The Sun Ra Arkestra
U.S. free-jazz ensemble that emerged during the mid-'50s. Initially centered around Sun Ra for almost 40 years, the Arkestra went through various incarnations and is still active currently under the leadership of Marshall Allen.
Note: Please use The Sun Ra Arkestra as PAN for only the releases that are a variation of Arkestra.
These few exceptions are not ANVs of the Arkestra and are PANs in their own right: The Sun Ra All Stars, Sun Ra Sextet, Sun Ra Quartet, Sun Ra Trio.
Note: Many Sun Ra Arkestra albums were published as Sun Ra albums, despite being full Arkestra recordings. See Sun Ra for more releases in the Sun Ra Arkestra discography.
Current lineup:
Marshall Allen - alto saxophone, flute, EVI - joined in 1958
Michael Ray - trumpet, vocals - joined in 1978
Fred Adams - trumpet - joined in 1982
Knoel Scott - alto saxophone - joined in 1979
Vincent Chancey - french horn - joined in 1976
Cecil Brooks - trumpet
Danny Ray Thompson - flute, baritone sax, alto sax, bassoon - joined in 1967
Abshalom Ben Shlomo - alto sax, clarinet - joined in 1970
Rey Scott - baritone saxophone - joined in 1988
[url=http://www.discogs.com/artist/Dave+Davis+%288%29]Dave Davis - trombone - joined in 1997
Elson Nascimento - percussion - joined in 1988
Craig Holiday Haynes - drums - joined in 1980
D. Hotep - guitar - joined in 2000
[url=http://www.discogs.com/artist/Yahya+Abdul-Majid]Yahya Abdul-Majid - tenor saxophone - joined in 1980
Kash Killion - cello - joined in 1989
[url=http://www.discogs.com/artist/Bill+Davis+%285%29]Bill Davis - bass - joined in 1962
Tyler Mitchell - bass - joined in 1985
Juini Booth - bass - joined in 1967
Farid Abdul-Bari Barron - piano
James Stewart - tenor - joined in 2011
[url=http://www.discogs.com/artist/Craig+Harris+%283%29]Craig Harris - trombone
[url=http://www.discogs.com/artist/Wayne+Anthony+Smith%2C+Jr.]Wayne Anthony Smith Jr. - drums
Tara Middleton - voice, percussion, violin
Atakatune (Stanley Morgan) - conga, timbal - joined in 1972
George Burton - piano - joined in 2015
Nuits De La Fondation Maeght
Sun Ra & His Inter-Galactic Research Arkestra*
2025
Strut, ArtYard
3xLP + 3xLP + Box, RSD
Somewhere In Space
Sun Ra And His Various Arkestras*
2024
Musica Jazz
CD, Comp
Continuation
Sun Ra And His Astro-Infinity Arkestra*
2024
Waaghals
7", Single
Children Of The Sun
Sun Ra And His Arkestra*
2024
Space Key
7", Ltd
Love In Outer Space
Sun Ra And His Intergalactic infinity Arkestra*
2024
Space Key
7", Ltd
Lights On A Satellite
The Sun Ra Arkestra Under The Direction Of Marshall Allen
2024
Saturn XIII
Sun Ra And His Arkestra*
2023
Presspop Music
10", EP
Live At Mohren - March 25th 1984
Sun Ra And His Arkestra*
2023
De Occulta Records
2xLP, Dlx, Ltd, Num
Paradiso Amsterdam 1970
Sun Ra And His Intergalactic Research Arkestra*
2023
Space Is The Place
Sun Ra And The Intergalactic Infinity Orchestra*
2023
Dance Of The Cosmo Aliens / Door Of The Cosmos
Sun Ra Quartet / Sun Ra And His Arkestra*
2022
Art Yard
7", Mag
Living Sky
Sun Ra Arkestra* Directed By Marshall Allen
2022
Prophet
Sun Ra & His Arkestra*
2022
Nothing Is ... Completed & Revisited
The Sun Ra Arkestra
2022
I Struck A Match On The Moon / Dreamsville
Sun Ra & His Arkestra* Featuring Ricky Murray
2021
Corbett vs. Dempsey
7", Single
Angels And Demons At Play
Sun Ra And His Arkestra* Featuring Marshall Allen
2021
Art Yard
7", EP, Ltd, 70g
Seductive Fantasy
Sun Ra Arkestra*
2021
Strut
12", Ltd, S/Edition, W/Lbl
Outros Espaço
Rodrigo Brandão, The Sun Ra Arkestra
2021
Swirling
Sun Ra Arkestra*
2020
Heliocentric Worlds 1 & 2 Revisited
Sun Ra Arkestra*
2020
The Spirit Of Jazz Cosmos Arkestra At WUHY, 1978
Sun Ra & His Arkestra*
2019
Live In Kalisz 1986
Sun Ra Arkestra*
2019
The Futuristic Sounds Of Sun Ra
Sun Ra And His Arkestra*
2019
Sun Embassy
Sun Ra And His Astro-Ihnfinity Arkestra*
2018
Roaratorio
LP, Album
Pine Street Theatre, October 28th 1988
Sun Ra And His Cosmo Love Adventure Arkestra*
2018
Jackpot Records (3)
2xLP, Album, RSD, Ltd
