Sun Ra Bibliography

by Allan S. Chase
(through summer 1992)
A-C
Allen, Walter C.
  • 1973 Hendersonia: The Music of Fletcher Henderson and his Musicians. Highland Park, N.J.: Jazz Monographs, published by Walter C. Allen.
    • Anonymous
  • n.d. 48 Hours of Sun Ra on WHRB. Press release. WHRB Radio, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
  • 1936 Bulletin of the State A. & M. Institute, Normal, Alabama. Vol. XV, No. VIII. Normal, Alabama: State A. & M. Institute.
  • 1959 Death of Jazz. Downbeat, April 30, 1959. 26(9):13.
  • 1962 The Sun Also Rises. Downbeat, March 29, 1962. 29(7):15.
  • 1967a Strictly Ad Lib. Downbeat, May 18, 1967. 34(10):15.
  • 1967b Where & When. Downbeat, May 18, 1967. 34(10):52.
  • 1967c Strictly Ad Lib: New York. Downbeat, November 16, 1967. 34(23):14.
  • 1970 Sun Ra . . . . Downbeat, November 26, 1970. 37(23):11.
  • 1978a Sun Ra Zonks Tubers. Downbeat, August 10, 1978. 45(14):10.
  • 1978b Bley Markets Videotape Shows. Downbeat, November 16, 1978. 45(19):14.
  • 1979 Program, Newport Jazz Festival. New York.
  • 1980 Sun Ra and His Omniverse Jet-Set Arkestra in Residence, Detroit Jazz Center. Advertisement. The World Stage, Newsletter of the Detroit Jazz Center. December 1980. 1(2): front and back cover pages.
  • 1988a Marshall Allen. In The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. Edited by Barry Kernfeld, Vol. I, p. 15. London: Macmillan Press.
  • 1988b Jazz Composers Guild. In The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. Edited by Barry Kernfeld, Vol. I, p. 607. London: Macmillan Press.
  • 1988c Nightclubs and other venues: USA, Chicago. In The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. Edited by Barry Kernfeld, Vol. II, pp. 195-205. London: Macmillan Press.
  • 1988d Nightclubs and other venues: USA, New York, Slugs. In The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. Edited by Barry Kernfeld, Vol. II, p. 234. London: Macmillan Press.
  • 1988e Avery Parrish. In The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. Edited by Barry Kernfeld, Vol. II, p. 293. London: Macmillan Press.
  • 1988f Red Saunders. In The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. Edited by Barry Kernfeld, Vol. II, p. 416. London: Macmillan Press.
  • 1992a Obituaries. Cadence, February 1992. 18(2):93.
  • 1992b More Short Takes. Cadence, March 1992. 18(3):94.
    • Atkins, Ronald
  • 1973 Sun Ra: The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra, Vol. 2. Record review. Jazz and Blues, February 1973. 3(10):19.
    • Berendt, Joachim Ernst
  • 1972 Liner notes for Sun Ra, It's After the End of the World: Sun Ra and His Intergalactic Research Arkestra Live at the Donaueschingen and Berlin Festivals. LP record. Bedford, MA: BASF 20748.
  • 1982 The Jazz Book. Westport, CT: Lawrence Hill and Company.
    Blumenthal, Bob
  • 1976 Liner notes for Sun Ra, Sun Ra and his arkestra Live at Montreux. Double LP record. New York: Inner City 1039.
  • 1979 Sun Ra. In The Rolling Stone Record Guide, Dave Marsh and John Swenson, eds. New York: Random House/Rolling Stone Press. p.523.
    Bordowitz, Hank
  • 1989 Sun Ra: More in touch with the heavens than the earth. Jazziz. April/May 1989:62-63.
    Bourne, Mike
  • 1971 Sun Ra: My Brother the Wind. Record review. Downbeat April 15, 1971. 38(8):24.

    • Brower, W.A.
  • 1978 Report From Off-Newport. Radio Free Jazz. August 1978: 26-27.

