Discografia di Sun Ra

Voce principale: Sun Ra.
Discografia Sun Ra
Sun Ra nel 1992.
Album in studio72↙
Album dal vivo43↙
Raccolte12↙
Colonne sonore1↙

La discografia di Sun Ra è una delle più ampie nella storia della musica moderna. Il pianista jazz e direttore d'orchestra Sun Ra incise, insieme alla sua Arkestra, dozzine di singoli e circa un centinaio di album, componendo più di 1000 brani, cosa che lo rende uno degli artisti più prolifici del ventesimo secolo.

Storia

L'etichetta El Saturn Records di sua proprietà, abitualmente stampava i dischi in edizioni da sole 75 copie per album, e gli stessi venivano venduti per corrispondenza oppure durante i concerti dell'Arkestra. Molti dei primi album di Sun Ra furono registrati a casa da Sun Ra stesso su wire o sui primi registratori a nastro disponibili, ed erano forzatamente in bassa fedeltà audio. Nonostante le limitazioni tecnologiche di allora, Sun Ra fece uso di alcune tecniche di registrazione innovative.

Prima degli anni settanta, la maggior parte di questi album furono prodotti a Chicago attraverso la El Saturn Records Research, società fondata da Sun Ra con il suo socio Alton Abraham, mentre successivamente la produzione si spostò a Filadelfia. Alcuni dei dischi più significativi di Sun Ra furono dati in licenza alla Impulse! Records nel 1973-74 per un piano di ristampe con nuove copertine a colori e sonorità migliorate. Le prime ristampe non godettero del successo sperato, e le successive uscite furono cancellate e il contratto rescisso consensualmente, anche se rimasero in circolazione alcune prove di stampa complete di numero di catalogo e copertine, divenute con il tempo oggetti molto costosi ambiti dai collezionisti.

Le edizioni originali El Saturn Records dei dischi di Sun Ra avevano spesso copertine disegnate in maniera amatoriale e note scritte a mano dai membri dell'Arkestra, e sono oggi le più rare e ricercate dai collezionisti. Questi album, sono datati dalla fine degli anni cinquanta alla fine degli ottanta, hanno frequentemente scarse o nessuna informazione su registrazione, musicisti, ecc..., ed in alcuni casi non indicano nemmeno i titoli dei brani su disco, abbinando facciate di LP incisi in epoche diverse, o intitolando con lo stesso nome brani completamente differenti ingenerando non poca confusione negli appassionati.

Dopo la morte di Sun Ra, molte delle incisioni furono ristampate su compact disc per la prima volta da Evidence Records, Ihnfinity Music, ESP-Disk / ZYX Music, o Impulse!.

