Ra`s into is like a moment when you take the A Train and it goes just right in the outer Space.

@bernieguitar5856

8 жыл бұрын

not bad. kind of cute!

@FeliX-TobiYahs-C

5 жыл бұрын

Four - seven *likes* #balanced

@mario7frankielee

4 жыл бұрын

Bernie guitar sorry bernie but that must be one of the most ignorant comments i ever read cute! not bad! go check your ears maybe they hear something else cosmicaly

Danny Davis: flute, alto saxophone Marshall Allen: flute, alto saxophone John Gilmore: tenor saxophone Chris Capers: trumpet Larry Bright: drums Stanley Morgan: conga Pat Patrick: flute, baritone saxophone Ahmed Abdullah: trumpet June Tyson: dancer, vocals James "Ham" Jackson: bassoon, Egyptian drum Elo Omo: bass clarinet Sun Ra: Moog synthesizer, organ, piano Vincent Chancey: french horn Clifford Jarvis: drums Al Evans: trumpet Tony Bunn: electric bass Hayes Burnett: double bass

Sun Ra's version is like taking the ACTUAL A-Train.

Sun Ra was so underrated and overlooked as a pianist. Saw him twice and all I can say is "Space is the Place!" You are missed Master Sun Ra. Safe travels!

@TerriblePerfection

4 жыл бұрын

Just curious why you think he was underrated and overlooked. He has a huge discography and following, and played with all the greats.

@nwjazz

3 жыл бұрын

@@TerriblePerfection So true! I never heard anyone say that Sun Ra was anything but extraordinary at the piano.

@TerriblePerfection

3 жыл бұрын

@@nwjazz Saw him in Detroit years ago. Waited hours because he was late, and my car was broken into, and it was still worth it. 😊

@lucascampbell2756

3 жыл бұрын

@@TerriblePerfection People talk about him as a bandleader/composer much more than as a pianist

@theelectricant98

3 жыл бұрын

@@lucascampbell2756 true

Not many people get this. But this is simple absolute genious.

@ergbudster3333

5 жыл бұрын

Who cares whether they get it or not/ We dig it and that's what counts.

@itis4137

3 жыл бұрын

dont understand his intro can u explain?

@michaelgilbert4500

3 жыл бұрын

@@itis4137 he created his own freedom within his own structures in the context of another compisition; absolutely his own thing! he was not only exploring tonality, but other musical/sonic concepts within his solo. hope this helped a little!

@jaribu2758

3 жыл бұрын

@@itis4137 theme and theme variation. The heart of improvisation

@johnmc3862

2 жыл бұрын

@@ergbudster3333 If you dig it, you get it!

This A train makes makes some extra stops out there!

Take the A(stral) Train.

you can't appreciate this until you play Ellington's original right before. Sun Ra totally transformed the tune into something totally his own. That piano intro was unreal!

@ergbudster3333

5 жыл бұрын

Sunny Ra rerouted the A Train to Outer Space!

@leehazlewoodism

2 жыл бұрын

This actual track was my route into Sun Ra.

@greenspringvalley

2 жыл бұрын

phenomenal

@MrPDTaylor

Жыл бұрын

Take the a train wasn't written by Ellington. It was written by Pittsburgh, Pa native Billy Strayhorn.

@georgestevens1502

8 ай бұрын

Otherworldly.

The new school of jazz is all about going "out" but i don't see anyone daring to go this "out". Hes still playing the tune, there is a whole lot of mood here.

@dakine575756

2 жыл бұрын

Matthew Shipp trío . William Parker

sun ra's intro to this is OUTSTANDING. the first time I heard this 'A Train' was 1982 (I think) and it was a bootleg album with a plain white cover. the piano intro is all I wanted to hear. when I found this video it was miraculous. this music is more real for me now and not just a audio memory. seeing him process ideas while playing that intro is so great.

@crownpropeller

8 жыл бұрын

+Jesse Meman Jesse, what you think of as being a bootleg album probably was the original Saturn Pressing of "Live At Montreux" which may have looked like a bootleg.

@jessememan437

8 жыл бұрын

+crownpropeller thank you for that info it was probably just what you described. these were the most sophisticated long hairs I had known who mentored me. I'm fortunate they decided to turn me onto this so early in my learning career.

@sooperheep

Жыл бұрын

Love it

The Chaos of pure creation. I wish more young people would listen to Jazz, the TRUE american musical heritage.

@babblybird

Жыл бұрын

me 2

@royjones3099

Жыл бұрын

@@babblybird camera man was feeling it....he went along for the ride!