    • Burks, John
  • 1969 Sun Ra. Rolling Stone. April 19, 1969: 16-17.

    • Carles, Phillippe, Jean-Robert Masson, Denis Constant, Francis Marmande, and Tam Fiofori
  • 1972 Dossier Sun Ra. Jazz Magazine (Paris). January 1972. No. 196: 9-23.

    • Carmer, Carl
  • 1952 Stars Fell on Alabama. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday.

    • Carner, Gary
  • 1990 Jazz Performers: An Annotated Bibliography of Biographical Materials. New York: Greenwood Press.

    • Cass, Donn A.
  • 1957 Negro Freemasonry and Segregation. Chicago: Ezra A. Cook Publications, Inc.

    • Cassenti, Frank
  • 1984 "Mystery, Mr. Ra." Film on VHS videocassette. New York: Rhapsody Films.

    • Chadbourne, Eugene
  • 1974a Sun Ra, Volume One and Volume Two. Record review. Coda, May 1974. 11(9):15-16.
  • 1974b Wandering Spirit Song, Pepo's Interview. Coda, December 1974. Issue 134, 12(2):2-5.

    • Chambers, Jack
  • 1983 Milestones 1: The Music and Times of Miles Davis to 1960.New York: Quill.

    • Chase, Allan S.
  • 1992 Sun Ra: Musical Change and Musical Meaning in the Life and Work of a Jazz Composer. Unpublished MA thesis, Tufts University, Medford, Mass.

    • Chenard, Marc
  • 1990 Sun Ra: Swing and a Myth. Coda, April/May 1990. Issue 231: 24-25.

    • Clarke, Donald, ed.
  • 1989 The Penguin Encyclopedia of Popular Music. London: Penguin Books.

    • Collier, James Lincoln
  • 1978 The Making of Jazz. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company.

  • 1988a Fletcher Henderson. In The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. Edited by Barry Kernfeld, Vol. I, pp. 514-516. London: Macmillan Press.

  • 1988b Jazz (i), VI. After 1960. In The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. Edited by Barry Kernfeld, Vol. I, pp. 601-606. London: Macmillan Press.

    • Cooke, Jack
  • 1973 Sun Ra: The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra, Vol. 1. Record review. Jazz and Blues, February 1973. 3(10):19.

    • Coppens, George and Frits Lagerwerff
  • 1979 Lester Bowie. Coda, February 1, 1979. Issue 164-165:12-15.

    • Crooks, Mack
  • 1978 Julian Priester: Interview. Cadence, April 1978. 4(1)12-15, 19.

    • Crouch, Stanley
  • 1982 Last of the Great Bandleaders. The Village Voice. June 1, 1982:65.

    • Cullaz, Maurice
  • 1970a Sun Ra. Jazz-Hot. October 1970. No. 265:30-31.
  • 1970b Sun Ra/2. Jazz-Hot. November 1970. No. 266:22-24.

    • Cunniff, Joe
  • 1992 Joe Segal: the Fiesty Impresario. Downbeat. July 1992. 59(7):34-5.

    • D-G
    Dalla Bona, Giuseppe
  • 1987 Un rituale noto con molti paludamenti ma pochi colori. Musica Jazz. February 1987. XLIII(2):18-19

    • Dance, Stanley
  • 1968 Lightly and Politely. Jazz Journal. June 1968. 21(6): 6-7.

    • Davis, Miles with Quincy Troupe
  • 1989 Miles: the Autobiography. New York: Simon and Schuster.

    • Davis, Francis
  • 1986 In the Moment. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

  • 1990a Interview with Sun Ra. Unpublished transcript. Late January, 1990, Philadelphia.

  • 1990b Outcats. New York: Oxford University Press.

  • 1991a This is Not Jazz. The Village Voice, September 3, 1991: p. 67.