Album in studio

Data incisioneTitoloArtista accreditatoEtichetta
1956Jazz by Sun Ra (ristampato in seguito come Sun Song)Sun Ra and his ArkestraTransition
1956Super-Sonic JazzLe Sun Ra and his ArkestraEl Saturn Records
1956Sound of JoySun Ra and the ArkestraDelmark Records
1956-58Sun Ra and his Solar Arkestra Visits Planet EarthSun Ra and his Solar ArkestraEl Saturn Records
1958-59The Nubians of Plutonia (alias The Lady with the Golden Stockings)Sun Ra and his Myth Science ArkestraEl Saturn Records
1959Jazz in SilhouetteSun Ra and his ArkestraEl Saturn Records
1959Sound Sun Pleasure!!Sun Ra and his Astro Infinity ArkestraEl Saturn Records
1959-60Interstellar Low Ways (alias Rocket Number Nine)Sun Ra and his Myth Science ArkestraEl Saturn Records
1960Fate in a Pleasant MoodSun Ra and his Myth Science ArkestraEl Saturn Records
1960Holiday for Soul DanceSun Ra and his Intergalactic ArkestraEl Saturn Records
1956-60Angels and Demons at PlaySun Ra and his Myth Science ArkestraEl Saturn Records
1956-61We Travel the Space WaysSun Ra and his Myth Science ArkestraEl Saturn Records
1961The Futuristic Sounds of Sun Ra (alias We are in the Future)Sun Ra and his ArkestraSavoy Records
1961Bad and BeautifulSun Ra and his Myth Science ArkestraEl Saturn Records
1962Art Forms of Dimensions TomorrowSun Ra and his Solar ArkestraEl Saturn Records
1962Secrets of the SunSun Ra and his Solar ArkestraEl Saturn Records
1962What's New?Sun RaEl Saturn Records
1963When Sun Comes OutSun Ra and his Myth Science ArkestraEl Saturn Records
1963Cosmic Tones for Mental TherapySun Ra and his Myth Science ArkestraEl Saturn Records
1963When Angels Speak of LoveSun Ra and his Myth Science ArkestraEl Saturn Records
1964Other Planes of ThereSun Ra and his Solar ArkestraEl Saturn Records
1965The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra, Volume OneSun Ra and his Solar ArkestraESP-Disk
1965The Magic CitySun Ra and his Solar ArkestraEl Saturn Records
1965The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra, Volume TwoSun Ra and his Solar ArkestraESP-Disk
1966Strange StringsSun Ra and his Astro-Infinity ArkestraEl Saturn Records
1966Monorails and Satellites, Vol 1 & Vol 2Sun RaEl Saturn Records
1968ContinuationSun Ra and his Astro-Infinity ArkestraEl Saturn Records
1967-69AtlantisSun Ra and his Astro-Infinity ArkestraEl Saturn Records
1961-70Out There a MinuteSun Ra and his ArkestraBlast First
1962-70The Invisible Shield (alias Janus, A Tonal View of Times Tomorrow, Vol. 2, Satellites are Outerspace)Sun Ra and his Intergalactic Research Arkestra
1970My Brother the WindSun Ra and his Astro-Solar Infinity ArkestraEl Saturn Records
1970The Night of the Purple MoonSun RaEl Saturn Records
1970My Brother the Wind Volume II (Otherness)Sun Ra and his Solar Myth ArkestraEl Saturn Records
1971Solar Myth Approach Vols 1+2BYG Actuel
1972Astro BlackSun RaImpulse!
1972Discipline 27Sun Ra and his Astro Intergalactic Infinity ArkestraEl Saturn Records
1972Space Is the PlaceSun Ra and his Astro Intergalactic Infinity ArkestraBlue Thumb Records
1972Space Is the Place (colonna sonora)Sun Ra and His Intergalactic Solar ArkestraEvidence Music (1993)
1972Crystal SpearsSun Ra
1972CymbalsSun Ra
1953-73Deep PurpleSun Ra and his Arkestra featuring Stuff Smith on violinEl Saturn Records
1973Outer Space Employment AgencySun Ra and his Intergalactic Arkestra
1973Pathways to Unknown WorldsSun Ra and his Astro Infinity ArkestraImpulse! Records
1973Friendly LoveSun Ra and his Astro Infinity ArkestraEvidence Music, Inc.
1976CosmosSun RaCobra
1977UnityHoro Records
1977Some Blues But Not the Kind That's BlueSun RaEl Saturn Records
1977Solo Piano Volume 1Sun RaImprovising Artists Inc
1978New StepsSun Ra QuartetHoro
1978Other Voices Other BluesSun Ra QuartetHoro
1978VisionsSun Ra and Walt DickersonSteepleChase Records
1978LanquiditySun RaPhilly Jazz
1978Disco 3000Sun Ra and his ArkestraEl Saturn Records
1979Of Mythic WorldsSun RaPhilly Jazz
1979OmniverseSun RaEl Saturn Records
1979On JupiterSun Ra and his ArkestraEl Saturn Records
1979Strange Celestial RoadSun Ra ArkestraRounder Records
1979I, PharaohSun Ra and his Arkestra
1979Sleeping BeautySun Ra and his ArkestraEl Saturn Records
1979The Other Side of the SunSun Ra and His ArkestraSweet Earth Records
1979God Is More than Love Can Ever BeSun Ra and his Arkestra
1980Aurora BorealisSun Ra
1982A Fireside Chat with LuciferSun Ra and his Outer Space Arkestra
1982Celestial LoveSun Ra and his Outer Space Arkestra
1982Nuclear WarSun Ra ArkestraY Records
1986Reflections in BlueSun Ra ArkestraBlack Saint
1986Hours AfterSun Ra ArkestraBlack Saint
1988-89Somewhere ElseSun RaRounder
1989Blue DelightSun RaA&M Records
1990Purple NightSun RaA&M Records
1990Mayan TemplesSun Ra ArkestraBlack Saint
1993PleiadesSun Ra and his ArkestraLeo Records

