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offline welt on 2005-03-19 09:12 [#01537928]
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he released about 100 albums. i know about 10. strange
celestial road and atlantis are my favourites. what are
yours? you know, so i know which i should prefer to download
and stuff.


 

offline virginpusher from County Clare on 2005-03-19 09:30 [#01537944]
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I never once listened to Sun Ra to my knowledge. Should I?

 

offline welt on 2005-03-19 09:32 [#01537946]
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well, yeah. DO IT!

 

offline virginpusher from County Clare on 2005-03-19 09:34 [#01537952]
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Ok. Tell me a little about this. What kind of music is it?
What three albums should i start with and why?

Thanks!

 

offline welt on 2005-03-19 09:45 [#01537959]
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he mixed avantgarde jazz, traditional egyptian music
(marches etc), american music like swing and blues and
electronic experimentation.
he lived from 1910 - 1993. sun ra himself described his
music as "painting pictures of infinity" and generally you
say that "many people dont get him". but whatever, that's
jazz geeks with no open mind.

albums

- Atlantis
- Space Is The Place
- Strange Celestial Road or It's After The End Of The World

 

offline Torture Garden from Feelin' 2Pacish on 2005-03-19 09:46 [#01537961]
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I really like the albums: Lanquidity, Magic City, both Solar
Myth Approach's.
My local record store has a large portion of his discography
on vinyl and cd. They're 2 dvds available too that I was
looking at today.


 

offline virginpusher from County Clare on 2005-03-19 09:51 [#01537966]
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I listen to absolutely anything i can get my hands on. I
love sound. Thanks for the info! i will check this


 

offline welt on 2005-03-19 09:59 [#01537973]
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what are his dvds like? i heard about "cry of jazz", i
wanted to buy it but then saw it's only 35 minutes, not much
for 40 euros. what's the other dvd?


 

offline welt on 2005-03-19 10:02 [#01537974]
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make a thread when you have listened to it or such.

 

offline Torture Garden from Feelin' 2Pacish on 2005-03-19 10:07 [#01537977]
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Yes, one was the cry of jazz, the other was called A Joyful
Noise and I was tempted to buy it at £16, I didn't though
because I forgot which one i was recommended, I was just
that Joyful Noise is supposed to be good though.


 

offline tolstoyed from the ocean on 2005-03-19 10:11 [#01537982]
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i checked this out on your recommendation i think..some of
it was real nice from what i can remember :)


 

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