As a musician I held many in respect, but Sun Ra, I held in complete AWE.

Gilmore's solo is breathtaking!

@thejone6067

2 жыл бұрын

Listening to this in 2021; John Gilmore does what I call "the Kansas city chase" thing, it feels like Charlie Parker from the 40's up to modern stuff. Legendary!

@monsterjazzlicks

2 жыл бұрын

So that's Gilmore?

@monsterjazzlicks

2 жыл бұрын

Who's on bass and drums please?

@garygomesvedicastrology

2 жыл бұрын

@@monsterjazzlicks Coltrane actually studied with Gilmore for a time. Gilmore is one of the greatest tenor saxophone players ever!

3:00 the camera just went into an astral journey

How is it possible this is the first time I’ve seen any of these men? I’m 30 years old, how could this have happened.

@chhewee

Жыл бұрын

they sheltered you so you wouldn't give up because they knew you weren't any good? But maybe you'd be mediocre, at best? Never give up on you. 🤷‍♂️

Love his sense of harmonic chaos and how he synthesis unrelated elements into one. An amazing genius.

@betterthantelly2993

5 жыл бұрын

His final chord or assembly of notes he left ringing to blend were for me utterly sublime. Literally could listen to that assembly of notes for well a long time.

Almost played with Sun Ra this would have been a composition I would have loved to been a part of

@Richard-ec8xy

4 жыл бұрын

please tell me about this!

@horvathakos5319

2 жыл бұрын

please

I have signed pictures of Sun Ra that I took at the time of this recording with the hat he has on in this video. This is my man, Sun Ra.

My God ! Sonny's Solo then intro then John's Solo...........Then Clifford's solo.Transcendent !

An underated pianist. He was ahead of his time One of the great innovators

"Hi, my name is Clifford Jarvis, and I'll be melting your face off tonight."

@meckel1271

6 жыл бұрын

Holy crap. Max Roach, Edward Blackwell, Danny Richmond, Rashied Ali, Billy Higgins, all were masters of the drum set. But wow, what technical command of the trap drums. Jarvis found great inspiration in his paradildlles and radamacues.

@coulton-davisjazz2872

4 жыл бұрын

@@meckel1271 All my favorite drummers. Good taste.

At the intro first the melody is caught up in the swirl of sounds that is NYC, and by the end, he transforms it into a snowfall in the winter, the city still busy, but quieter, like the crunch of footsteps in snow, and if you look closely, you can literally see the notes for the melody falling like flakes into place. This man was a mountain of genius.

4:55: trumpet gets up to solo, and Gilmore just takes off instead.

@unfall5521

3 жыл бұрын

Ye saw that 😂

@gioeledibello4742

3 жыл бұрын

Rip

@danmeyersonVideo

3 жыл бұрын

🚀 🌌

@jeffmill

3 жыл бұрын

I'M THE CAPTAIN NOW!

@roeybenuri3707

3 жыл бұрын

Ha

what a wonderful tribute not only to Strayhorn and Duke, but to Ra and especially John Gilmore

this kicked my ass!!!! well done. ra’s intro and gilmore--monsters!!!!! then the drums-- i’m dead, not sure how i’m writing this. this audience was blessed that night

Wow. I'm just blown away.

Coltrane said of Gilmore upon hearing him, "He's on to something" No doubt!!

@bigsmorg2508

3 жыл бұрын

TRUE!!!!

@johnmc3862

2 жыл бұрын

😅😅😅

one of the great jazz drum solos of alltime.

an original by Billy "duke ellington" Strayhorn

can i get a clap for the drummer

@shovedhead

5 жыл бұрын

Oh yeah!

@hexus9198

4 жыл бұрын

You get the clap

@Exileonbackroad

4 жыл бұрын

the great Clifford Jarvis

@AnEclecticMan

2 жыл бұрын

👏🏾

Legendary. Stage light making this cosmic brother sweat.

Sun Ra was ZEN when it came to music. He started composing music at the age of 12..

Drummer is extraordinary

Extraordinary and unique...this guy does for jazz what Picasso/Dali do for art.

@nobodyhere100

4 жыл бұрын

V Font Care to explain?

@baddriddimworkshop

4 жыл бұрын

@@vfont8567 pcasso could draw aswell as michealangelo when he was 5. he got bored untill he discovered african art, did hesteel or was he inspired, telle me; what are you wearing today? did you steal your shoes? thisway of thinking is stupid, you cant steel what is universal. a lot was stollen from africa, a lot of wealth, but knowledge and culture is universal. did you think a genious influenced by african art is disrespecting it? i'm the type of guy that thinks all the african art you see in european museum should be brought back to africa, but when it comes to knowledge, you cant steal, you can just get influenced, and thus open your mind. should africans avoid using airplanes? did the ancient egyptans steal the idea of building chariots from the hittites? allthough they made 'em better....

