Sun Ra -

Sun Ra — aka Herman Poole Blount (May 22, 1914 — May 30, 1993) — was an American jazz keyboardist, composer, and bandleader from Birmingham, Ala., who released more than 70 albums over a 35-year period, mostly with iterations of his Solar/Science Arkestra.

Discography:

Jazz by Sun Ra, Vol. 1 (1957)
Super-Sonic Jazz (1957 • Sun Ra and His Arkestra)
Jazz in Silhouette (1959)
The Futuristic Sounds of Sun Ra (1962)
When Sun Comes Out (1963 • Sun Ra and His Myth Science Arkestra)
Angels and Demons at Play (1965 • Sun Ra and His Myth Science Arkestra)
Art Forms of Dimensions Tomorrow (1965 • Sun Ra and His Solar Arkestra)
Fate in a Pleasant Mood (1965 • Sun Ra and His Myth Science Arkestra)
Secrets of the Sun (1965 • Sun Ra & His Solar Arkestra)
The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra (1965)
Other Planes of There (1966 • Sun Ra and His Solar Arkestra)
Rocket Number Nine (1966 • Sun Ra and His Myth Science Arkestra)
The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra, Volume 2 (1966 • Sun Ra and His Solar Arkestra)
The Lady With the Golden Stockings (1966)
The Magic City (1966 • Sun Ra & His Solar Arkestra)
Visits Planet Earth (1966 • Sun Ra and His Solar Arkestra)
When Angels Speak of Love (1966 • Sun Ra and His Myth Science Arkestra)
Cosmic Tones for Mental Therapy (1967 • Sun Ra and His Myth Science Arkestra)
Strange Strings (1967 • Sun Ra and His Astro Infinity Arkestra)
We Travel the Spaceways (1967 • Sun Ra and His Myth Science Arkestra)
A Black Mass (1968 • Imamu Baraka and the Sun Ra Myth-Science Arkestra)
Monorails and Satellites (1968)
Sound of Joy [archival] (1968 • Sun Ra and The Arkestra)
Atlantis (1969 • Sun-Ra and His Astro Infinity Arkestra)
Continuation (1969)
Holiday for Soul Dance (1970 • Sun-Ra and His Astro Infinity Arkestra)
My Brother the Wind (1970 • Sun Ra and His Astro Infinity Arkestra)
Sound Sun Pleasure!! (archival, 1970 • Sun-Ra and His Astro Infinity Arkestra)
It’s After the End of the World: Live at the Donaueschingen and Berlin Festivals (1970 • Sun Ra and His Intergalactic
Research Arkestra)
Nothing Is… (1970)
Pictures of Infinity (1971 • Sun Ra and His Arkestra)
The Solar-Myth Approach Volume 1 (1971 • Sun Ra and His Solar-Myth Arkestra)
The Solar-Myth Approach Volume 2 (1971 • Sun Ra and His Solar-Myth Arkestra)
The Wind Speaks: My Brother the Wind, Vol. II (1971 • Sun-Ra and His Astro Infinity Arkestra)
“The Night of the Purple Moon” (1972 • Sun Ra and His Intergalactic Infinity Arkestra)
Bad and Beautiful (archival, 1972 • Mr. Sun Ra and His Arkestra)
Astro Black (1973)
Discipline 27-II (1973)
Dreams Come True (1973)
Space Is the Place (1973)
Monorails and Satellites Vol. II (1974)
Space Probe (1974 • Sun Ra and His Intergalactic Research Arkestra)
The Invisible Shield (1974 • Sun Ra and His Intergalactic Research Arkestra)
Pathways to Unknown Worlds (1975 • Sun Ra and His Astro Infinity Arkestra)
What’s New? (archival, 1975)
Cosmos (1976)
Solo Piano, Vol. 1 (1977)
Lanquidity (1978)
New Steps (1978 • Sun Ra Quartet)
Other Voices, Other Blues (1978 • Sun Ra Quartet)
God Is More Than Love Can Ever Be (1979)
Sleeping Beauty (1979 • Sun Ra and His Arkestra)
The Other Side of the Sun (1979)
Visions (1979 • Sun Ra & Walt Dickerson)
On Jupiter (1979)
Strange Celestial Road (1980)
Aurora Borealis (1981)
A Fireside Chat With Lucifer (1983)
Celestial Love (1984)
Nuclear War (1984 • Sun Ra Arkestra)
Reflections in Blue (1987)
Blue Delight (1989)
Hours After (1989 • Sun Ra Arkestra)
Out There a Minute (1989)
Purple Night (1990)
Mayan Temples (1990 • Sun Ra Arkestra)
Soundtrack to the Film Space Is the Place (archival, 1993 • Sun Ra and His Intergalactic Solar Arkestra)
Somewhere Else (1993)