  • 1991b Booklet notes for Jazz in Silhouette. Compact disc. Conshohocken, Pennsylvania: Evidence ECD 22012-2.

    • DeCurtis, Anthony
  • 1977 Sun Ra's space age jazz dazzles packed Bluebird. The Herald Telephone, Bloomington, Indiana. Ca. July 20, 1977.

    • Dery, Mark
  • 1991 Sun Ra. Keyboard. March 1991. Issue 179, 17(3):39-46.

    • Dickow, Robert
  • 1988 Sun Ra. In The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. Edited by Barry Kernfeld, Vol. II, pp. 502-503. London: Macmillan Press.

    • DiLiberto, John
  • 1984 John Gilmore: Three Decades in the Sun's Shadow. Downbeat, May 1984. 51(5):26-28, 62.

  • 1991 Booklet notes for Sound Sun Pleasure!!. Compact disc. Conshohocken, Pennsylvania: Evidence ECD 22014-2.

    • Feather, Leonard
  • 1960 The Encyclopedia of Jazz. New York: Horizon Press.

    • Feather, Leonard and Ira Gitler
  • 1976 The Encyclopedia of Jazz in the 70s. New York: Da Capo Press.

    • Figi, J. B.
  • 1967 Liner notes for Sun Ra and his Arkestra, Sun Song. LP record. Chicago: Delmark DS-411.

    • Fiofori, Tam
  • 1970a Caught in the Act: Sun Ra. Downbeat. April 2, 1970. 37(7):30.

  • 1970b Sun Ra's Space Odyssey. Downbeat. May 14, l970. 37(10):14-17.

  • 1970c Moog Modulations: a Symposium. Downbeat, July 23, 1970. 37(14):14-16, 34, 39.

  • 1972a Sun Ra's duality. Melody Maker. February 5, 1972: 28.

  • 1972b Sun Ra's African roots. Melody Maker. February 12, l972:

    • Franco, Maurizio
  • 1987 Una giornata sul planeta: Sun Ra. Musica Jazz. February 1987. XLIII(2): 14-18.

    • Freedman, Sam
  • 1981 Caught: Chicago Jazz Festival. Downbeat, December 1981. 48(12):68-69.

    • Friedwald, Will
  • 1989 Sun Ra: Re Animator. Village Voice. February 28, l989: 66.

    • Gardner, Mark
  • 1988a Charles Davis. In The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. Edited by Barry Kernfeld, Vol. I, p. 270. London: Macmillan Press.

  • 1988b Transition. In The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. Edited by Barry Kernfeld, Vol. I, p. 548. London: Macmillan Press.

    • Geerken, Hartmut
  • 1972 Sun Ra in Ægypten. Jazz Podium, March 1972. Nr. 3/XXI: pp. 72-74.

    • Gitler, Ira and Dan Morgenstern
  • 1969 Newport 69: Bad Trip. Downbeat. August 21, 1969. 36(17): 25-31.

    • Grant, Joanne, ed.
  • 1968 Black Protest: History, Documents, and Analyses, 1619 to the Present. New York: Fawcett Premier Books.

    • Gridley, Mark
  • 1978 Jazz Styles. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall.

    • H-K
    Hazell, Ed
  • 1988a Jazz Composers Orchestra Association. In The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. Edited by Barry Kernfeld, Vol. I, p. 607. London: Macmillan Press.

  • 1988b Pat Patrick. In The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. Edited by Barry Kernfeld, Vol. II, p. 295. London: Macmillan Press.

    • Heron, W. Kim
  • 1980 Sun Ra sets his own strange world to music. Detroit Free Press. October 24, 1980: 6B.

    • Hodes, Art
  • 1967 Sittin' In: Looking at Red. Downbeat, August 10, 1967. 34(16):18-19, 40.

    • Holland, Bernard
  • 1981 Music: Sun Ra And Arkestra. New York Times. July 21, 1981.

    • Iannapollo, Robert
  • 1992 Reissues: Sun Ra. Cadence, July 1992. 18(7):27-9.

