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@animatejazz.bsky.social
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AKA Brad Smith. Lover of live music, especially jazz (though i wander), anywhere there are musicians playing and creating in real-time. Worked on Sun Ra: Do the Impossible for Firelight Films.

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Animate_Jazz @animatejazz.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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SUN RA DO THE IMPOSSIBLE soundtrack feature special SUN RA IS ON THE AIR on WCBN 88 3FM Ann Arbor
YouTube video by Intergalaxtic Music: Sun Ra tapes
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jazz.pt @jazzpt.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Somewhere Over the Rainbow
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Criticas | Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Uma importante reedição de uma gravação ao vivo da Arkestra de Sun Ra, registada em pleno pináculo criativo.
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Jesse Sheidlower @jessesword.com · 26/08/2026
The Times referred to Sun Ra as "Mr. Ra" regularly; here's the earliest I can find, from February 19th, 1962:
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If gimmickry were all, the "space age jazz" of a group led by a pianist, philosopher and poet who calls himself Le Sun Ra would be assured of success. Mr. Ra, whose Cosmic Space Jazz Group has been preparing Chicagoans musically for the future for the last eight years, made his New York debut yesterday afternoon at the Charles Theatre, Avenue B and Twelfth Street, as part of a series of weekly jazz concerts there.
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Brian Eno News @dark-shark.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
"If you’re not mad at the world, you don’t have what it takes." - Sun Ra #quote
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Anthony Pecqueux @pecqueuxanthony.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
#Arles2026 1er passage aux Rencontres d'Arles cette année - on y retournera en septembre quand (s') il fera moins chaud (et qu'il y aura moins de gens...) Beaucoup de très belles choses; coup de cœur pour Ming Smith que je découvrais totalement... 😍🤩🎷 🧶 1/7
Concert de jazz NBConcert de jazz - néons rouges...Sun Ra bien sûr... NBSa majesté Sun Ra 2/2 NB
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SunRaUniverse @sunrauniverse.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
People might shut their ears to what I'm saying, but if it's music it will go down into their subconscious and stay there. (Sun Ra)
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SunRaUniverse @sunrauniverse.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
James Spaulding Jr - Sun Ra Arkestra alumni - July 30 1937 - saxophone and flute - Happy arrival day with space age greetings.
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SunRaUniverse @sunrauniverse.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
On this planet, it seems, it has been very difficult for me to do and be of the possible things and projects. As I look at the world today and its events and the harvest of possible things, I like the idea of the impossible more and more. (Sun Ra)
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SunRaUniverse @sunrauniverse.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
In this age of Outer Space challenge, People will have to change their tune, i.e. they will have to be tuned up or down according to what is necessary. (Sun Ra)
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jesse jarnow @bourgwick.heads.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/07/2026
the one cool thing about marshall allen no longer being able to tour with the arkestra is all the music he's now getting to make with other people. universeodon.com/@SunRaUniverse/116…
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Attached: 2 images Creative Freedom: A Salon Experience featuring Marshall Allen, Salvador Jimenez Flores, Jamaaladeen Tacuma & Dm Hotep / Grounds For Sculpture in Hamilton, New Jersey. US. - Sat July 18, 2026. Playing music from Marshall Allen’s new unreleased album 101: An Audio Odyssey.
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SunRaUniverse @sunrauniverse.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
I am not a human being anyway, so don’t treat me like them. (Sun Ra)
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SunRaUniverse @sunrauniverse.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Elson Nascimento - Sun Ra Arkestra Surdo/Percussion player and band Manager - 27 June 1955 Happy arrival day with space age greetings.
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Animate_Jazz @animatejazz.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
A journey through the music, poetry, and thought of #SunRa. Available as double LP/CD together with a BluRay of the documentary. sunra-mh.bandcamp.com/album/do-the...
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Do The Impossible: Original Soundtrack To The Documentary, by Sun Ra
37 track album
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SunRaUniverse @sunrauniverse.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Sun Ra Arkestra under the direction of Marshall Allen - Saturn Birmingham AL - Friday, May 22 2026 / Show: 8:00PM - In honor of Sun Ra Day 2026
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Animate_Jazz @animatejazz.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
New sun Ra doc streaming free for one month on PBS. Extras (outtakes and essays) on the site. www.pbs.org/wnet/america...
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LeeAnn Wombat @jonnyauping.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
rad album
Super sonic jazz - sun ra and his arkestra
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Animate_Jazz @animatejazz.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Worked on this documentary film. If you are in New York, June 10-14 come see the premiere! #SunRa
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Animate_Jazz @animatejazz.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Solaris... www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/s...
