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SPACEWAYS OF SUN RA
Discography
Timeline
Videos
Musicians
Poetry
Films
Books
Magazines
IIIF
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Timeline
Chronological events from 1914 to 1993
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Albums
Tours
Life Events
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Archives
87 events
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CHICAGO
NYC
EGYPT
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1914
Born Herman Poole Blount
Birmingham, Alabama
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1945
Arrives in Chicago, forms Arkestra
Studies with Joseph Jolly at DuSable High School
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1956
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El Saturn Records Founded
Chicago, Illinois
Life Event
Chicago
[ archival photo ]
or album cover
Sun Ra and Alton Abraham founded El Saturn Records,
one of the first artist-run independent record labels.
Hand-pressed, hand-distributed LPs and 45s sold at
concerts and by mail. Over 100 unique releases.
RELATED
♪ Jazz in Silhouette
♪ Super-Sonic Jazz
🗃 U Chicago Archives
Alton Abraham Collection · U Chicago
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1961
Arkestra relocates to New York City
Begins residency at Slug's Saloon, Lower East Side
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1965
Heliocentric Worlds Vols. 1 & 2 (ESP)
Recorded at RCA Studios, NYC · Feb–Jul 1965
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1971
Egypt Tour · Space Is the Place filmed
Cairo & Luxor · Film production begins in Oakland CA
Tour
Film
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1973
Space Is the Place (album & film release)
Blue Thumb Records · Dir. John Coney
Album
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1978
Lanquidity (Philly Jazz)
Philadelphia. One of the most acclaimed later albums.
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1993
Sun Ra passes in Birmingham, Alabama
May 30, 1993 · Arkestra continues under Marshall Allen
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ERA COLORS
Chicago (1914–1960)
New York (1961–1970)
Egypt / Philly (1971–80)
Late Career (1980–93)
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