    • Jackson, Reuben
  • 1992 CD Reviews. Jazz Times, May 1992. 22(4):71.

    • Janke, Eberhard
  • 1983 Sun Ra Discography. Book review. Jazz Podium, May 1983. Nr. 5/XXXI: pp. 53-54.

    • Johnson, Brooks
  • 1966 Toms and Tomming: A Contemporary Report. Downbeat. June 16, 1966. 33(12):24, 44.

    • Jones, LeRoi (now: Imamu Amiri Baraka)
  • 1963a Blues People. New York: Quill.

  • 1963b Loft Jazz. Downbeat. May 9, 1963. 30(11):13.

  • 1966 Strong Voices In Today's Black Music. Downbeat. February 10, 1966. 33(3):15, 48.

  • 1967 Black Music. New York: Quill.

    • Jost, Ekkehard
  • 1975 Free Jazz. Vienna: Universal Edition. (Reprint, 1981, New York: Da Capo Press.)

    • Kaiser, Rolf-Ulrich
  • 1968 Sun Ra, Scharlatan oder Weltverbesserer. Jazz Podium, May 1968. Nr. 5/XVII: pp. 182-184.

  • 1988a John Gilmore. In The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. Edited by Barry Kernfeld, Vol. I, p. 430. London: Macmillan Press.

  • 1988b Improvisation. In The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. Edited by Barry Kernfeld, Vol. I, pp. 554-563. London: Macmillan Press.

    • Kernfeld, Barry, ed.
  • 1988c The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, Volumes I and II. London: Macmillan Press.

    • Kofsky, Frank
  • 1970 Black Nationalism and the Revolution in Music. New York: Pathfinder Press.

    • Kopelowicz, Guy
  • 1965 II: Autumn in New York. Jazz-Hot (Paris), December 1965. No. 215:38-43.

    • Kremsky, Stuart
  • 1991 News, Short Takes: San Francisco. Cadence, March 1991. 17(3):94.

    • Kronzek, Allan Zola
  • 1965 Charles Davis: Baritone Saxophone. Downbeat, May 20, 1965. 32(11):18-19.

    • L-O
    Landwehr, Uschi
  • 1969 Sun Ra. Jazz Podium, September 1969. Nr. 9/XVIII:288-289.

    • Lee, David
  • 1977 AACM. Concert review. Coda, July/August 1977. Issue 156: 33-34.

    • Levenson, Jeff
  • 1985 Sun Ra: the Celestial Connection. Hot House, November 1985. 4(11):14.

    • Levin, Robert
  • 1965 The Jazz Composers Guild: an Assertion of Dignity. Downbeat, May 6, 1965. 32(10):17-18.

    • Litweiler, John
  • 1971 Sun Ra: Continuation. Record review. Downbeat, May 20, 1971. 38(11):24.

  • 1984 The Freedom Principle: Jazz After 1958. New York: William Morrow and Company.

    • Lock, Graham
  • 1988 Forces in Motion: the Music and Thoughts of Anthony Braxton. New York: Da Capo Press.

  • 1990a The Mysteries of Mr. Ra. Wire, August 1990. Issue 78:34-41.

  • 1990b Big John's Special. Wire, December 1990/January 1991. Issue 82/83:20-23.

    • Lyons, Len
  • 1983 The Great Jazz Pianists. New York: William Morrow and Company.

    • Macnie, Jim
  • 1987 Sun Ra has landed. Musician. January 1987. No. 99:60-62, 70.

  • 1989 Space is the place. Elle. September 1989:228, 230.

    • Mandel, Howard
  • 1990 Space Relations. Ear, June 1990. 15(4):22.

  • 1991a Private Ear. Ear, February 1991. 15(9)40-41, 66.

  • 1991b Booklet notes for Monorails and Satellites. Compact disc. Conshohocken, Pennsylvania: Evidence ECD 2013-2.

