Grade List: Sun Ra

  1. Sun Ra: Sun Song (1956, Delmark) A-
  2. Sun Ra: Supersonic Jazz (1956, Evidence) A-
  3. Sun Ra: Sound of Joy (1957, Delmark)
  4. Sun Ra: Jazz in Silhouette (1958 [1991], Evidence) A
  5. Sun Ra: Interplanetary Melodies: Doo Wop From Saturn and Beyond, Vol. One (1950, Norton) B
  6. Sun Ra: The Second Stop Is Jupiter: Doo Wop From Saturn and Beyond, Vol. Two (1950, Norton) B-
  7. Sun Ra: Sound Sun Pleasure (1953, Evidence) B+
  8. Sun Ra: Spaceship Lullaby (1954-1960 [2004], Atavistic) B-
  9. Sun Ra: Visits Planet Earth / Interstellar Low Ways (1956-1960 [1992], Evidence) B+
  10. Sun Ra and His Myth Science Arkestra: We Travel the Space Ways (1956-1960 [1960], El Saturn) B+(*)
  11. Mr. Sun Ra and His Arkestra: Bad and Beautiful (1961 [1972], El Saturn) B+(**)
  12. Sun Ra: We Travel the Spaceways / Bad and Beautiful (1956-1961 [1992], Evidence) B+(**)
  13. Sun Ra: The Futuristic Sounds of Sun Ra (1961 [1962], Savoy) A-
  14. Sun Ra: Secrets of the Sun (1962 [2009], Atavistic Unheard Music Series) B+(**)
  15. Sun Ra: Cosmic Tones for Mental Therapy / Art Forms for Dimensions Tomorrow (1961-1963 [1992], Evidence) A-
  16. Sun Ra: When Angels Speak of Love (1963 [2000], Evidence)
  17. Sun Ra: Other Planes of There (1964 [1992], Evidence) B+
  18. Sun Ra & His Arkestra: Sun Ra With Pharoah Sanders and Black Harold: Judson Hall, New York, Dec. 31, 1964 (1964 [2018], Enterplanetary Koncepts) B+(**)
  19. Sun Ra: The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra, Vol. 1 (1965, ESP) B-
  20. Sun Ra: Heliocentric Worlds: Volumes 1 and 2 (1965 [2005], ESP-Disk) B+(***)
  21. Sun Ra: Heliocentric Worlds Vol. 3: The Lost Tapes (1965 [2005], ESP-Disk) B
  22. Sun Ra: The Magic City (1965 [2015], Enterplanetary Koncepts) B+(**)
  23. Sun Ra: Monorails and Satellites (1966, Evidence) B-
  24. Sun Ra: Nothing Is . . . (1966 [2005], ESP-Disk) B+(**)
  25. Sun Ra: Nothing Is . . . Completed and Revisited (1966 [2022], Ezz-Thetics) B+(***)
  26. Sun Ra: Strange Strings (1966-1967 [2009], Atavistic Unheard Music Series) B+(***)
  27. Sun Ra: Outer Spaceways Incorporated (1968 [1971], 1993), Black Lion) B+(**)
  28. Sun Ra: Out There a Minute (1968 [1989], Restless/Blast First) B-
  29. Sun Ra: Atlantis (1967-1969 [1993], Evidence) B
  30. Sun Ra: Holiday for Soul Dance (1968, Evidence) B
  31. Sun Ra and His Astro Infinity Arkestra: My Brother the Wind Vol. 1 (1969 [2017], Cosmic Myth) B+(**)
  32. Sun Ra and His Astro Infinity Arkestra: My Brother the Wind Vol. 2 (1969-1970 [2017], Cosmic Myth) B+(**)
  33. Sun Ra: Black Myth / Out in Space (1970 [1998], Polygram)
  34. Sun Ra: Nuits de la Fondation Maeght: Volume 1 (1970, Universe)
  35. Sun Ra: The Night of the Purple Moon (1964-1970 [2007], Atavistic) B+(***)
  36. Sun Ra: The Solar-Myth Approach, Vol. 1 & 2 (1970-1971 [2001], Fuel 2000) B+
  37. Sun Ra: Thunder of the Gods (1966-1971 [2017], Modern Harmonic) B-
  38. Sun Ra: Calling Planet Earth (1966-1971 [1998], Freedom)
  39. Sun Ra: Nidhamu / Dark Myth Equation Visitation (1971 [2009], Art Yard) B+(*)
  40. Sun Ra: Egypt 1971 (1971 [2020], Strut/Art Yard) B+(*)
  41. Sun Ra: Universe in Blue (1971 [1972], El Saturn) C+
  42. Sun Ra: Universe in Blue [Bonus Tracks] (1971 [2022], Cosmic Myth) B+(**)
  43. Sun Ra: Astro Black (1972 [2018], Modern Harmonic) B+(*)
  44. Sun Ra: Space Is the Place (1972, Impulse) B
  45. Sun Ra and His Intergalactic Solar Akestra: Soundtrack to the Film Space Is the Place (1972 [1993], Evidence) B+(**)
