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

[@number5films]

John gilmore is one of the greatest unsung heroes of jazz

[@Darrylizer1]

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

[@TheVideocreations]

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.

[@greenspringvalley]

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

[@JJONNYREPP]

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.

[@NastyN8k]

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.

[@WarrenByrdSpeak]

There's always going to be someone who wants some melody to be within their grasp, someone who doesn't get this. Music doesn't always have to be pretty, easy to hear, etc. Sometimes it must be experienced. Thank you, Sun Ra, and all the other souls who made this here event happen.

[@toddregis9334]

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.

[@blacknwhitesalright]

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.

[@Civilizashum]

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.

[@KingTekur]

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.

[@hugo888888888]

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.

[@powerhouse50]

Wait a minute. Not only is there Archie, but we see Don Cherry on cornet and Lester Bowie on trumpet too. Damn!!

[@angelbatdawid3596]

powerhouse50 mind blowing!!!

[@MrJadePinwheel]

Philly joe jones too

[@petehoward6143]

That was incredible.

[@freezonetrumpet]

Don Cherry is playing pocket trumpet.

[@ageema]

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

[@Markus_Breuss]

Lester Bowie y Don Cherry juntos ! FANTASTICO !!!

[@mkeenan1955]

I think this is the best Sun Ra concert I have watched on KZbin. Thanks for uploading it. (I think I watched it once before, but I love it so much that it is new every time I listen to it.) Sun Ra is so versatile. In “Somewhere Else” at a certain point he changes into the Harlem Stride piano style, and then the blues blew me away.

[@mr.sophistication4080]

This line up is just incredible, what an event.

[@ebaylistentomusic]

I was at this show, in fact I am in the vid on the side of the stage watching. It was a phenomenal evening and I am grateful to Mino Cinelu who played with Miles and got me and a friend into the show. In between their sets was a young indian classical musician on some kind of small electric guitar. He blew everyone's mind too. But honestly I enjoyed seeing Sun Ra more with his regular Arkestra than with this all star group in spite of what an amazing lineup it is. Standing near Philly Joe Jones? Amazing! Miles also played a long and great set that night.

[@tonartification]

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 !!

[@michaelshore2609]

The great and perennially underrated John Gilmore just cleans EVERYONE'S clock here. When he solos in "Early Morning Blues" and "Poinciana" he just runs rings around everyone else...Saturn's rings!

[@RogerMFox]

🎼🔥✨...thanks, much love always, Fox🌬💨🔥🎶🔥🎵✨🕶

[@GroverPY575]

Thank Goodness that someone had the presence of mind to document this historic Sun Ra ensemble. The possibilities within music are endless and this ensemble personifies that thought.

[@attichatchsound-bobkowal5328]

I'll confess I only like the "noisy stuff" in limited doses. It's intriguing and creative, but leaves me cold after a while. I prefer a lot of these guys in their "transitional" state: where there's traces of root music and the modern forms of ambiguity serve as just part of the flavor, not an end onto itself. Neat to see the bouncing around with styles here. Philly Jo Jones' swing groove is like a gravity - No one matter how or what someone plays they are drawn into that swing!

[@LoveliteLou]

Clifford Jarvis was with Sun Ra for most of his career....I am glad he made it to this concert. He was my sig/other for over a decade...and did not always get to play at these wonderful venues...he was certainly an All Star..and one of the finest percussionist of his generation...RIP ..Cliff...and all the others that are now gone....

[@Darrylizer1]

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.

[@leor.labarge8625]

Much respect !

[@edspageusa]

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

[@SuperCartiel]

This Is Extreme! Legends performing in the Lap of The Gods. If only Cecil Taylor and Pharaoh Sanders had been there...

[@angelbatdawid3596]

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

[@peterj.andros3996]

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

[@mario7frankielee]

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 🤪

[@blankowvsingt]

Typical human behaviour...never really never satisfied

[@daniellackritz8664]

Richard Davis plays an extraordinary contrabass solo here. He's in great company this night. He's such a gentleman and his approach to lyrical melody is why Eric Dolphy spent so much time expressing his music with Richard. RICHARD DAVIS - Bonhomme Richard!!

[@dennisdalesandro6105]

i think don cherry lead this set as much as sun!

[@tonartification]

I was there - frontrow. An amazing show!!! One framed photo of Archie and Lester from that show is still on the wall in my studio.

[@blankowvsingt]

Hast du noch alte Sun ra platten?

[@mario7frankielee]

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☘️⭐️😎

[@tonartification]

@@blankowvsingt Aber hallo, na klar ;)

[@tonartification]

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

[@blankowvsingt]

@@tonartification bist du auf Instagram ? :)

[@whatiswe]

I didn't know what who Sun Ra was when he came to Wesleyan Univ. in 78'. He blow the joint up! The venue he performed in was appropriately round like a space ship. There was a screen on stage with video of an african tribe doing a dance. at one point most of the musicians left the stage still playing their horns. Winston and i was standing on the steps that lead to the lower level where the stage was when the trumpet player walked up the steps and blew his horn in my face. i've been a fan every since. also one of several memories i have at being at Wesleyan. Space is the Place!

