Name: The Futuristic Sounds Of Sun Ra
Brand: Sun Ra

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

7241968

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Rough Trade Exclusive

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Format detail

Remastered 60th Anniversary Edition.

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Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2022-09-30

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Universal

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Standard:20

UPC / Barcode

0888072419681

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

7241969

Black

Extended format: Yes

Craft Recordings Pressing

2023-11-10

0888072419698

Black LP

Artist

Sun Ra

Genre GB

Jazz

Label GB

Sun Ra, born Herman Blount in Birmingham, Alabama in 1914, was an American Free-Jazz composer, pianist and band leader. He was a pioneer of free improvisation and modal jazz, as well as an early user of electronic keyboards and synthesizers. Sun Ra's music innovations and visionary experiences set him apart as a true musical innovator. He formed the Sun Ra Arkestra in the 1950s and continued to compose and perform until his death in 1993.Born and raised in Alabama, Sun Ra showed exceptional talent as a pianist from a young age. By the age of 11, he could sight-read and compose music. As a teenager, he performed with local jazz and R&amp;B bands before taking on his first full-time musical job leading the Sonny Blount Orchestra. In the mid-1930s, Sun Ra had a transformative experience during deep meditation where he claimed to have been transported to Saturn by beings from outer space who tasked him with spreading peace through music.

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Sun Ra was a true innovator, releasing music that was a bit different to his peers from his earliest output. But what would Sun Ra have made of today’s music scene? If he is looking down from his cosmic realm, he’ll be pleased to know that his music from the past still sounds eerily futuristic.

Recorded in just one day, on October 10, 1961, The Futuristic Sounds of Sun Ra features 11 tracks. Among the selections is the Latin-influenced opener, “Bassism,” the bluesy “Of Sounds and Something Else,” and the aptly named, “What’s That?,” which breaks into a four-saxophone improvisation, stands out as an example of Ra’s early experimental work.

The Futuristic Sounds Of Sun Ra

Music GB

Discover The Futuristic Sounds Of Sun Ra by Sun Ra. Available in CD and LP formats. No label. A true innovator, Sun Ra's music still sounds eerily futuristic.