Professor Sun Ra

[Allan Balliett]

Hey, Keith -

Sorry to go tangential on you, but what do you think of the Sun Ra
recordings that have been re-mastered for iTunes?

I didn't look deep but I didn't readily find out who was doing the
re-mastering.

Thanks for the info on his drummer.

-Allaln in WV

On Mon, Sep 7, 2015 at 11:07 PM, Keith Davis <kbob42 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Samarai produced this shortly before he died. He played cuts from it for
> me as he was working on it. We were in Savannah, playing in a band
> together. His hometown and my birthplace. Well worth checking out...
>
> Samarai...
> http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000001WXK/sr=8-1/qid=1441680507/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&me=&qid=1441680507&sr=8-1
>
> Here's a CD we're on together, recorded in Savannah...I was young...
>
>
> http://www.amazon.com/Its-About-Time-Teddy-Adams/dp/B0014KWVNY/ref=sr_1_3?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1441680763&sr=1-3&keywords=Teddy+Adams
>
> My younger son is indirectly named after him, Samuel. My ex wouldn't go
> for Samarai. Funny, now that's his nickname with his friends.
>
> Here's a clip of Sun Ra with Samarai on drums. He's the one with the drum
> solo at about 6:00. He's listed on some of Sunny's records as Eric Walker,
> his birth name.
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7_JUShK4n8
>
> On Mon, Sep 7, 2015 at 10:11 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Wow! Wow! What else to say?
>>
>> On Monday, September 7, 2015, Keith Davis <kbob42 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I played with one of Sunny's drummers, Samarai Celestial, for several
>>> years. We even recorded together. From his stories, it was quite an
>>> experience living in that milieu for 14 years!
>>> Samarai was a killer drummer...
>>>
>>>
>>> Www.innergroovemusic.com
>>>
>>> > On Sep 7, 2015, at 6:15 PM, Dave Monroe <against.the.dave at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> >
>>> > My one Sun Ra record (though my youngest [schizophrenic (my mom's
>>> > sister blames Schoenberg)] brother is a big fan, bought him the
>>> > biography in grade school [?!], even):
>>> >
>>> > The Sensational Guitars of Dan & Dale - Robin's Theme
>>> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-XQgpj7Qnw>
>>>
>>> >
>>> >
>>> http://www.discogs.com/Sensational-Guitars-Of-Dan-Dale-Batman-Theme-Robins-Theme/release/2370799
>>> >
>>> >
>>> http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-sensational-guitars-of-dan-and-dale-batman-and-robin-mw0000006532
>>> >
>>> >> On Mon, Sep 7, 2015 at 5:10 PM, ish mailian <ishmailian at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> >> Thanks, man. A big Kirk and Sun Ra Fan, and was thrilled to discover
>>> that
>>> >> Kirk was the major influence of Ian Anderson.  was at the music
>>> festival
>>> >> outside reo, in niteroi, and so many were playing....who would have
>>> thought
>>> >> so many would be playing....and then, after a little seu jorge, came
>>> this
>>> >> sun ra...well, i was impressed...and then ....a church type
>>> band....it was
>>> >> too much memory flooding, like the finger of god from the clouds
>>> ....not
>>> >> Calvinist but graceful god of spiritual catholic,liberation, yeah...
>>> >>
>>> >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serra_dos_%C3%93rg%C3%A3os
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> On Sat, Sep 5, 2015 at 9:02 PM, Dave Monroe <
>>> against.the.dave at gmail.com>
>>> >> wrote:
>>> >>>
>>> >>> "In the Spring of 1971 Herman 'Sonny' Blount, aka Sun Ra, was
>>> >>> artist-in-residence at the University of Califonia at Berkeley, where
>>> >>> he offered a lecture course, variably described as African-American
>>> >>> Studies 198, 'The Black Man in the Universe,' or 'The Black Man In
>>> the
>>> >>> Cosmos,' or perhaps it was AAS 171. Apparently there was always some
>>> >>> confusion regarding the course, and students had difficulty in
>>> picking
>>> >>> up books from the required reading list, although one listing, The
>>> >>> Source Book of Man’s Life and Death (i.e, The Bible, 'King James'),
>>> >>> whose author was listed as 'God,' was available from 'numerous'
>>> >>> publishers."
>>> >>>
>>> >>> http://sensitiveskinmagazine.com/professor-sun-ra/
>>> >>>
>>> >>> ‘THE BLACK MAN IN THE COSMOS’: SUN RA TEACHES AT UC BERKELEY, 1971
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> http://dangerousminds.net/comments/the_black_man_in_the_cosmos_sun_ra_teaches_at_uc_berkeley_1971
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Sun Ra’s Full Lecture & Reading List From His 1971 UC Berkeley
>>> Course,
>>> >>> “The Black Man in the Cosmos”
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> http://www.openculture.com/2014/07/full-lecture-and-reading-list-from-sun-ras-1971-uc-berkeley-course.html
>>> >>> -
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>>
>
>
> --
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>
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