Friday, March 4, 2011

Sun Ra -Four Music Video Shorts by 'The Good Doctor'

In 2008 I began creating a documentary film on Sun Ra titled "Interplanetary Music" as a tribute. As a member of the Arkestra this is my tribute to my friend and band leader Sun Ra adding a visual to audio music tracks.

The piece begins with Sunny talking about June Tyson and other vocalists, the dancers and then the band which leads into the song "Orbiting" recorded at Fillmore West in 1968.

This is the first excerpt from my Sun Ra documentary music video short I produced adding a visual to the audio.

Sun Ra -Music Video Short - A - Interplanetary Music - "Orbiting"






Sun Ra - Music Video Short - B - Strange Strings







Sun Ra - Music Video Short - C - The Band - "Watusi"





"Dark Forces" is a music video short film with visuals to the audio track of the live performance recorded live in Egypt on December 17th, 1971.

Sun Ra - Music Video Short - D - Dark Forces





Thanks to Charles Blass for sharing some of these at the Saturn List.
Posted by at

6 comments:

  1. AnonymousMarch 4, 2011 at 3:11 PM

    WOW!!! amazing footage - thank you, good doctor!!!

    I-)

    ReplyDelete
  2. RezaMarch 4, 2011 at 5:31 PM

    http://www.ubu.com/film/ra_joyful.html

    ReplyDelete
  3. yotteMarch 4, 2011 at 8:49 PM

    Thanks Reza! THAT is the the film that kind of started it all for me. Before I saw A Joyful Noise, I was curious about Ra and had bought the Impulse reissue of Space Is The Place... but as I watched Ra speak and the Arkestra play my jaw dropped to the floor - I was riveted. I think I watched it three times the first night and watched it again the next day. It's still my favorite Sun Ra video.

    ReplyDelete
  4. RezaMarch 5, 2011 at 9:07 AM

    Still enjoy Niblock's Magic Sun , there's some nice extra footage also I hadnt seen before here

    http://sacvs.wordpress.com/2011/02/21/blast-from-the-past-vol-215-the-magic-sun-a-film-by-phill-niblock-featuring-the-sun-ra-arkestra-new-york-city-1966/

    ReplyDelete
  5. AnonymousMarch 5, 2011 at 2:02 PM

    that 'c' video - watusi set to those dances, or, the dances synched to watusi! that left me with a mental o! i had to take a breather after that. the good doctor is GOOD!!!

    I-)

    ReplyDelete
  6. MeanMrKiteJune 3, 2016 at 8:06 PM

    VERY VERY cool! many thanks :-)

    mmk

    ReplyDelete

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)