    • Martin, Terry
  • 1968 Liner notes for Sun Ra, Sound of Joy. LP record. Chicago: Delmark DS-414.

    • Mathieu, Bill
  • 1966 Sun Ra: Other Planes of There, and Sun Ra and his Solar Arkestra Visit Planet Earth. Record review. Downbeat, June 16, 1966. 33(12):32-33.

    • McCrohan, Donna
  • 1987 The Second City: a Backstage History of Comedy's Hottest Troupe. New York: Perigee Books.

    • McRae, Barry
  • 1966 Sun Ra. Jazz Journal. August 1966:15-16.

  • 1972 Avant Courier, No. 10, Certain Blacks. Jazz Journal. December 1972:20.

    • Meeker, David
  • 1981 Jazz in the Movies. New York: Da Capo Press.

    • Merriam, Alan
  • 1964 The Anthropology of Music. Chicago: Northwestern University Press.

    • Moon, Tom
  • 1991 Booklet notes for Super-Sonic Jazz. Compact disc. Conshohocken, Pennsylvania: Evidence ECD 22015-2.

    • Morgenstern, Dan
  • 1965 Jazz in the Village. Downbeat, July 29, 1965. 32(16):16-19.

  • 1985 Book Reviews. Annual Review of Jazz Studies 3. Edited by Dan Morgenstern, Charles Nanry, and David A. Cayer, pp. 193-198. New Brunswick: Transaction Books.

    • Mugge, Robert
  • 1980 A Joyful Noise. Film on VHS videocassette. New York: Rhapsody Films.

    • Noames, Jean-Louis
  • 1965 Visite au dieu soleil. Jazz Magazine (Paris). December 1965. No. 125:5-10.

    • Olivier, Warner
  • 1952 Back of the Dream: the Story of the Loyal Order of Moose. New York: E. P. Dutton.

    • P-S
    Palmer, Robert
  • 1976 Sun Ra's Arkestra Recalls Swing Era at The Bottom Line. New York Times. September 6, 1976.

  • 1977 Sun Ra and Paul Bley Try Hands as Solo Pianists. New York Times. July 5, 1977.

  • 1978a Jazz: Diverse Sun Ra. New York Times. May 8, l978.

  • 1978b Sun Ra Casts Special Light on Jazz. New York Times. December 29, l978.

  • 1979 Jazz: Sun Ra, Cecil Taylor Open Series at Space. New York Times. January 1, l979.

    • Panetta, Jay
  • 1989 Jazz and the American Popular Song. Jazz history course handout, Harvard University. Accompanies music tapes.

    • Pareles, Jon
  • 1984a Jazz: Sun Ra Band At Sweet Basil. New York Times. July 12, 1984.

  • 1984b Pop/Jazz: Offbeat Music, Sun Ra Arkestra to Gallic Rock. New York Times. July 20, l984.

    • Parker-Sparrow, Bradley
  • 1981 Sun Ra and his Arkestra: The Other Side of the Sun, Strange Celestial Road, and Of Mythic Worlds. Record review. Downbeat, June 1981. 48(6):42.

    • Pekar, Harvey
  • 1975 Sun Ra. Coda. June/July 1975 (Issue 139). 12(7):2-8.

    • Phast Phreddie
  • 1990 Sun Ra Has a Master Plan. Contrast. March or April 1990?

    • Primack, Bret
  • 1978 Sun Ra: Captain Angelic. Downbeat. May 4, l978. 45(9):14-16, 40-41.

    • Radano, Ronald M.
  • 1985 The Jazz Avant-Garde and the Jazz Community: Action and Reaction. Annual Review of Jazz Studies 3. Edited by Dan Morgenstern, Charles Nanry, and David A. Cayer, pp. 71-79. New Brunswick: Transaction Books.

    • Ratliffe, Ben
  • 1990 Sun Ra Arkestra: Hours After. Record review. Ear, October 1990. 15(6):55.

