Premieres Friday, Feb. 20, 2026 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream with KPBS+. Discover the extraordinary life of poet, ...
Words for a better world Sun Ra has a way with words – a strange celestial way. Like the rest of us, he uses them to communicate. But what he communicates ...
Do the Impossible," PBS aims to tell the story of a man who defied conventionality as naturally as he breathed ...
PBS’s ‘American Masters’ presents a tribute to the eccentric, virtuosic pianist and composer, who combined swing with the avant-garde and Afrofuturism.
Discover the extraordinary life of poet, philosopher and music visionary Sun Ra. With his ever-evolving collective, the Sun Ra Arkestra, he self-produced more than 200 albums, stretching the ...
This is FRESH AIR. Jazz historian Kevin Whitehead is going to review a newly released recording of a concert he attended in 1978 by pianist Sun Ra and his Arkestra. Kevin says the colorful ...
Do the Impossible,” the man once known as Herman Poole Blount had a rare moment where he pulled back the cosmic curtain, letting people into his life, ...
At best, any casual music consumer would find the avant-garde work of musician, composer, and bandleader Sun Ra transportive.
Bandleader Knoell Scott leads the Sun Ra Arkestra, performing at SFJazz on July 31, 2025. Photo by Frankie Solinsky Duryea. The Sun Ra Arkestra began the first of four San Francisco shows at SFJazz’s ...
The Philadelphia bandleader didn't always connect with traditional jazz audiences, but he found a second home doing so in Baltimore. A new double album revisit a show he and his "Arkestra" gave there.