The Sun Ra Arkestra is an American jazz group formed in the mid-1950s and led by keyboardist/composer Sun Ra until his death in 1993.

On Halloween 2014, the Sun Ra Arkestra — complete with costumes inspired by Egyptian symbolism and science fiction — performed a rousing, out-of-this-world Tiny Desk Concert. The band was led by...

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5 days ago · To celebrate the final week of The Guggenheim’s exhibit, Rashid Johnson: A Poem for Deep Thinkers, Sun Ra Arkestra performed in the museum’s rotunda on Saturday night. Still led by …

Jun 24, 2024 · The Sun Ra Arkestra, the musical collective founded in Chicago in the mid-fifties, moved out of the Lower East Side in 1968, and wound up in the Germantown neighborhood of Philadelphia, …

Sun Ra and his Arkestra were the subject of a few documentary films, including Robert Mugge 's Sun Ra: A Joyful Noise (1980). It interspersed passages of performances and rehearsals with Sun Ra's …

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May 30, 1993 · By the 1970s, the Sun Ra Arkestra and its various permutations began touring Europe extensively. His performances had by then expanded to include singers, dancers, martial arts …

Disillusioned by American systems of oppression and discrimination, and inspired by the space age, Ra envisioned a black utopia beyond Earth. He named his band the Arkestra, referencing Noah’s ark, …

The Sun Ra Arkestra are known worldwide for their live shows that combine big-band swing, space-age free jazz, be-bop, singing, dancing, chanting and Afro-pageantry.