    • Reid, John C.
  • 1990 It's After the End of the World. Coda, April/May 1990. Issue 231:30-32.

    • Rhyan, Dianna
  • 1988 John (Thomas) Ore. In The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. Edited by Barry Kernfeld, Vol. II, p. 271. London: Macmillan Press.

    • Robinson, J. Bradford
  • 1988 Free Jazz. In The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. Edited by Barry Kernfeld, Vol. I, p. 405. London: Macmillan Press.

    • Ruppli, Michel
  • 1983 The Chess Labels: a Discography, Vol. I. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press.

    • Rusch, Bob
  • 1978a Byron Allen: Interview. Cadence, May 1978. 4(2 and 3):8-10, 13.

  • 1978b Sun Ra: Interview. Cadence. June 1978:3-8, 24.

  • 1978c John Gilmore: oral history/interview. Cadence. August 1978: 18-23.

  • 1979a Donald Ayler: Interview. Cadence, February 1979. 5(2):14-17.

  • 1979b Von Freeman: Interview. Cadence, April 1979. 5(4):3-6.

  • 1979c Joseph Jarman: Interview. Cadence, May 1979. 5(5):3-6.

  • 1981 Ahmed Abdullah: interview. Cadence, September 1981. 7(9):5, 7-8, 95.

  • 1988 Craig Harris: Interview, Part One. Cadence, April 1988. 14(4):16-26, 74.

  • 1989a Eddie Gale Interview. Cadence, October 1989. 15(10):13-18, 92.

  • 1989b Yusef Lateef. Cadence, January 1989. 15(1):9, 23.

  • 1991 Malachi Favors. Cadence, March 1991. 17(3):5-14.

    • Russo, William
  • 1966 Sun Ra: Fate in a Pleasant Mood, The Magic City, and The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra, Vol. II. Record review. Downbeat, October 6, 1966. 33(20):32,34.

    • Sargeant, Winthrop
  • 1938 Jazz, Hot and Hybrid. New York: Da Capo Press. (Reprinted in 1975.)

    • Sarrill, William
  • 1991 Phoenix Flashbacks: Sun Ra Debuts. The Boston Phoenix, November 8, 1991. 20(45):2. Reprinted excerpt of article originally published November 8, 1967.

    • Schaap, Phil
  • 1989a An Interview with Sun Ra. WKCR Program Guide, WKCR Radio, Columbia University, New York. January-February 1989. V(5): 3-8, 25-32.

  • 1989b Sun Ra: the Sequel. WKCR Program Guide, WKCR Radio, Columbia University, New York. March 1989. V(6):9-15, 25-29.

    • Shoemaker, Bill
  • 1992 Sun Days. Downbeat, May 1992. 59(5):56-57.

    • Sebastian, Bill
  • 1986 Sun Ra: Calling Planet Earth. VHS videocassette. Westford, Mass.: OVC Productions.

    • Self, Wayne K.
  • 1980 Burning Spear cooled by surprise Sun Ra visit. Jazz: Al McFarlane's Art and Entertainment Magazine (Minneapolis), November 1980. 1(2):15.

    • Simosko, Vladimir
  • 1975 John Gilmore. Coda. June/July 1975 (Issue 139). 12(7):9-16.

    • Spellman, A. B.
  • 1966 Four Lives in the Bebop Business. New York: Limelight Editions.

    • Spivey, Donald
  • 1984 Union and the Black Musician: the Narrative of William Everett Samuels and Chicago Local 208. Lanham, Maryland: University Press of America.

    • Stahl, Tilman
  • 1983 Sun Ra Materials. Freudenberg, West Germany: Tilman Stahl.

    • Steingroot, Ira
  • 1988 Sun Ra's Magical Kingdom. Reality Hackers. Winter 1988:46-51.

    • Stern, Chip
  • 1978 Jack DeJohnette, South Side to Woodstock. Downbeat, November 2, 1978. 45(18):23-26, 51-54.

