Union Pool closed out their annual Summer Thunder free show series on Sunday (8/24), as usual, with Sun Ra Arkestra. The weather couldn’t have been nicer and there was a line around the block to get ...

Bandleader Knoell Scott leads the Sun Ra Arkestra, performing at SFJazz on July 31, 2025. Photo by Frankie Solinsky Duryea. Sign up below to get Mission Local’s free newsletter, a daily digest of news ...

At SFJazz on Thursday night, 15 musicians and one dancer slowly filed onstage wearing uniforms that sparkled like the Milky Way: bejeweled robes, pharaoh headdresses, wraparound neon sunglasses. As ...

For decades, American jazz saxophonist Knoel Scott has been honoring Herman "Sonny" Blount, aka Sun Ra, the composer, keyboardist and founder of the ethereal Sun Ra Arkestra. "Either the spirit is ...

When is a band not a ghost band? It is a question posed by a Cleveland jazz media figure after a performance by the Sun Ra Arkestra on the first full day of the Tri-C JazzFest, and it was a fair one ...

Legendary Afrofuturist bandleader, composer, and musician Sun Ra had an eye on the cosmos. Though he passed away in 1993, the members of his 13-person musical ensemble, the Sun Ra Arkestra, have since ...

The Sun Ra Arkestra will play the Academy of Music on Sunday, May 18, at 8 p.m. Legendary bandleader, composer, and musician Sun Ra photographed in 1973. The band he formed, The Arkestra, continues to ...

Imagine recording and releasing your debut album after your 100th birthday. That’s exactly what Marshall Allen has done with New Dawn. Having played with the legendary Sun Ra since 1958 and leading ...

There was a black moon in December. For some who follow such astronomical events (and for others who await interplanetary travel via "transmoleculisation"), it can signify the dumping of negative ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Cuyahoga Community College has announced the lineup for the 46th annual Tri-C JazzFest Cleveland, happening from Thursday, June 26, through Sunday, June 28, at Playhouse Square.

The album, New Dawn will be released on Feb. 14 A 100-year-old musician will release his first solo music project on Feb. 14. Marshall Allen, the leader of the legendary group Sun Ra Arkestra, has ...

Marsai Martin is also among the honorees as the 2025 festival returns to Howard University this year. 9 hours ago According to AL.com, New Dawn features seven tracks: “Prologue,” “African Sunset,” ...