  46. Sun Ra: Discipline 27-II (1972 [2017], Strut/Art Yard) B
  47. Sun Ra: Crystal Spears (1973 [2018], Modern Harmonic) B+(**)
  48. Sun Ra: The Cymbals/Symbols Sessions (New York City, 1973) (1973 [2018], Modern Harmonic) B+(***)
  49. Sun Ra: Greatest Hits: Easy Listening for Intergalactic Travel (1956-1973 [2000], Evidence) A-
  50. Sun Ra: The Antique Blacks (1974 [2009], Art Yard) B+(**)
  51. Sun Ra: Discipline 99 (Out Beyond the Kingdom Of) (1974 [2018], Enterplanetary Koncepts) B+(**)
  52. Sun Ra: Pathways to Unknown Worlds / Friendly Love (1973-1975 [2000], Evidence) B
  53. Sun Ra: Of Abstract Dreams (1974-1975 [2018], Strut) A-
  54. Sun Ra: Live at Montreux (1976, Universe)
  55. Sun Ra: St. Louis Blues: Solo Piano (1977 [1978], Improvising Artists) B+(***)
  56. Sun Ra: At the Showcase: Live in Chicago 1976-1977 (1976-1977 [2024], Jazz Detective) B+(*)
  57. Sun Ra & His Arkestra: Unity: Live at Storyville, New York, October 1977 (1977 [2020], Enterplanetary Koncepts) B+(***)
  58. Sun Ra: Some Blues but Not the Kind Thats Blue (1973-1977 [2007], Atavistic) A-
  59. Sun Ra and His Arkestra: Taking a Chance on Chances (1977 [2018], Enterplanetary Koncepts) B+(***)
  60. Sun Ra: Lanquidity (1978 [2000], Evidence) B+
  61. Sun Ra: Lanquidity [Definitive Edition] (1978 [2021], Strut) B+(***)
  62. Sun Ra: Disco 3000: Complete Milan Concert 1978 (1978 [2009], Art Yard [2CD]) A-
  63. Sun Ra and His Spirit of Jazz Cosmos Arkestra: WUHY Radio, Philadelphia, 1978 (1978 [2019], Enterplanetary Koncepts) B+(*)
  64. Sun Ra: Lights on a Satellite: Live at the Left Bank (1978 [2024], Resonance) U
  65. Sun Ra: In the Orbit of Ra (1957-1978 [2014], Strut) A-
  66. Sun Ra: Live From Soundscape (1979, DIW)
  67. Sun Ra: On Jupiter (1979 [2021], Enterplanetary Koncepts) B+(***)
  68. Sun Ra: God Is More Than Love Can Ever Be (1979 [2018], Cosmic Myth) A-
  69. Sun Ra: Sunrise in Different Dimensions (1980 [2010], Hatology) B+(**)
  70. Sun Ra: The Singles (1954-1982 [1996], Evidence) B
  71. Sun Ra: Celestial Love (1982 [2015], Enterplanetary Koncepts) B+(*)
  72. Sun Ra: Love in Outer Space (1983 [1988], Leo) B-
  73. Sun Ra: To Those of Earth . . . and Other Worlds (1956-1983 [2015], Strut) B+(***)
  74. Sun Ra [Salah Ragab, The Cairo Jazz Band]: The Sun Ra Arkestra Meets Salah Ragab in Egypt (1983 [2022], Strut) B+(***)
  75. Sun Ra: The Sun Ra Arkestra Meets Salah Ragab in Egypt (1971-1984 [1999], Leo Golden Years of New Jazz) B+(**)
  76. Sun Ra: Live at Praxis '84 (1984, Leo/Golden Years of New Jazz) B+(***)
  77. Sun Ra: Excelsior Mill (1984 [2024], Sundazed/Modern Harmonic) B
  78. Sun Ra: Cosmo Sun Connection (1985, Recommended)
  79. Sun Ra: Reflections in Blue (1986 [1987], Black Saint) A-
  80. Sun Ra: Live in Kalisz 1986 (1986 [2019], Lanquidity) A-
  81. Sun Ra: Blue Delight (1988 [1989], A&M) B
  82. Sun Ra: Purple Night (1989 [1990], A&M) B
  83. Sun Ra: Second Star to the Right (Salute to Walt Disney) (1989, Leo) B+(***)
  84. Sun Ra: Sun Ra Plays Gershwin (1951-1989 [2018], Enterplanetary Koncepts) B
  85. Sun Ra: Pink Elephants on Parade (1985-1990 [2024], Modern Harmonic) B+(***)
  86. Sun Ra: A Night in East Berlin / My Brothers the Wind and Sun No. 9 (1986-1990 [1995], Leo) B+(*)
  87. Sun Ra: Mayan Temples (1990, Black Saint) B
  88. Sun Ra: Live at the Hackney Empire (1990 [1994], Leo) B+(***)

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