  • 1979 Parliament Funkadelic. Musician. March1-April 15, 1979. No. 17:31-37.

    • Stim, Rich
  • 1977 King of Space, Sun Ra and his Arkestra: Great roadshow in Bloomington. , Bloomington, Indiana. July 22, l977:24.

    • Stokes, W. Royal
  • 1989 Booklet notes for Sun Ra Arkestra, Hours After. Compact disc. Milan: Black Saint 120 111-2.

    • Sudhalter, Richard M.
  • 1978 Interesting tribute to Henderson by Sun Ra. New York Post, date unknown.

  • 1979 Oregon in good state at Carnegie. New York Post. September 21, 1979.

    • Sun Ra
  • 1956 Notes of jacket of Sun Ra, Super-Sonic Jazz. LP record. Chicago: Saturn Records 204. Reprinted in 1974 on jacket of Sun Ra, Supersonic Sounds. LP record. Los Angeles: ABC/Impulse Records AS-9271. Reprinted again in 1991 in booklet for Sun Ra, Super-Sonic Jazz. Compact disc. Conshohocken, Pennsylvania: Evidence ECD 22015-2.

  • 1957 Booklet enclosed in jacket of Sun Ra, Jazz by Sun Ra Vol. 1. LP record. Cambridge, Mass.: Transition 10. Reprinted in 1991 in CD booklet for Sun Ra, Sun Song. Chicago: Delmark DD-411.

  • 1963 Note on jacket of Sun Ra, Cosmic Tones for Mental Therapy. LP record. New York: Solar Fidelity/Ihnfinity, Inc. Vol. II, 408.

  • 1966a Poem on jacket of Sun Ra, Other Planes of There. LP record. Chicago: Saturn KH 98766.
  • 1966b Poems on jacket of Sun Ra, Nothing Is . . . . LP record. New York: ESP1045.

  • 1968 Concert program with poem. "The Space Music of Sun Ra", Carnegie Hall, New York. April 12 and 13, 1968.

  • 1970 Humanity, Victor Schonfield, ed. Jazz Monthly. November 1970.

  • 1971 Untitled poem, published in Saturn Records advertisement. Billboard. December 4, 1971.

  • 1974a Poem on jacket of Sun Ra, Angels and Demons at Play. LP record. New York: ABC/Impulse AS-9245.

  • 1974b Poems and liner notes on jacket of Sun Ra, Super-Sonic Sounds. LP record. New York: ABC/Impulse AS-9271.

  • 1975 Poem on jacket of Sun Ra, Jazz in Silhouette. LP record. New York: ABC/Impulse AS-9265.

  • 1984 Fallen Angel. Oasis IV(3):115-116.

  • 1985 TThe Immeasurable Equation. Philadelphia: El Saturn Records.

  • 1989 Poems in booklet of Sun Ra, Blue Delight. Compact disc. Hollywood, CA: A & M CD 5260.

  • 1990 Poem in booklet of Sun Ra, Purple Night. Compact disc. Hollywood, CA: A & M 75021 5324 2.

  • 1991a Poems in booklet of Sun Ra, Holiday for Soul Dance. Compact disc. Conshohocken, Pennsylvania: Evidence ECD 22011-2.

  • 1991b Poems in booklet of Sun Ra, Jazz in Silhouette. Compact disc. Conshohocken, Pennsylvania: Evidence ECD 22012-2.

  • 1991c Poems in booklet of Sun Ra, Monorails and Satellites. Compact disc. Conshohocken, Pennsylvania: Evidence ECD 22013-2.

  • 1991d Poems in booklet of Sun Ra, Sound Sun Pleasure!!. Compact disc. Conshohocken, Pennsylvania: Evidence ECD 22014-2.

  • 1991e Poems in booklet of Sun Ra, Super-Sonic Jazz. Compact disc. Conshohocken, Pennsylvania: Evidence ECD 22015-2.
    • T--Z
    Tate, Greg
  • 1984 Omniphony. Village Voice. July 13, 1984.

