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First reported 18 hours ago - Updated 18 hours ago - 1 reports

Cedric 'Im' Brooks: eclectic and eccentric

An alumnus of the celebrated Alpha Boys' School, Brooks succeeded in becoming another of that institution's poster figures. He is of the generation that followed saxophonist Tommy McCook and trombonist Don Drummond.On leaving Alpha, Brooks joined the ... [Published Jamaica Gleaner - 18 hours ago]

Entities: Rastafari, Tommy McCook, Rastafari Movement

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Rare Sun Ra sounds and images from Corbett vs. Dempsey

Corbett vs. Dempsey , the record label, has just released one of the rarest and most historically murky recordings in the massive oeuvre of the great Sun Ra, issuing Continuation on CD for the first time. Last year I wrote about the formalization of the ... [Published Chicago Reader - May 17 2013]

Entities: Jim Dempsey, Sun Ra

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Experimental beatmaker and Pro Era affiliate Lee Bannon unveils the Never/mind/the/darkness/of/it

In a rap game not short on out-there producer, Lee Bannon is making a point of heading to the outer limits.The Cali-born, Brooklyn-based producer has already amassed a glittering CV: Talib Kweli, Ab-Soul, Curren$y and, most notably, Joey Bada$$’ Pro Era ... [Published Fact Magazine - May 16 2013]

Entities: J Dilla, Talib Kweli, Sun Ra, sedative drug

First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 1 reports

Preview: Brian Harnetty spins Sun Ra's recordings into kaleidoscopic collage

Columbus musician Brian Harnetty tends to work in solitude, but his music is anything but insular. Harnetty dialogues with the past and contextualizes it with his own contributions for the present, bringing dusty archives back to life.For the 2007 album ... [Published Columbus Alive - May 09 2013]

Entities: Sun Ra, Saturn, Will Oldham

First reported May 08 2013 - Updated May 08 2013 - 1 reports

New Music Circle's season finale celebrates Sun Ra

New Music Circle concludes its 2012-13 season with a concert Friday, May 10, that celebrates the 99 th birthday of Sun Ra. The legendary jazz musician and composer was famed for his cosmic philosophy and avant-garde compositions such as “Space is the ... [Published St Louis Beacon - May 08 2013]

Entities: Sun Ra, Sylvie Courvoisier, Vincent Clark, Craig Taborn, Eric Hall

First reported May 06 2013 - Updated May 06 2013 - 1 reports

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Lipbone Redding Returns to Westfield May 18

The Coffee With Conscience Concert Series concludes its 13th season with our usual "Ice Cream Social" and by proudly presenting Lipbone Redding and his band at 8 p.m. Saturday, May 18 at 1 East Broad Street.Lipbone Redding is an inventive voicestrumentalist ... [Published Scotch Plains-Fanwood Patch - May 06 2013]

Entities: New York City, Sun Ra, Cowboy, Home Box Office Inc

First reported May 05 2013 - Updated May 05 2013 - 1 reports

May the Fourth Be With You!

Before Star Wars became a cultural icon,there was another grass roots cultural iconand space expert from Saturn.His name was Sun Ra.Click below to see and hear this expert give a musicaltutorial on the cosmos as we don't know it.Oh, and May the 4th be ... [Published Chicago Now - May 05 2013]

Entities: Sun Ra, Saturn, Star Wars

First reported Apr 30 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 1 reports

Michael Ray and the Cosmic Krewe at Cafe Istanbul

Fri. May 3 | Trumpeter Michael Ray was a longtime member of the Sun Ra Arkestra and former member of Kool and the Gang. He reunites with his New Orleans jazz-funk outfit Cosmic Krewe. At Cafe Istanbul.Click here for ticket information. ... [Published Gambit Weekly - Apr 30 2013]

Entities: Michael Ray, Constellation Observing System for Meteorology,..., Sun Ra