Album dal vivo

Data incisioneTitoloArtista accreditatoEtichetta
1960Music from Tomorrow's World: Chicago 1960Sun Ra and his ArkestraAtavistic
1964Featuring Pharoah Sanders & Black HaroldSun RaESP-Disk
1966Nothing IsSun RaESP-Disk
1966-68Outer Spaceways IncorporatedSun Ra and his ArkestraBlack Lion Records
1968Pictures of InfinitySun RaBlack Lion
1970It's After the End of the WorldSun Ra and his Intergalactic Research ArkestraMPS Records
1970Historical Masters - Fondation Maeght Nights, Volume 1Sun Ra ArkestraJazzView / FONAC
1970Historical Masters - Fondation Maeght Nights, Volume 2Sun Ra ArkestraJazzView / FONAC
1971NidhamuSun Ra and his Astro Intergalactic Infinity Arkestra
1971Live in Egypt 1Sun Ra and his Astro Intergalactic Infinity Arkestra
1971HorizonSun Ra and his Arkestra
1971The Paris Tapes - Live at Le Theatre Du Chatlet 1971Sun Ra and his Mythic Science Arkestra
1973What Planet Is This?Sun Ra and his Space ArkestraLeo
1973Concert for the Comet KohoutekSun RaESP-Disk
1973Live in Paris at the "Gibus"
1974Out Beyond the Kingdom OfSun Ra and his Outer Space Arkestra
1974The Antique BlacksSun Ra and his ArkestraSaturn
1976Live at MontreuxInner City Records
1976A Quiet Place in the UniverseLeo
1977St. Louis Blues (solo piano)Sun RaImprovising Artists
1977Some Blues But Not The Kind That's BlueSun Ra and his ArkestraSaturn
1977Solo Piano Recital Teatro La FeniceLeo
1978Springtime in ChicagoLeo
1978The Sound MirrorSun Ra
1979Live from SoundscapeSun Ra and his ArkestraDIW Records
1980Sunrise in Different DimensionsThe Sun Ra ArkestraHathut Records
1980The Complete Detroit Jazz Center ResidencyBox set da 28 CD in edizione limitata di 500 copieTransparency
1983Sun Ra Meets Salah Ragab (Recorded in Egypt)Leo
1983Love in Outer SpaceLeo
1984Cosmo Sun ConnectionSun Ra and his Arkestra
1984Live at Praxis '84Leo
1985Live at Club LingerieTransparency
1985Live at Myron's BallroomTransparency
1986A Night in East BerlinSun Ra and his Cosmo Discipline ArkestraLeo
1987John Cage Meets Sun RaSun Ra and John CageMeltdown
1988Live at Pitt-In, TokyoSun Ra ArkestraDIW
1989Second Star to the Right (Salute to Walt Disney)Sun Ra & his Intergalactic ArkestraLeo
1989Stardust from TomorrowLeo
1990Live in London 1990Sun Ra and his Year 2000 Myth Science ArkestraBlast First
1990Live at the Hackney EmpireLeo
1991At the Village VanguardSun Ra SextetRounder
1991Friendly GalaxySun Ra ArkestraLeo
1992Destination UnknownSun Ra & his Omniverse ArkestraEnja Records

Compilation

DataTitoloArtista accreditatoEtichetta
2000Greatest Hits: Easy Listening for Intergalactic TravelSun Ra and his Arkestra
2001Out in SpaceSun Ra and his Intergalactic Research Arkestra
2005The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra, Volume Three - The Lost TapesSun Ra and his Solar ArkestraESP-Disk
2007The Creator of the Universe (Lost Reel: Volume 1)Transparency
2007Intergalactic Research (Lost Reel: Volume 2)Transparency
2007The Shadows Took Shape (Lost Reel: Volume 3)Transparency
2007Dance of the Living Image (Lost Reel: Volume 4)Transparency
2009Interplanetary MelodiesNorton Records
2009The Second Stop Is JupiterNorton Records
2009Rocket Ship RockNorton Records
2014In the Orbit of RaSun Ra and his ArkestraStrut
2015To Those of Earth... And Other WorldsSun Ra and his ArkestraStrut

Album correlati

DataTitoloArtista accreditatoEtichetta
1954-60Spaceship Lullaby: Chicago 1954-60Sun Ra/gruppi vocali comprendenti Nu Sounds, The Unitels & The Cosmic RaysAtavistic
1966Impressions of a Patch of BlueWalt Dickerson Quartet con Sun Ra al clavicembaloMGM
1966Batman and Robin - The Sensational Guitars of Dan and DaleNon accreditato, ma comprendente Sun Ra & membri dell'Arkestra e dei Blues ProjectTifton
1968A Black MassImamu Amiri Baraka con Sun Ra and his Myth Science ArkestraJihad Productions
1992A Tribute to Stuff SmithBilly Bang con Sun Ra, John Ore & Andrew CyrilleSoul Note
2013ArtpopCredito compositivo di Sun Ra insieme a Lady Gaga per la traccia VenusInterscope

Note

  1. ↑ Sun Ra discography at Allmusic
  2. ↑ Campbell, Robert L., & Trent, Christopher. The Earthly Recordings of Run Ra (2nd edition). Redwood, NY: Cadence Jazz Books, 2000. ISBN 978-1-881993-35-3
  3. ↑ Szwed, John F. Space Is the Place: The Lives and Times of Sun Ra New York: Pantheon, 1997. ISBN 978-0-679-43589-1; pag. 17
  4. ↑ www.allaboutjazz.com, su allaboutjazz.com.
  5. ↑ Allmusic review Volume 1
  6. ↑ Allmusic review Volume 2
  7. ↑ Allmusic review, su allmusic.com.
  8. ↑ www.discogs.com, su discogs.com.
  9. ↑ Allmusic Live from Soundscape review
  10. ↑ Allmusic Live at Pitt-In, Tokyo review
  11. ↑ discogs.com, https://www.discogs.com/LeRoi-Jones-Sun-Ra-Myth-Science-Arkestra-A-Black-Mass/release/1961188.

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