Back in the late sixties, when rock musicians started to explore more complex things, the music became at the same time more interesting and, well, complicated at the same time. It was the advent of ...

Maybe Sun Ra really did come from Saturn. It's certain that the jazz scene has never experienced anyone like him before, during or after his time on our planet. Five new representative recordings ...

Celebrating Sun Ra: The cosmic visionary who transformed jazz music : World Cafe : World Cafe Words and Music Podcast Every week for Black History Month, World Cafe correspondent John Morrison is ...

Jazz has a storied history of hosting any number of iconoclasts. But few can compete with the late Sun Ra for sheer brazen originality and prodigious recorded output. The man born as Herman Blount ...

Illustration by Robert Freeson. For our February 2017 “Lost City” issue, we remember what time, disasters, and the wrecking ball have taken away.. O nce anchored along the Newport side of the Ohio ...

25-year-old saxophonist Seventh Sun has long dreamed of making an album. His just-released debut honors jazz's traditions and collaborative spirit while exploring its infinite possibilities.