First reported Apr 29 2013 - Updated Apr 29 2013 - 1 reports

Sun Ra Arkestra to play ambitious five-day residency at London?s Cafe Oto

While Sun Ra himself passed away back in 1993, his life’s work continues today with the Sun Ra Arkestra under the direction of saxophonist and veteran Arkestra member Marshall Allen. The influential ensemble of improvisors are set to return to Dalston’s ... [Published Fact Magazine - Apr 29 2013]

Entities: Sun Ra, London, Marshall Allen

First reported Apr 23 2013 - Updated Apr 23 2013 - 1 reports

Jazz Visions Photos

I’ve written about Sun Ra here in the past a few times. ( Here , here , here …) Go take a look at this: Jazz photographer Michael Wilderman’s Jazz Vissions Photos/Graphics includes a gallery of photos of Sun Ra ! !-- End Shareaholic Recommendations ... [Published Seeing the Forest - Apr 23 2013]

Entities: Sun Ra, Shareaholic

First reported Apr 18 2013 - Updated Apr 18 2013 - 1 reports

Vision Festival Announces Its Lineup

The 18th edition of the Vision Festival, New York’s annual celebration built around the lineage of free improvisation and jazz’s non-mainstream languages, will take place from June 12 to 16, according to Arts for Art, the festival’s producers. As it ... [Published New York Times - Apr 18 2013]

Entities: Milford Graves, D. D. Jackson, Kidd Jordan

First reported Apr 10 2013 - Updated Apr 10 2013 - 1 reports

French Quarter Festival best bets and the full music schedule for Thursday

Heading out to French Quarter Festival on opening day, Thursday, April 11? Here's a look at the best bets selected by Times-Picayune / Nola.com music writers Keith Spera and Alison Fensterstock .Below is the hour-by-hour music schedule, so you can plan ... [Published Bayou Buzz - Apr 10 2013]

Entities: Susan Cowsill, Sun Ra, Capital One Bank USA NA

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Michael Ray and the Cosmic Krewe at Cafe Istanbul [Published Gambit Weekly - Apr 30 2013]
Sun Ra Arkestra to play ambitious five-day resi... [Published Fact Magazine - Apr 29 2013]
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French Quarter Festival best bets and the full ... [Published Bayou Buzz - Apr 10 2013]
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Hyperbole Is Inadequate: Debacle Fest Highlights [Published The Stranger, Seattle's Only Newspaper - May 06 2013] It’s always nice when you lavish extravagant praise/prose on an event and the event follows through, often spectacularly. Such was the case with Debacle Fest , which devoured last weekend in a hail of left-of-center sounds. Below are some of the highlights ...
Jazz Visions Photos [Published Seeing the Forest - Apr 23 2013] I’ve written about Sun Ra here in the past a few times. ( Here , here , here …) Go take a look at this: Jazz photographer Michael Wilderman’s Jazz Vissions Photos/Graphics includes a gallery of photos of Sun Ra ! !-- End Shareaholic Recommendations ...
RocketNumberNine's Get-to-Work Music [Published The Stranger, Seattle's Only Newspaper - Mar 26 2013] Smalltown Supersound This percussion extravaganza from the London duo RocketNumberNine (brothers Tom and Ben Page) gets my vote for the best song of the week. No vocals to get in the way, lots of drums to clear your head. I'm also hearing chimes ...
The Music and Movies of the L.A. Rebellion [Published The Stranger, Seattle's Only Newspaper - Mar 13 2013] Elisa Huerta-Enochian Charles Burnett and Clarence Spigner The L.A. Rebellion , which Charles Mudede wrote about here , was an African American film movement that took place primarily in the 1970s and '80s (Mudede will also be participating in the ...
Reality Warpers Anonymous [Published The Stranger, Seattle's Only Newspaper - Feb 20 2013] The Residents Eyeball Their 40-Plus Years of Weirdass Musicby Dave Segal For more than 40 years, the Residents have been the paradigmatic DIY underground band. Remaining anonymous and in complete control of their sprawling, unique catalog, they've created ...