Stunning visuals and the sounds of Sun Ra & His Solar Arkestra fill this classic 1966 black and white short experimental film by composer/photographer/ filmmaker and multi-media artist Phill Niblock.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — Early on in “Sun Ra: Do the Impossible,” the man once known as Herman Poole Blount had a rare moment where he pulled back the cosmic curtain, letting people into his life, ...

PBS’s ‘American Masters’ presents a tribute to the eccentric, virtuosic pianist and composer, who combined swing with the ...

Installation view of Sun Ra, The Substitute Words: Poetry, 1957–72, Corbett vs Dempsey, 2021 (all images courtesy Corbett vs. Dempsey; photo by Robert Chase Heishman) CHICAGO — Twenty-five seconds ...

Without the jazz musician, poet, and bandleader Sun Ra, the music industry would look and sound somewhat different. Countless mainstream artists have been inspired by his boundlessness and his ability ...

He was a solar flare, a surge of energy that rocketed across great distances and divides, bestowing all he encountered with unforgettable memories and disrupting radio transmissions. Science-fiction, ...