    • Taylor, Art
  • 1977 Notes and Tones. New York: Perigee.

    • Theis, Rich
  • 1983 Sun Ra. OP. September-October 1983:48-51.

    • Thomas, J. C.
  • 1968 Sun Ra's Space Probe. Downbeat, June 13, 1968. 35(12):19-20.

  • 1976 Chasin' the Trane: The Music and Mystique of John Coltrane. New York: Da Capo Press.

    • Tinder, Clifford S.
  • 1977a Sun Ra talks about cosmic space. Indiana Daily Student, Bloomington, Indiana. July 22, 1977:5, 9.

  • 1977b Sun Ra plays fine jazz with personal integrity. Indiana Daily Student, Bloomington, Indiana. July 22, 1977:8.

    • Townley, Ray
  • 1973 Sun Ra: "Behold my house of light Is said to be a house of darkness Because it is invisible. Yea . . .". Downbeat. December 20, 1973. 40(21):18, 38.

  • 1974 Sun Ra: The Magic City, Astro-Black, and Discipline 27-II. Record review. Downbeat, January 17, 1974. 41(1):16.

    • Tracy, Jack, Ed.
  • 1958 Downbeat Jazz Record Reviews, Vol. II. Chicago: Maher Publications.

    • Travis, Dempsey J.
  • 1983 Autobiography of Black Jazz. Chicago: Urban Research Institute, Inc.

    • Ullman, Michael
  • 1980 Jazz Lives: Portraits in Words and Pictures. Washington, D.C.: New Republic Books.

    • Vein, Julian
  • 1967 Sun Ra on Saturn & Savoy. Jazz Journal. November 1967. 20(11):19, 22.

    • Voce, Steve
  • 1970 It Don't Mean a Thing. Jazz Journal. July 1970. 23(7):16-17.

    • Weiner, Jon
  • 1991 Book review of Robin D. G. Dudley, Hammer and Hoe: Alabama Communists During the Great Depression. The Nation, June 24, 1991. 252(24):854-856.

    • Weiss, Jason
  • 1989 Sun Ra: The Living Future. The Village Voice. July 4, 1989.

    • Wenzel, Curtis
  • 1980a Two Masters: Sun Ra and Steve Lacy. Sweet Potato (Minneapolis). October 29, 1980:9.

  • 1980b Sun Ra: Behold the Omniverse. Jazz: Al McFarlane's Art and Entertainment Magazine (Minneapolis), November 1980. 1(2):3-5.

    • Whitehead, Kevin
  • 1991 Booklet notes for Holiday for Soul Dance. Compact disc. Conshohocken, Pennsylvania: Evidence ECD 22011-2.

    • Wild, David
  • 1988a Gary Bartz. In The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. Edited by Barry Kernfeld, Vol. I, p. 77. London: Macmillan Press.

  • 1988b Julian (Anthony) Priester. In The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. Edited by Barry Kernfeld, Vol. II, p. 333. London: Macmillan Press.

    • Wilmer, Valerie
  • 1970 Jazz People. London: Allison and Busby.

  • 1972 Sun Ra--in search of space. Melody Maker. November 4, 1972:48.

  • 1977 As Serious As Your Life: The story of the new jazz. London: Quartet Books.

  • 1979 Red Holloway: "Whatever Suits the Occasion". Coda, February 1, 1979. Issue 164/165:46-48.

    • Wilson, John S.
  • 1962 'Space Age Jazz' Lacks Boosters. New York Times. February 19, 1962.

  • 1967 Sun Ra, Jazz Avant Savant, Digs Into Infinity. New York Times. February 11, 1967.

    • Yanow, Scott
  • 1988 Erskine Hawkins. In The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. Edited by Barry Kernfeld, Vol. I, p. 507. London: Macmillan Press.

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