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Sun Ra at the 930 Club, 1988 SUN RA and the Sun Ra Arkestra:

Sun Ra and June Tyson, at the Bayou,
Washington, DC, 1978 Sun Ra & June Tyson

Sun Ra, Marshall Allen & Michael Ray
Sun Ra, Marshall Allen & Michael Ray, at the Bayou,
Washington, DC, 1978

Sun Ra & the Arkestra at the Newport Jazz Festival, 1969
Jazz Visions Archives Photo/courtesy of Richard Walton

Sun Ra July, 1973

The CD of 1966 dialogues and meditations between the poet and Sun Ra set to recordings of the Arkestra live at Slug's Saloon. The Ark and the Ankh offers insight into the quirkily brilliant, totally controversial, and completely inimitable thought of Sun Ra, candidly shared with and challenged by one of his most adoring disciples. The cover photo of Ra is mine. Click on the link for IKEF RECORDS for sound samples, ordering, and information.

Click HERE for a better view of the Sun Ra profile photo.

Janus CD

Janus - Sun Ra CD with my photo on the cover
Available at 1201 Music Website

The Stars Wear My T-Shirt Designs!! This item from Billboard magazine shows Derek Trucks, the Allman Brothers guitarist, wearing the Sun Ra T-shirt with my photos. Click on the link for an enlargement. It speaks for itself. Get hip, find and use the link to Gear, Ink. T-shirts.

The Sun Ra Montage T-Shirt with my photo montage is still available from Gear, Ink.

Ra at the Kennedy Center

Arkestra at Kool Jazz Fest
Sun Ra & the Arkestra at the 1983 Kool Jazz Festival, Kennedy Center, Washington, DC

John Gilmore, 1988

Arkestra, 1993 Sun Ra Arkestra at the Philadelphia Afro American Historical and Cultural Museum on October 16, 1993

Sun Ra Arkestra at the Underground Railroad, Washington, D.C., March 15, 1996 Arkestra in D.C.
Arkestra in D.C. 2

Marshall Allen

Sun Ra Chicago Tribute
Sun Ra Tribute at the 1998 Chicago Jazz Festival

Arkestra at Vision Festival

Arkestra 1999
The Arkestra at the 1999 Vision Festival

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For more links and information on Sun Ra and the Sun Ra Arkestra go to Saturn: Web Home of Sun Ra & The Arkestra

Additional Sun Ra links:

The Official Sun Ra Arkestra Site - The site of the active Arkestra under the leadership of Marshall Allen.
Sample their CD A Song For the Sun.

Sun Ra videos on youtube and other sites

Trudy Morse Web Site - Poetess Trudy performed with Sun Ra and offers some of his poetry. Her dedication to Ra includes photos from the tributes to Ra that she helped organize.

Sun RA Arkestrea on Facebook.

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