[@hughjazzole2037]

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

[@mkeenan1955]

That was fantastic. Thanks for the upload. What more could you ask for in a lineup: Archie Shepp, John Gilmore, Don Cherry, Lester Bowie, Philly Joe Jones, Richard Davis, Charles Allen,

[@Voetsekhond]

What a star studded band of musicians. How lucky can you get, I wish I was there. Now most of them are with Sun Ra on his galactic journey into outer space making a beautiful noise in infinity.

[@lestrum]

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.

[@mohomoho1]

Awake people!!! The best of Afro/American music. God Bless America for these true masters of music!!!!

[@olivierdrd4519]

god Bless africa

[@TPJN777]

Universe bless all creators

[@luisaumlauf3076]

great share - thanks a bunch. btw: the announcer is NOT michael naura, but Siegfried Schmidt -Joos!

[@merrickspiers7847]

It seems like Sun Ra was trying to give his Berlin audience a programmatically expansive view of the possibilities of jazz as a specifically African American art--it runs from blues through tasty piano to some pretty intergalactic excursions. Featuring killer showcases of an amazing group of soloists.

[@Darrylizer1]

Holy crap, pretty star studded group.

[@markknego7658]

COSMIC LOVE COSMIC LOVE GET IT ON FOR COSMIC LOVE . . . IT DOESN'T GET ANY BETTER THAN THIS . . . COSMIC LOVE

[@planetwells]

Excellent SUN RA Thanks for posting 🙏🏾

[@trevorbarre5616]

Shepp gets the main billing, but, for my money, he is the least impressive of the 'All Stars'. He swaggers onstage at the beginning, but Gilmore is the one who, unsung as ever, impresses the most. Great upload. Thanks. I always liked the (in this case relatively large) small Ra groupings. We saw the Ark at Sweet Basils in New York on our honeymoon in 1987, with a small-ish grouping, and they blew us away. What a wedding band!!

[@kevinwilliams6103]

Gilmore is one of the all time greats

[@TheUnknowKING]

lucky you

[@mario7frankielee]

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

[@sunnyinsalalah]

Looks like somebody forgot to tell Archie it was Halloween.

[@skyjuiceification]

YES man.

[@deangelostarnes1795]

Superlative performance. Infinity Stars!!

[@deangelostarnes6096]

What an incredible array of legends and masters!

[@RogerMFox]

🎼... ... ...well now, considering that my mind was just blown thoroughly to bits, it amazing that I’m typing...uh, DON CHERRY on that Badass Pocket Trumpet AND LESTER BOWIE... ... ... Stick a fork in me, I’m done...🎧🎶🔥🕶

[@theodorepullins3124]

BRILLIANT.

[@jabu003]

nice ....i digitalize this copy from my VHS . Nice it is being shared ....and thanks to the German guy who traded it...

[@深田信晴]

ゴーイングマイウェイなアーチーシェップ大好き、それにしても凄いメンバー

[@greenspringvalley]

Love the smile on Sun Ra when Don Cherry says "John's birthday"...

[@greenspringvalley]

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

[@greenspringvalley]

The energy of the room is !!!!.

[@richardfaucheraux4873]

Thank you for posting this video ! I am in awe ! I never thought I would see so many masters at a time !

[@schorschschorsch2440]

Breathtaking ! Thank you !

[@rdrgplnz]

Thank you for uploading. you are making the world a better place by sharing and making this available for everyone. We miss you Sunny Ra.

[@abdusluqman5367]

I'm not a musician, but I hear the music. It made sense what John Gilmore said why he stayed with Sun Ra.

[@rainerkornmusic]

Ra had them all! What a Line up!

[@schwartzegeist]

the greatest all-star band in history

[@leeinoregon1326]

Gilmore's solo's are just exquisite.

[@Fearnoarts]

Absolutely magnificent!!

[@mnmont1]

At 17:30 starts the drummer´s lessons...

[@pulamusic]

The piano playing at about 24:40 is the real core of this first tune. Beautiful.

[@josedias1387]

Love free jazz! Great lineup!

[@t.c.bramblett617]

Such coolness up in there

[@TomDjll]

Damn, this is one concert I would have liked to have seen.

[@postatility9703]

When Giants Roamed The Earth 🌎 😍(And the Stage!)

[@willharding8445]

Far out! My knowledge of jazz and music theory is quite minimal- so I'm undoubtedly missing a lot - but this kind of music is mesmerising to try and keep up with. Always perched on the edge of cohesion. I'm guessing Jonny Greenwood is a fan.

[@dme1016]

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

[@beeftheheat]

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.

[@iddhisbing8092]

... and Philly Jo Jones, Don Moye and Sun Ra, ladies and gentlemen. Lord!

[@victormorgado5318]

wow this is the best I have seen live of Ra...a true performance

[@jeanpaulbarbier8843]

Architecte delà polyphonie sun ra indémodable

[@neiladkins5106]

❤

[@LionelRiley]

And let's not forget John Gilmore!