@vfont8567

4 жыл бұрын

@@baddriddimworkshop Picasso was a recessive troglodyte that blatantly plagiarized African intellectual property just like all of the other recessive troglodyte thugs.

@baddriddimworkshop

4 жыл бұрын

@@vfont8567 there is no such thing as intellectual property. this was exactly my point. why dont you answer my question: did the egyptians steel the chariot from the hittites??? truth an knowledge are universal. do you shink duke elington shouldnt have learned to play piano? claming such things or spreading resentment will not bring justice back, it wont make nobody feel better. in reverse, teaching the world that africa has been a source of enlightment for the world will bring back the respect africans deserve.

@vfont8567

4 жыл бұрын

@@baddriddimworkshop Lies. You have zero intellectual integrity. Picasso is lying thieving recessive troglodyte and so is the progeny of your parents.

Astonishing in every way. Absolutely masterful.

Great live performance of genius musicians

Wow,no wonder John Coltrane loved John Gilmore's playing!

truly brilliant. I'm very grateful for this posting. Saw him once in 1984. unforgettable

Fabulously intense Gilmore soloing yet again.

The myth, the legend, at his mystical best - a la Sun Ra~~~~

Had the album forever - so lovely to see the footage...

He's killing it from 6:53 huge respect

love your blog as well ... thanks for posting

"I love jazz my man" haha madlib the badkid put me onto the jazz legends because of his song "Jazz Cats"

will i ever recover from this??? its a lot to try to imagine how good this is--- as "out there" as it is...

I got to see him w/them once, late 80s? What struck me the most was how rich and comfortable their sound was within the group, like old familiar shoes that had been LONG down the same road together (not unlike the Monday night Vanguard band), in spite of the frenetic 'outside' places their music would explore along the way. Also again in spite of being known for their 'wildness' and improvisational nature I was actually surprised to see the mountain of charts they had sitting at each players chair. It made me chuckle for the snickers my group garnered around St Louis jazz scene for the pile of charts we kept on the bandstand like it was unprofessional or like we didn't KNOW our music perhaps. Well when you don't just throw together for gigs playing the same 20 standards and actually rehearse like we did running through endless tunes over time those charts just do seem to pile up .. ;)

amazing...50 years ahead of its time

@EgmontLabadie

6 жыл бұрын

Yes.

@benjamingooch8723

3 жыл бұрын

And this was only 44 years ago! LOL. We still haven't caught up!

Fantástica locura de músicos hábiles, de gente inteligente que se decide a romper los convencionalismos... Fabuloso

Your channel is quality. Thanks again.

Wow, just pure genius.

getting shivers from that intro

one of the best trumpet solos of all time

If you ever wondered what Monk's piano teacher sounded like, perhaps it was something like what Sun Ra is putting out on this video.

This is out of this world

Your blog is fantastic!

got to hear the arkestra twice..each time a gas

Mission accepted 💎

this is the best ❤

Sun Ra has inspired a whole new generation of artists and musicians to continue the work. I feel like I just found a diamond on the sidewalk. Thank you death grips. Thank you Sun Ra and the Arkestra. Thank you maggotbrain. Thank you Kanye. Thank you, to all black people that fueled these counter cultures in the 60's, 70's, and into today. We noticed, and we are going to take it from here and make you proud. Don't believe, watch. Don't say, do.

@ZeranZeran

Жыл бұрын

and don't forget to give a listen to DEEP PURPLE and look up what it all means. Now I know why the company calls themselves SATURN records. Man, what a trip. I love life again.

Yeah I would say that this is descriptive of taking the the "A" on Saturday night.

John Gilmore kills it!!!🙏

@dennisnoonan1604

2 жыл бұрын

Not my idea of music, more like noise. Not a fan.

@mexicotaco0913

2 жыл бұрын

@@dennisnoonan1604 Gilmore is a talented musician nonetheless. And it's not like he doesn't know how to play "in," seeing that he played with a few hard bop greats

@nige3801

2 жыл бұрын

@@mexicotaco0913 Trane was inspired by and respected Gilmore, he stayed with Sun Ra for years...they were not the same when he passed

@zecho3535

Жыл бұрын

@@dennisnoonan1604if you listen to gilmore on other Sun Ra tracks like Possession, But Not For Me, Sometimes I'm Happy, etc., or even Gilmore's own album as a co leader with Clifford Jordan it may be a little easier for you to hear his musicianship; definitely a killer player still even aside from when he's playing ""noise""

Nobody talks about how great Sun Ra was, but he's killing!!

now i get how they got the inspiration to make movies like soul and whiplash, these people are on their own zone!!!

