A film by Phill Niblock featuring Sun Ra & His Solar Arkestra. Composer photographer and filmmaker Phill Niblock's classic of experimental underground filmmaking with a sensational soundtrack by pianist Sun Ra and the members of his Solar Arkestra! Shot in the mid '60s when the Arkestra was based in New York this film was produced using a unique negative process andultra-tight close-ups on the moving hands and mouths of the musicians. The result is a virtually abstract music film mastered from a new print in all its incredibly sharp black & white glory.
Archie Shepp was a popular topic of conversation among jazz fans during the 1970s as it was becoming increasingly clear that a profound change was taking place in his approach to music and even his physical appearance. For years he had been the embodiment of black resistance dressing in traditional African garments and protesting against the suppression of black people. But now he was wearing suits and had given up his free style of playing in favour of interpretations of well-kno
The Archie Shepp Quartet live atthe Teatro Alfieri in Turin in 1977. Tracklist: A Message From Trane Lush Life The Scene Is Clean
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