The Stranger: A Radio Play
Mind's Eye Theater with Sun Ra & His Arkestra*
2018
Enterplanetary Koncepts
File, FLAC, Album
Sun Ra Plays Gershwin
Sun Ra & His Arkestra*
2018
Enterplanetary Koncepts
10xFile, FLAC, Album, Comp
Strange Celestial Road
Sun Ra & His Arkestra*
2018
Of Mythic Worlds
Sun Ra & His Arkestra*
2018
Saturn
Sun Ra & His Solar Arkestra*
2017
Modern Harmonic
7", Single, Mono, Yel
Supersonic Sounds
Sun Ra And His Arkestra*
2017
Not Now Music
CD, Album, RE + CD, Album, RE + CD, Album, RE + Co
The Lost Arkestra Series Vol 1 & 2
Sun Ra And His Arkestra*
2017
Art Yard
2x10", Comp
Space Jazz
Sun Ra And His Arkestra*
2017
Not Now Music
3xLP, Comp, Pin
Pictures Of Infinity
Sun Ra & His Arkestra*
2017
Enterplanetary Koncepts
10xFile, FLAC, Comp
Kosmos In Blue: A John Gilmore Anthology, Vol. 1
The Sun Ra Arkestra Ft. John Gilmore
2017
Enterplanetary Koncepts
14xFile, FLAC, Comp
Blues At Midnight: A John Gilmore Anthology, Vol. 2
The Sun Ra Arkestra Ft. John Gilmore
2017
Enterplanetary Koncepts
16xFile, FLAC, Comp
Purple Night
Sun Ra & His Arkestra*
2017
Plutonian Nights
Sun Ra / Sun Ra & His Arkestra*
2017
El Is A Sound Of Joy
Sun Ra And The Arkestra*
2017
Thunder Of The Gods
Sun Ra And His Arkestra*
2017
Blue Delight
Sun Ra & His Arkestra*
2017
Somewhere Else
Sun Ra & His Arkestra*
2017
The Intergalactic Thing
Sun Ra & His Astro-Ihnfinity Arkestra*
2016
Roaratorio
2xLP, Album
Rocket Number Nine
Sun Ra & His Arkestra*
2016
Modern Harmonic
10", EP, Mono, Gre
The Lady With The Golden Stockings
Sun Ra & His Myth Science Arkestra*
2016
Modern Harmonic
10", Mono, Ora
The Sun Myth (African Chant)
Sun Ra & His Arkestra*
2016
Enterplanetary Koncepts
4xFile, FLAC, Album
Transitions 3: Chicago to New York
Sun Ra & His Arkestra*
2016
Enterplanetary Koncepts
19xFile, FLAC, Comp
Sun Ra And His Arkestra At Inter-Media Arts April 1991
Sun Ra And His Arkestra*
2016
The Space Age Is Here To Stay
Sun Ra And His Interplanetary Vocal Arkestra*
2016
Cosmos
Sun Ra & His Arkestra*
2016
Space Is The Place: 40th Anniversary Edition
Sun Ra*
2015
Harte Recordings
DVD-V, Ltd, RM, NTSC + CD, Album, Ltd, RM
Paris 1983
Sun Ra & His Arkestra*
2015
Enterplanetary Koncepts
17xFile, FLAC, Album
Transitions 1: Spaceship Bop (1955-57)
Sun Ra & His Arkestra*
2015
Enterplanetary Koncepts
15xFile, FLAC, Album
Ra To The Rescue
Sun Ra And His Arkestra*
2015
Live At Babylon
Sun Ra Arkestra* Under The Direction Of Marshall Allen
2015
I Roam The Cosmos
Sun Ra & His Arkestra* featuring June Tyson
2015
To Those Of Earth... And Other Worlds
Gilles Peterson Presents Sun Ra And His Arkestra*
2015
Planets Of Life Or Death: Amiens '73
Sun Ra And His Intergalactic Research Arkestra*
2015
Sign Of The Myth
Sun Ra & His Astro-Infinity Arkestra*
2014
Roaratorio, Roaratorio
LP, Album
Live In Ulm 1992
Sun Ra Arkestra*
2014
Golden Years Of New Jazz
2xCD, Album
Jazz Heroes 1959-1961
Ornette Coleman, Sun Ra*
2014
Naïve
CD, Comp
Continuation Vol. 2
Sun Ra And His Astro Infinity Arkestra*
2014
Other Strange Worlds
Sun Ra & His Astro-Infinity Arkestra*
2014
Live In Nickelsdorf 1984
The Sun Ra Arkestra
2014
Lanquidity
Sun Ra & His Arkestra*
2014
In The Orbit Of Ra
Marshall Allen Presents Sun Ra And His Arkestra*
2014
Lost Arkestra Part.II
Sun Ra & His Arkestra*
2013
Kindred Spirits, Art Yard
10", RE
My Way Is The Spaceways
Sun Ra And His Arkestra*
2013
Norton Records (2)
LP, Album
Space Aura
Sun Ra And His Band From Outer Space*
2013
Art Yard, Art Yard
10"
Live At The Red Garter
Sun Ra Arkestra*
2013
Transparency
2xCD + CD-ROM
Angels And Demons At Play + Sound Sun Pleasure!! & We Travel The Space Ways
Sun Ra And His Arkestra*
2012
Solar Records (4)
CD, Comp, RM
The Nubians Of Plutonia + Bad And Beautiful
The Sun Ra Arkestra
2012
Solar Records (4)
CD, Comp, Ltd, RM
Black Utopia: Sun Ra Lectures & Rehearsals
The Sun Ra Arkestra
2012
Wake Up Angels (Live At The Ann Arbor Blues & Jazz Festival 1972-73-74)
Sun Ra & His Solar Arkestra*
2011
Art Yard
2xCD, Comp
Jazz In Silhouette / Sound Sun Pleasure!!
