes
Singles,Sun Ra,Evidence,Jazz,Jazz Music,Pop
Jazz Music:
- Sound The Alarm
- Staring at the Sun
- Sticks and Stones
- Tenderly [Import] [Original recording remastered]
- The Best of the Headfirst Years
- The Musings Of Miles [Gold CD]
- When Sunny Gets Blue, Scarlet Ribbons, And Other Songs I Wrote
- Wild Flower
- 's Wonderful [Import]
- You & The Night & The Music [Import] [Limited Edition]
Jazz Music
Georg Hann: Seine Letzten Aufnahmen
Music: Heart's Devotion: On the Job
Irish Celebration: Wearing the Green
I Hear a Rhapsody: Live at the Blue Note [Live]
I Aint Gonna Play No Second Fiddle