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Astronomers Detect a Signature of Life on a Distant Planet
Further studies are needed to determine whether K2-18b, which orbits a star 120 light-years away, is inhabited, or even habitable.
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Animate_Jazz @animatejazz.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Drums. I was always too focused on John Gilmore's proud tenor to hear Thomas Hunter's remarkable drumming on this 1961 recording in glorious Sun Ra lo-fi.... open.spotify.com/track/75seyK...
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Search Light Blues
Sun Ra · Bad and Beautiful · Song · 1961
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Nate Chinen @natechinen.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Went long on my path through the Big Ears Festival, and the tensions between lofty intentions and root necessities. Featuring Immanuel Wilkins and dozens more.
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Everything Done Right at Big Ears
Seeking musical sustenance, and finding it, in Knoxville.
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Live Tapes @livetapes.heads.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/04/2025
Jamaaladeen Tacuma 101 Audio Odyssey 2025-03-28 Big Ears Festival archive.org/details/jamaaladeen-tac…
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Jamaaladeen Tacuma 101 Audio Odyssey 2025-03-28 Big Ears Festival : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
101 Audio OdysseyFriday, March 28, 2025Knoxville, TN @ The Mill & Mine - Big Ears FestivalSchoeps MK4 > Baby NBox > Zoom H6 essential > WAV...
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Live Tapes @livetapes.heads.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/04/2025
Charles Lloyd: Homage to Zakir Hussain 2025-03-27 Big Ears Festival archive.org/details/charles-lloyd-2…
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Charles Lloyd: Homage to Zakir Hussain 2025-03-27 Big Ears Festival : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Charles Lloyd: Homage to Zakir Hussain - In The Key Of The UniverseThursday, March 27, 2025Knoxville, TN @ The Tennessee Theatre - Big Ears 2025internal mics...
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Kyoko Kitamura @kyokokitamura.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Using data from IFPI's Global Music Report 2023-25, I created a chart for my students. Strongest revenue growth? Middle East and North Africa. Striking was the huge decline in growth in Asia, which IFPI attributes to the decline in physical sales. #musicbusiness #musiceducation #music
Chart showing recorded music revenue growth by region using IFPI Global Music Report data from 2023-2025.
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Live Tapes @livetapes.heads.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/03/2025
Paul Motian Quartet – Bremen, November 1994 livejazzlounge.com/1990s/2025/03/23…
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Paul Motian Quartet – Bremen, November 1994
Paul Motian: drums Joe Lovano: tenor sax Bill Frisell: guitar Marc Johnson: bass Live in Bremen, November 14, 1994 Cover art by unknown artist 1. T.T.T. 2. Turn Out The Stars 3. My Man’s Gone Now 4. Walkin’ Up 5. I Wish I Knew 6. Five Duration 01.00:24 Related recording: (Visited 13 times, 13 visits today)
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Animate_Jazz @animatejazz.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Which #SunRa compositions do you like best? You can only choose 1,000....
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Cynthia Manick @cmanick.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Official ⏰to #AWP25 in LA😍 I'll be signing copies of #nosweetwithoutbrine via @poetshouse.bsky.social, supporting @stevenleyva.bsky.social new collection, & doing a panel on writing about the body. Come through for a hug, head nod, or shared space! linktr.ee/cmanick #poetrycommunity #writingcommunty
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Animate_Jazz @animatejazz.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Space is the Place! #SunRa www.sciencealert.com/128-new-moon...
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Kasper Collin @kaspercollin.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Oscar winner Bryan Fogel (Icarus) selected my doc I Called Him Morgan as one of his 10 favorite films for film club Galerie. Tomorrow I participate in an online Q&A abt the 7 yrs making of it. www.galerie.com/watch-party/... 🎟 Promo Code: FILMCLUB (First month free + 50% off the next three months)
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Galerie
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SunRaUniverse @sunrauniverse.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
I am not a human being anyway, so don’t treat me like them. #SunRa
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Animate_Jazz @animatejazz.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Happy Valentine's Day ❤️ youtu.be/hQfp07VgNFM?...
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SunRaUniverse @sunrauniverse.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Sun Ra wanted to take us back to the past, because from there we could see the future. (Marshall Allen)
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Animate_Jazz @animatejazz.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Happy Birthday Wardell Gray! youtu.be/99CJEPIeGmI?...
