Apr 22, 2025 1:04 PM
NEA to Honor Jazz Masters at Kennedy Center, Other DC Venues
The National Endowment for the Arts, in collaboration with the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, will…
The 2025 NEA Jazz Masters
Apr 22, 2025 1:04 PM
The National Endowment for the Arts, in collaboration with the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, will…
Marshall Allen composed the title tune on Swirling, the Sun Ra Arkestra’s first studio date in more than 20 years.
Nov 9, 2020 11:37 AM
For Swirling, the first Sun Ra Arkestra studio album in more than 20 years, saxophonist Marshall Allen set veterans of…
The Strut imprint recently announced a forthcoming album by the Sun Ra Arkestra.
Oct 5, 2020 11:16 AM
Since the 1993 death of keyboardist and bandleader Sun Ra, his Arkestra has continued to navigate space and time with…
Knoel Scott—who played baritone and alto saxophone, and percussion—performs with the Sun Ra Arkestra during a Sept. 6 tribute to late writer Steve Cannon at the Flamboyán Theater. The celebration was a part of Arts For Art’s 25th anniversary programing.
Sep 23, 2019 10:52 AM
When poet, playwright and novelist Steve Cannon died July 20 at the age of 84, New York’s Lower East Side lost one of…
Tom Zé was part of a Brazilian contingent at the Moers Festival—which ran June 7-10 in Moers, Germany—that also included Clube Da Encruza, Sambanzo and Absimu Curtu.
Jun 14, 2019 9:23 AM
The Moers Festival started in 1971, and its roots reach deep into the vortex of free improvisation. That’s still the…