Sun Ra And His Arkestra*
2011
Beyond The Purple Star Zone / Oblique Parallax
Sun Ra And His Omniverse Jet-Set Arkestra*
2010
Art Yard
CD, Comp, RE, RM
Lost Arkestra Part.I
Sun Ra & His Arkestra*
2010
Kindred Spirits, Art Yard
10"
Live In London
Sun Ra And The Intergalactic Research Arkestra*
2010
Transparency
2xCD, Album
Reflections In Blue / Hours After
Sun Ra Arkestra*
2010
Get Back
LP, Album, RE + LP, Album, RE + Comp
Live At Red Creek, Rochester, NY
Sun Ra & His Ethnic Structural Cosmo Arkestra*
2010
The Sub-Dwellers
Sun Ra And His Arkestra*
2010
The Outer Darkness
Sun Ra And His Arkestra*
2010
Strange Worlds In My Mind
Sun Ra And His Arkestra*
2010
The Paris Tapes: Live At Le Théâtre Du Châtelet 1971
Sun Ra And His Mythic Science Arkestra*
2010
Helsinki 1971 - The Complete Concert And Interview
Sun Ra And His Intergalactic Solar Research Arkestra*
2009
Transparency
2xCD, Album + DVD
Live At The Paradox
Sun Ra Arkestra* Under The Direction Of Marshall Allen
2009
In+Out Records
CD, Album
Points On A Space Age
The Sun Ra Arkestra
2009
MVD Visual
DVD-V, NTSC
Rocket Ship Rock
Sun Ra And His Arkestra*
2009
New Horizons
Sun Ra And His Arkestra*
2008
Fresh Sound Records
CD, Comp
Interplanetary Melodies
Sun Ra And His Arkestra*
2008
Nidhamu + Dark Myth Equation Visitation
Sun Ra And His Myth Science Solar Arkestra*
2008
The Second Stop Is Jupiter
Sun Ra And His Arkestra*
2008
The Complete Detroit Jazz Center Residency
Sun Ra And The Omniverse Jet Set Arkestra*
2007
Live At Myron's Ballroom
Sun Ra Arkestra*
2006
Transparency
3xCD, Album
Live At Club Lingerie
Sun Ra Arkestra*
2006
Transparency
2xCD, Album
Springtime In Chicago
The Sun Ra Arkestra
2006
Golden Years Of New Jazz
2xCD, Album
Live In Oakland
Sun Ra Arkestra*
2006
Transparency
DVD-V, NTSC
Lone Star Roadhouse And African Street
Sun Ra Arkestra*
2006
Transparency
DVD-V, NTSC
What Planet Is This?
Sun Ra And His Space Arkestra*
2006
The Magic Sun
Sun Ra And His Solar Arkestra*
2005
Atavistic
DVD-V, NTSC
Egypt Strut
The Sun Ra Arkestra
Springtime Again
The Sun Ra Arkestra
Door of the Cosmos
The Sun Ra Arkestra
Enlightenment
The Sun Ra Arkestra
Watusa
The Sun Ra Arkestra
Angels And Demons At Play
The Sun Ra Arkestra
Dawn
The Sun Ra Arkestra
Astro Black
The Sun Ra Arkestra
Love In Outer Space
The Sun Ra Arkestra
Nuclear War
The Sun Ra Arkestra
Saturn
The Sun Ra Arkestra
Space is the Place
The Sun Ra Arkestra
Blues At Midnight
The Sun Ra Arkestra
Velvet
The Sun Ra Arkestra
The World Of Africa
The Sun Ra Arkestra
Sunology
The Sun Ra Arkestra
Images
The Sun Ra Arkestra
Sleeping Beauty
The Sun Ra Arkestra
Hours after
The Sun Ra Arkestra
Seductive Fantasy
The Sun Ra Arkestra
