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Sun Ra Special

Gilles celebrates iconic bandleader and composer Sun Ra, who would have turned 100 in May 2014, with live tracks recorded especially for the 大象传媒.

Gilles celebrates the iconic bandleader and composer Sun Ra, with some live tracks recorded especially for the 大象传媒.

Sun Ra would have been 100 years old this May. He had a hugely prolific career and was seen as one of the most controversial jazz musicians of all time. His cosmic philosophies and eclectic style made him a pioneer of Afrofuterism and his music and philosophies still continue to influence a whole raft of today's musicians.

From the mid-1950s to his death in 1993, Sun Ra led The Arkestra; an ensemble with an ever-changing name and flexible line-up where certain core members remained with the group through its various incarnations. The Arkestra is now under the directorship of 90 year-old Marshall Allen.

As part of a collection of programmes across the 大象传媒 celebrating Sun Ra, Gilles dedicates an hour to some of his favourite Sun Ra choices and artists who were influenced by the great man. There is also the opportunity to hear a couple of live tracks, which were recorded especially for the 大象传媒 by his influential collective, The Arkestra. You will be able to hear the full live session on 大象传媒 Radio 3's Jazz on 3 on 30th June.

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Sat 21 Jun 2014 15:00
大象传媒 Radio 6 Music

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Music Played

  • The Sun Ra Arkestra

    World Of The Myth (My Brother The Wind)

    • Saturn.

  • The Sun Ra Arkestra

    We Travel The Spaceways (Live at Montreux)

    • Saturn/Inner City.

  • Sun Ra

    Space Is The Place (Space Is The Place)

    • Blue Thumb.

  • Sun Ra

    Astro Black (Astro Black)

    • Impulse.

  • Fleas On Skis

    Happiness

  • The Sun Ra Arkestra

    Spontaneous Simplicity (Pictures of Infinity)

    • Black Lion.

  • Floating Points

    Montparnasse

    • Eglo.

  • The Cosmic Rays with Sun Ra & The Sun Ra Arkestra

    Dreaming (Cosmic Tones For Mental Therapy)

    • Saturn.

  • The Sun Ra Arkestra

    Oriental mood (The Sun Ra Arkestra meets Salah Ragab in Egypt)

    • Praxis.

  • Quasimoto

    Jazz Cats Part 1

    • Stones Throw.

  • The Sun Ra Arkestra

    Love On A Far Away Planet (Hours After)

    • Black Saint.

  • Airhead

    Hundred Years

    • Unreleased.

  • Sun Ra

    Nuclear War (Nuclear War)

    • Y Records.

  • Jamie xx

    All Under One Roof Raving

    • Unreleased.

  • Buchla (Seven Davis Jr Remix) (feat. Four Tet)

  • Sun Ra

    Enlightenment (Nuits De La Fondation Maeght)

    • Saturn.

  • Lxury

    Playground

    • Greco Roman.

  • The Sun Ra Arkestra

    Sunrise In Outer Space (Live Session Track)

    • Hat Hut.

  • Sun Ra

    Sleeping Beauty

    • Saturn.

  • If You Don't Do It (feat. Manmademusic)

    • Unreleased.

  • Eugene McDaniels

    Jagger The Dagger

    • Atlantic.

  • Roberta Flack

    Compared To What

    • Atlantic.

  • The Sun Ra Arkestra

    Sun Song (Sun Song)

    • Transition.

  • Innerzone Orchestra

    Bug In The Bassbin

    • Mo Wax.

  • Kroushik

    2much4tender

  • The Stepkids

    The Slap

    • Stones Throw.

  • Kode9

    Lies Lies (feat. Inga Copeland)

    • Hyperdub.

  • The Sun Ra Arkestra

    Spontaneous Simplicity (Spontaneous Simplicity)

    • Black Lion Records.

  • Matthew Herbert

    Manny

    • Accidental.

  • Dave Aju

    Nobody Knows

    • Circus Company.

  • Sun Ra

    Neptune (The Secrets Of The Sun Vol. 2)

    • Saturn.

  • Matthew Herbert

    One Two Three

    • Accidental.

  • Sun Ra

    Where There Is No Sun (New Steps)

    • Horo.

  • Oliver Wilde

    Perrett's Brook (Barnaby Carter Remix)

  • None

    Deleted Record

    • El Saturn.

  • My Dry Wet Mess

    Nailed Scale

    • Fine Grains.

  • The Sun Ra Arkestra

    Live At Praxis Part 3 (Live At Praxis 1984)

    • Praxis.

  • Marvin Gaye

    Got To Give It Up

    • Motown.

  • Leon Vynehall

    Time

    • !k7.

  • Sun Ra

    Infinity of the Universe (Art Forms of Dimensions Tomorrow)

    • Saturn.

  • Africa HiTech

    Light The Way

    • Warp.

  • Chanpen Sirithep

    Lam Plearn Kiew Bao

  • Maniac

    Lil Gnack

  • Morgan Zarate

    Sticks & Stones (feat. Eska & Ghostface Killah)

    • Hyperdub.

  • The Sun Ra Arkestra

    On Jupiter (1979)

    • Saturn.

  • Mark Pritchard

    Wake Up

  • Elastik

    Tambour Battant (Nikitch Remix)

    Remix Artist: Nikitch.

  • The Horace Silver Quintet

    Sayanora Blues

    • Bluenote.

  • Sun Ra

    That's How I Feel

    • Philly Jazz.

  • Sun Ra & his Intergalactic Astro-Solar Infinity Arkestra

    Love In Outerspace (The Night Of The Purple Moon)

    • Saturn.

  • The Sun Ra Arkestra

    Angels and Demons (Live Session Track)

  • The Sun Ra Arkestra

    India (Supersonic Jazz)

    • Septune.

  • Sun Ra

    Celestial Road (Strange Celestial Road)

    • Y.

Broadcast

  • Sat 21 Jun 2014 15:00
    大象传媒 Radio 6 Music