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Wardell Gray Quartet - Twisted
YouTube video by 60otaku4
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SunRaUniverse @sunrauniverse.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
The music comes from the void, the nothing, the void, in response to the burning need for something else. #SunRa
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Brooklyn Institute @brooklyninstitute.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
The Art Market: Assets, Accumulation, and Aesthetics (In-Person) | March BISR Courses at Property Is Theft |
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The Political Economy of Art (In-Person)
The figure of the artist as we know it —independent, irreverent, often economically insecure—is a product of industrial capitalism. Art, likewise, exists within the same system of production and…
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Laurent Orseau @lorseau.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Knoel Scott from Sun Ra Arkestra @ Les Ateliers Claus - Brussels, Belgium - 25 Mar 2017 #knoelscott #saxophonist #sunraarkestra #lesateliersclaus #brussels #photography #blackandwhite #concertphotography
Knoel Scott from Sun Ra Arkestra @ Les Ateliers Claus - Brussels, Belgium - 25 Mar 2017
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Live Tapes @livetapes.heads.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/02/2025
Gil Scott-Heron - Live at the Bottom Line 1977 voodoowagon.blogspot.com/2012/11/gi…
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Gil Scott-Heron - Live at the Bottom Line 1977
<i><span style="color: #f76388;">Back From The Dead...<br/> Originally posted November 22, 2012</span></i><br/> <br/> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtUDXUhbAhYPLQlXXtFawfsUJ-GpSnKrLht9AIxaUMq4gToa9wksFHLUfWmx7A565vpjauyuIC5dd2W36PrYervPc51LGdTiLz2rmu5b-KjC8-JwnqcOplXxG4MUu-DgzcL5yGtIBKXjtv/s1600/Gil-Scott-Heron-1949-2011_large.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtUDXUhbAhYPLQlXXtFawfsUJ-GpSnKrLht9AIxaUMq4gToa9wksFHLUfWmx7A565vpjauyuIC5dd2W36PrYervPc51LGdTiLz2rmu5b-KjC8-JwnqcOplXxG4MUu-DgzcL5yGtIBKXjtv/w488-h412/Gil-Scott-Heron-1949-2011_large.jpg" width="488"/></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Gil Scott-Heron &amp; Brian Jackson<br/></b><b>Live at the Bottom Line</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">New York, NY<br/> August 20, 1977</span><br/> Soundboard @320</b></div><br/> Gilbert "Gil" Scott-Heron (April 1, 1949 – May 27, 2011) was an American soul and jazz poet, musician, and author, known primarily for his work as a spoken word performer in the 1970s and '80s. His collaborative efforts with musician Brian Jackson featured a musical fusion of jazz, blues, and soul, as well as lyrical content concerning social and political issues of the time, delivered in both rapping and melismatic vocal styles by Scott-Heron. His own term for himself was "bluesologist", which he defined as "a scientist who is concerned with the origin of the blues." His music, most notably on Pieces of a Man and Winter in America in the early 1970s, influenced and helped engender later African-American music genres such as hip hop and neo soul.<br/> More <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gil_Scott-Heron" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gil_Scott-Heron</a><br/> <br/> <br/><div style="text-align: center;">Set List:</div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br/></div> <span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400;"><b>01. New Deal - 10:19</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400;"><b>02. Gumbai - 5:05</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400;"><b>03. Intro to Race Track In France - 1:22</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400;"><b>04. Race Track In France - 8:06</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400;"><b>05. Band Intros ~ Lead in to 95 South - 2:45</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400;"><b>06. 95 South - 4:49</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400;"><b>07. Intro to Hello Sunday, Hello Road - 1:02</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400;"><b>08. Hello Sunday, Hello Road - 3:45</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400;"><b>09. Intro to It's Your World - 0:38</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400;"><b>10. It's Your World - 6:59</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400;"><b>11. Home Is Where The Hatred Is - 15:29</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400;"><b>12. Almost Lost Detroit - 5:59</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400;"><b>13. Intro to Vildgolia - 1:36</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400;"><b>14. Vildgolia (Deaf, Dumb &amp; Blind) - 12:24</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400;"><b>15. Winter In America - 6:54</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400;"><b>16. Under The Hammer - 5:12</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400;"><b>17. The Bottle - 15:07</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400;"><b>18. Intro to Johannesburg - 0:53</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400;"><b>19. Johannesburg - 5:37</b></span></div></span> <br/><br/> <span style="color: #351c75;"><br/></span><div><span style="color: #351c75;"><br/></span></div><div><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-small;">pass - fbsvw</span><br/> <iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/sW8VKEjlePk?si=ffQ4DbrAaW8QLDZB" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe> </div><div><br/></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://bestfile.io/9JOd9oXnIa71e2k/file">Bottom Line '77</a></div> <br/><div style="text-align: center;"><br/></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br/></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000;">&lt;&gt;&lt;&gt;&lt;&gt;&lt;&gt;&lt;&gt;&lt;&gt;&lt;&gt;&lt;&gt;&lt;&gt;&lt;&gt;&lt;&gt;&lt;&gt;&lt;&gt;&lt;&gt;&lt;&gt;&lt;&gt;&lt;&gt;&lt;&gt;&lt;&gt;&lt;&gt;&lt;&gt;&lt;&gt;&lt;&gt;&lt;&gt;&lt;&gt;&lt;&gt;&lt;&gt;&lt;&gt;&lt;&gt;&lt;&gt;&lt;&gt;</span></div> <div><br/></div><div><br/></div><br/><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/1838911155116333600/4993917503050252281" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: right;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_tRw0b8pQ7KdObMk6uNLK6zatAo80iLrteE92HDwGD-zYdaLVdRi3w4oC0ETkIG4LWarZ8IjEe3HP1KEpeRLVTr2TgnCm4aE0tqGk3htjrFnq8aaAGB04E6HKRT-nvXIw=s0-d"/></a></div> <br/><br/> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div>
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SunRaUniverse @sunrauniverse.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
Marshall Allen on Giles Peterson's 6music show BBC Radio 6 Music - Gilles Peterson, with Marshall Allen
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BBC Radio 6 Music - Gilles Peterson, Marshall Allen, Neneh Cherry and Naima Karlsson
Gilles speaks with the iconic saxophonist and leader of the Sun Ra Arkestra Marshall Allen
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Blue Note Vinyl Spinners @bluenotevinylspnrs.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
This morning let’s head to Johannesburg, South Africa and listen to the Mankunku Quartet! I am currently obsessed with this album and can’t stop listening to it! Have you heard this album? #jazz #southafrica #coffee #music
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SunRaUniverse @sunrauniverse.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
Enlightenment Is my tomorrow It has no planes Of sorrow Hereby, my invitation I do invite you To be of my space world. #SunRa
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Brooklyn Institute @brooklyninstitute.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Bebop and Black Modernism: an Introduction to Modern Jazz (In-Person) | February BISR Courses at DADA Bar NYC |
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Bebop and Black Modernism: an Introduction to Modern Jazz (In-Person)
Modern jazz was birthed, so the legend goes, during after-hours jam sessions in 1941 at Minton’s Playhouse in Harlem, where Black touring musicians sought to forge a music beyond the appropriation of…
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Animate_Jazz @animatejazz.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
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A Second Life for The Avant-Jazz of Leo Records
Journalist Phil Freeman is helping preserve the legacy of the legendary jazz label.
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Siddhartha Mitter @siddharthamitter.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Alice Coltrane. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/a...
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A New Hammer Museum Show Traces Alice Coltrane’s Influence (Gift Article)
Coltrane, a jazz virtuoso who devoted much of her life to a spiritual journey, is a beacon for today’s artists. An exhibition at the Hammer Museum shows why.
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SunRaUniverse @sunrauniverse.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
The Sun Ra Arkestra - Cosmic Hope - Chivas Jazz Festival Sao Paulo Brazil 2004
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The Sun Ra Arkestra - Cosmic Hope - Chivas Jazz Festival 2004
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Ana @motherslug.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
You too can enjoy great jazz tips if you subscribe to my little newsletter! New issue out today. open.substack.com/pub/mothersl...
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024: Green Cosmos, Abendmusiken
Mysterious German jazz from 1983.
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New York Amsterdam News @nyamnews.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
JAZZ NOTES: Ahmed Abdullah has written a fascinating autobiography, “A Strange Celestial Road: My Times in the Sun Ra Arkestra” (2023), a comprehensive journey of his life as it intersects with his Sun Ra experiences.
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JAZZ NOTES: ‘A Strange Celestial Road,’ Sista’s Place
Ahmed Abdullah has written a fascinating autobiography, “A Strange Celestial Road: My Times in the Sun Ra Arkestra."
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Jam Band News @jambandnews.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
"Both of y'all!" When Michael Ray of the Sun Ra Arkestra asks for a guitar duel you guitar duel 🎸 Dogs in a Pile performing with members of the Sun Ra Arkestra as "Dogs in Space" at Danny Clinch's Transparent Clinch Gallery in Asbury Park, NJ on 12/22/2024 🤯 Enjoy my evil laugh 😈 #DogPound
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Animate_Jazz @animatejazz.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
"It's after the end of the world (don't you know that yet?)." #SunRa
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