Miller Theatre will host a jazz concert with JOHN MEDESKI and KIRK KNUFFKE, showcasing a blend of improvisational jazz and ...

Michael Ray (born December 24, 1952) is an American jazz trumpeter. He tours extensively with Kool & the Gang, Sun Ra and the successor Sun Ra Arkestra under Marshall Allen's direction following Sun ...

The Sun Ra Arkestra, led by Marshall Allen, the 101-year-old saxophonist closed out “Summer Thunder” at Union Pool. Sun Ra Arkestra, under direction of 101-year-old saxophonist Marshall Allen, closed ...

Bandleader Knoell Scott leads the Sun Ra Arkestra, performing at SFJazz on July 31, 2025. Photo by Frankie Solinsky Duryea. The Sun Ra Arkestra began the first of four San Francisco shows at SFJazz’s ...

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 ...

Music fans from all over the southeast just gathered in Birmingham to celebrate an artist you may not know. Headliners like Widespread Panic, Radiohead, and Outkast all say they’ve been influenced by ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – This weekend, Cuyahoga Community College hosts its 46th annual Tri-C JazzFest at Playhouse Square. The 2025 edition of the JazzFest features an interesting mix of styles and genres — ...

Marshall Allen celebrated his 101st birthday in South Philadelphia in exactly the way you would expect from the saxophonist and leader of the Sun Ra Arkestra: By leading a joyous, mind-bending free ...

Fans of an Alabama jazz pioneer are celebrating his life this week. The first ever so-called Sun Ra* Festival runs through Saturday. Birmingham native Herman Blout changed his name to Sun Ra and went ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — In an interview with the Birmingham Post-Herald toward the end of his life, the bewilderingly brilliant jazz composer Sun Ra described his music in so many words. “Cosmo, ...

The Best Gig I Ever Saw: Arad Evans of NYC-based avant-rock supergroup The Whimbrels travels back in time to a transporting John Cage/Sun Ra gig. Arad Evans: In 1986, not long in the City, I got into ...