Vinyl records
Sun Ra vinyl records
15 albums with 274 vinyl pressings between them. Open an album to see all its pressings and how to spot the first one.
Le Sony'r Ra né Herman Poole Blount. American free-jazz composer, pianist and band leader. Born May 22, 1914 in Birmingham, Alabama; died May 30, 1993 in Birmingham, Alabama Recognized as a music innovator, pioneer of free improvisation and modal jazz, and an early user of electronic keyboards and synthesizers. Born as Herman Poole Blount, he legally changed his name to Le Sony'r Ra on October 20, 1952. Herman Blount, nicknamed “Sonny” by his family, proved to be a skilled pianist from a young age. He was able to sight-read and compose music by the age of 11 and performed semi-professionally as a solo pianist or member of local jazz and other bands as a teenager.
Most collected Sun Ra albums
Sun Ra discography on vinyl
- 1957Jazz By Sun Ra Vol. 125 pressings
- 1962The Futuristic Sounds Of Sun Ra19 pressings
- 1965The Heliocentric Worlds Of Sun Ra, Vol. I40 pressings
- 1966Nothing Is...20 pressings
- 1966The Heliocentric Worlds Of Sun Ra, Volume 242 pressings
- 1966The Magic City15 pressings
- 1971Nuits De La Fondation Maeght Volume 114 pressings
- 1973Astro Black10 pressings
- 1973Space Is The Place18 pressings
- 1976Cosmos12 pressings
- 1978Lanquidity11 pressings
- 1979Days Of Happiness11 pressings
- 1979Omniverse16 pressings
- 1981Oblique Parallax10 pressings
- 1982Ra To The Rescue11 pressings