Sun Ra All Stars and the Sun Ra Arkestra with Archie Shepp Berlin 10/291983 

Believe it or not he was an influence on Coltrane. John C. very much liked John G.'s playing.

I use to see John Gilmore, Roland Kirk, Benny Green, Jack DeJonnet, Eddie Harris, Richard Abrams, Roscoe Mitchell, the great Johnnie Griffin and many many many great Jazz musicians playing up a storm, at the Sutherland Lounge, downstairs on Monday night jam session when I was a high school kid. It was a wonderful time in my life, sitting there surrounded by all these great young blowing and playing stars. These along with Miles, Trane, Monk, MJQ, Mingus and Blind Jodie Christen were my heroes. They supported each other. They demonstrated to me the directions of my goals and my principals of full commitment and cooperation, through their commitment to music.

Thanks, I was trying to find his name. He said "Also got John's birthday"..

Sun Ra All Stars and the Sun Ra Arkestra with Archie Shepp Berlin 10/291983 30.1.22 1457pm from rugby league to sun ra you cant get fairer than that.. pity we didnt have strip show prior to the game to the weird gist of the arkhestra.

A lot of the guys weren't in it for fame or fortune. Sun Ra would tell them "If you follow me, you will experience the impossible.". Many of them did and stayed for the magic. Some of them were attempted to be poached for the big names in jazz and refused.

powerhouse50 mind blowing!!!

Philly joe jones too

That was incredible.

Don Cherry is playing pocket trumpet.

Dont forget philly jo on drums, the only one of the bunch listening to the other musicians… :)

Bit of a smug comment! so everyone else but the infamous jazz snobs are imbeciles because we don't 'get it' I'm sorry you feel that way but to me this is just a cacophony of noise. It's just like modern art everyone is afraid to slag it off for fear of not being 'hip' You like it fine but you're condescending attitude sucks.

Todd, maybe you should try taking a good long stare at some high-quality modern art - meditate for half an hour with an Ad Reinhardt painting next time you find yourself in a large city with a decent art museum. And, uh, try really *listening* to Sun Ra.

TODD, if the little Justin Beiber kids trolled *your* Mahavishnu vids, what would your attitude to that be. Why troll, anyway? So you don't get it. Not getting it is a bitter experience, right. 'always someone that wants it all limited to their grasp' is a true enough statement. And here you are.

Each musician in this video is a master of his instrument and has played "straight-ahead" jazz for decades. They have all taken their music to a place they understand and desire. Those of us who have gone with them understand and appreciate their music -- without offering others a description or explanation. Whether someone else is with us or not is simply a personal choice, that's neither good or bad.

TODD REGIS... For you this is just a cacophony of noise, so you are just missing 90% of the music of the world, you deaf.

Habe selbst gleich beide Shows mit Miles an dem Abend gesehen u. ein paar schöne Shots machen können. Du hast dann quasi, zwar an der Seite, mit auf der Bühne gestanden. Muss bestimmt geil gewesen sein !!

SuperCartiel I think if pharaoh and Taylor would there the universe would have exploded..good God! This is nasty!!! I love RU-vid!

Cecil Taylor besides being a lousy jazz musician was a racist without equal....

Peter J. Andros you saying the word „jazz musician“ disqualifies you from writing comments! this has nothing to do with jazz! mr. expert on jazz and racism 🤪

Typical human behaviour...never really never satisfied

LoveliteLou Definately an undersung drummer. Been listening to Sun Ra all day today and Clifford was on most of the tracks from 1960 to when I stopped in 1964. I'm going in chronological order and I've got most of Sun Ra's recordings so it's a lot of stuff to listen to.

Much respect !

How So Very Sweet💕THANK 💜YOU 🌈LOVE....ManyOfONE

Hast du noch alte Sun ra platten?

tonartification i think you must still glow a little bit in the dark i was in locarno it changed my life! very subtle but it did i glow in the dark and hear different since☘️⭐️😎

@@blankowvsingt Aber hallo, na klar ;)

@@mario7frankielee It was a push, indeed. Still glowing - great memories !! ps. Marshall Allen and Archie Shepp are the only survivors, I believe.

@@tonartification bist du auf Instagram ? :)

+John F. Jr Saw him in 1972 at Richards Lounge Rt 9 ,Lakewoood.....Weird stufF!!!

god Bless africa

Universe bless all creators

The Arkestra led by Marshall Allen is coming to my city to play two shows Jan 2&3. Portland OR. I am sure whoever is left plus the addition of people who probably not born or quite young during the heyday will make it a fine show. Maybe they are extensively touring, so look for them in your city.

The gentleman who introduced them did an excellent job. Who is he?

The energy of the room is !!!!.

Gilmore is one of the all time greats

lucky you

now i`m jealous!!! sunny as your wedding band!!!!!!

Looks like somebody forgot to tell Archie it was Halloween.

YES man.

Ditto!

and do not forget Don Moyé

While I like John Gilmore, I was always blown away by Marshall Allen. Never expecting to, somehow, but he is probably the most underappreciated.

I think part of it was that Gilmore always seemed to be separate from the band as tenors often are, but he often seemed disengaged when he wasn't being featured. But Marshall always seemed to be engaged in leading the band and producing his torrents of sound seemed a lot more in Ra's universe than Gilmore's coolness.

+John Carey Interesting words. Whilst I have always loved Gilmore, I see what you mean with Allen. Was Gilmore supposed to have influenced Trane? Always wondered on that one.

According to Trane, Gilmore's was the sound he was going for...

Will Harding Hahaha.....no it isn't. A pretty decent sax player is pretty much it.

radiohead was quoted saying they loved alice coltrane's work. she was of this era and general group of similarly directed people. this particular band is made up of many of the leaders of the 60's/70's 'free'/'afro-space-unity' movement. i'd put this lineup alongside Any group of all stars ever assembled. it's led by Sun Ra-who made more albums then just about anyone-but never sold much for many years, and was called a charlatan by many 'experts'. but he was valued consistently higher over time; and it is perhaps fitting to see all these masters here in his "Ra Jail". (i'm paraphrasing when i quote him-"to be in a band is like being in jail-but my band is the best jail to be in") ps-this; as any briefly run all star lineup-skims the surface of what was done by these people. you can find tons of more highly arranged tracks as you dig. if you've only ever heard the middle of the road jazz styles (as are usually played in 'respectable' venues)-these musician's output may be revelatory-Alice Coltrane; Ptah the El Daoud, Pharoah (sic) Sanders-Thembi, Don Cherry-Black Rice, The Art Ensemble of Chicago-Urban Bushmen, Archie Shepp-Live in San Francisco, Sun Ra-Strange Celestial Roads, etc.) cheerios.

U funny

Some kind of miracle at work!!!