John Gilmore has me wanting to completely throw away all my guitar knowledge and pick up a saxophone like I used to play in middle school

No artist is more underrated than Sun Ra. He was one of the founders of Afrofuturism and the inventor of noise music. Although Sun Ra influenced art around the world, he never had a hit on the charts. Most people don't know that the origin of the concept for the movie ``Black Panther'' can be traced back to Sun Ra.

still love it!!

Thanks!

Everything a cover version should be.

The inspiration behind The MC-5

I think this qualifies, in general, as one of the coolest things I've ever seen any human do. Sun Ra literally DECONSTRUCTS the song, and makes it his bitch. One of the most recognizable , melodic and memorable jazz melodies of all time. He basically turns it inside out, and then bends the sound waves around a few black holes. OMG. Chills . Every time.

John Gilmore and Clifford Jarvis - top shelf. I would love to see a video clip of "Lights On a Satellite" from this concert. It's on the LP.

Sehr schoenes Blog!!

SO SHWEEEETTT...much love Tee with LIONS NAMED LEO.[the music worldwide} and sooooo cool..!!

Sun Ra has chops!

Perfection Sun Ra Was Brilliant A Genius

The Drummer went complete super sayan

@georgestevens1502

8 ай бұрын

Buddy Rich could only wish.

Extraordinarily awesome ! I was 16 at the time, and the girls admired my "eccentricity" - I just found it normal that jazz constantly evolves, and The Duke would have been proud of Sun Ra. Sun's belief that man originated from Saturn might have a grain of truth, looking at the latest results of NASAs inter-planetary missions 😉.

8:21 Courage, honesty & at peace with himself and the music he loves.

Awesome!

woah.

I need that cap. I work around NSA in central Maryland.

Awesome 😎🤘🏾

Awsome!

Holy crap. MASSIVE!

*Listen to the work of my brother FEELFOUND, he really needs support, he is trying. 💯*

Neither Duke nor Cecil Taylor has anything on Ra's piano playing! There's a reason there are no transcribed Sun Ra solos. They are just beyond reach for anyone but him.

@GregorasProject

4 жыл бұрын

I love both Duke and Taylor, but I have to agree. I think Sun Ra is easily one of the greatest Jazz pianists of all time, yet he's so overlooked by everyone.

magnifique!

this intro just makes me believe more that sun ra is from mars.

@socialdave99

7 жыл бұрын

In interviews he says he's from Saturn, and has visited Jupiter and other planets.

Sun Ra and the drummer are possessed and I need no exorcist to come here and help me out if I carry on trying to figure this out ... I´m outta here

@laurenklitsch3600

5 жыл бұрын

True he is

So nice

you're amazing

Double sorry Total performance will never be surpassed, Somebody mentioned playing >outside This is ultra inside!

Sun Ra eternal genius!

brilliant

He is my creative Superhero !

Genius.

Billy Strayhorn composition!

Wow !

From this to rap. We've gone backwards as a society.

@elliotglaser1718

Жыл бұрын

Listen to To Pimp A Butterfly by Kendrick Lamar

@ilovetomorrow

Жыл бұрын

@@elliotglaser1718 .. I couldn't get past the two f words. Besides, he doesn't speak for me. He's not a happy man. He's like a dark cloud in a room. The song would be 100% better if he didn't open his mouth. He's a downer. I know I'm different but I like music that don't have lyrics because I like having my own thoughts. I'm a leader and not a follower. People who listen to that are all little followers and are being told what to think. My opinion. Thanks for turning me on to that because it proves my point.

@travisfalk1241

Жыл бұрын

Rap is not bad at all. The real musical “sophisticates” (if you really want to call them that) can appreciate the aspects of all music. I listen to a lot of avant-garde and free jazz music like this, as well as rap and I appreciate both genres. Yes, Sun Ra and his Arkestra probably have more talent than a good majority of modern rappers, but it doesn’t mean that their music is necessarily bad

@ilovetomorrow

Жыл бұрын

@@travisfalk1241 .. Thank you for your opinion. But I still stand by my comment.

@ilovetomorrow

Жыл бұрын

@@travisfalk1241.. Rap doesn't make me feel good inside. It makes me feel depressed and angry. But that's me.

Hands down😀