[@johncarey8485]

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

[@johncarey8485]

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.

[@warvandal3443]

+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.

[@Nikosi9]

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

[@matiasalucema1566]

Clifford Jarvis and Philly Joe Jones on drums?! What a combo! Plus Richard Davis on bass, this is my dream rhythm section.

[@juliannasiddiqi2654]

Ditto!

[@ernestoborserini7687]

and do not forget Don Moyé

[@francescogallipoli5994]

visti dal vivo, stessa tourneé in Italia, Bari Teatro Petruzzelli ... indimenticabile

[@NastyN8k]

SunRa is the only example of genuine mind control/telepathy I've ever seen... LOL

[@arturomeadedelacueva]

The most powerful band ever!

[@aeh1177]

The rainbows of joy fly high with these mutha’s

[@frankster713]

Wow ! And what a line-up !!

[@athruzathruz]

This is the sound you hear in your head right before you get hit by a train!!!!

[@kamalshunnarlbey6055]

U funny

[@edspageusa]

Thank 💜You LOVE

[@wl6917]

these are some seriously cool cats...

[@neromax1968]

A masterpiece concert :-)

[@leoncoda]

+ DON CHERRY, + ART ENSEMBLE OF CHICAGO + PHILLY JOE JONES, etc

[@LuizPagan]

Some kind of miracle at work!!!

[@theImprovoice]

Yeah and Richard Davis......:-)

[@salondegalitosrascacielos123]

unglaublich!!!!

[@angelbatdawid3596]

All them on one stage!!!! A portal was opened.

[@recordguyomaha2293]

Love this stuff!!!

[@davemassive8147]

shepp's playing is sublime

[@Alffovinni]

briiliant!!!!!

[@artemiocavagna7346]

fantastic songs

[@sci-fisaturn4119]

なんちゅうメンバーだ。文字通りオールスター。

[@Bristolsouth]

My mind is blown

[@SimonMackUK77]

fantastic upload - thanks and love from the Simon Mack and also TheSmack77 channels x

[@Carizmojones]

a Great evening! an unforgettable ensemble performance

[@irmangelocasagrande8649]

thank You, Ra!

[@neiladkins5106]

🎉

[@neiladkins5106]

GilmOre n das all

[@michelepiteo7179]

Who is that demon Don Cherry ? Whoah ,what a scary character he is that can make Miles Davis seem like a crispy leaf from heroin use in comparison. This guy's the real deal on the astrale plane dripping in black magick . Sun Ra risen in His Majesty in this concert.

[@ulpana]

Definitely check out his ECM albums with OLD AND NEW DREAMS and the collaborations on east & west coast of U.S. for one album with A&M Records called MULTIKULTI. There's a long piece called "Until the Rains Come" recorded in Berkeley with most of an earlier year's Berkeley High School music program's leading lights in an ensemble named Hieroglyphics. Also a poetry portion musically ingrained by Ingrid Sertso. This was a masterpiece and I'm only sorry A&M's founding record company visionaries and jazz lovers Herb Alpert, Jerry Moss and Lani Hall didn't find a way to work their marketing magic and create opportunity for further recordings of all of these collaborators from the corners of U.S. bohemia with globe hopping Don Cherry. intotherhyth.blogspot.com/2012/12/don-cherry-multikulti.html Mitch Ritter\Paradigm Sifters, Shifters and Song Chasers Lay-Low Studios, Ore-Wa Media Discussion List

[@klkdc]

The star wars Cantina Big Band!!

[@petegage]

Fantastic line-up!! What great music these top musicians make. Thank you for uploading this.

[@webkahmik]

Famoudou Don Moye for the absolute win.

[@moniquelovewater]

Salute Creativity (with all thing have over understanding)

[@dtfoel1230]

powerhouse line up - I saw Sun-Ra 2 times in my life - now 3

[@GOLDENDAWNARKESTRA]

beautiful

[@marioaranda711]

free at last

[@pasticcione22]

Daaamn, this is an ensemble.

[@napobo3]

Just great! But Sun Ra was born on May 22th, why Happy Birthday ???

[@nashavelli9508]

DEEP JOY....................

[@davidrubien9673]

holy shit!

[@msaintpc]

John Gilmore was Coltrane's idol.

[@sssnacksss]

wow holy shit!!!!!

[@billscherff2827]

They got that right Sun Ra All Stars Super fine

[@trttoday7440]

cosmo sun moon n starszzzz...🙏🏼

[@danilodesacre9392]

Só entidades. Axé.

[@ber334]

I love to see those charts I bet you there's a lot of Ellington in there

[@thereitis2105]

Where can I find that robe?

[@brooksidebill]

At about 26:30, it sounds like Oregon's "The Glide," although that was released in '84 (on Crossing), and was probably being recorded when this concert happened. Cherry worked with Oregon's Collin Walcott in Codona, so there might have been some sharing of ideas back/forth.

[@davidcook4777]

brooksidebill i

[@paulbin]

"Whats the Point though in that??" - Karl Pilkington

[@LloydMajor]

"SPACE JAZZ"!

[@Stubummer]

Thanks Keith