Sun Ra Arkestra - Face the Music / Space is the Place

[marcfedak]

This must be among the most revolutionary moments in music interview TV.

[52barney]

Syd Straw lookin real white

[jdeerighteousness]

Only person who didn't like it is named omgshoes lol go figure

[Wanderlei420]

raunchy sax solo

[Omgshoes017]

this shit sucks

[tilleysong]

Oh man. The Sun Ra Arkestra came to Tasmania this year and did a workshop... they actually got me to get up and sing with them... one of the most surreal moments of my life!

[rehanabey]

its good to lose your mind.

[TheJazzydrummer]

I sure miss June and Sunny!

[nobrubend]

I'm white like a tit, but i wanna be black!!. Wonderfull music!!!

[caxassax]

david samborn play free jazz --> rare O.o

[thestclairflash]

Sooo happy to see and hear and feel this all again. Saw it live in black and white tv in the last century, recorded it on an 8 track. But it all got left in the last century. What do you do when you know that you know that you know what you know is wrong. You turn and face the music.

The truth and magic and majesty of Sun Ra and his Arkestra. May it live foreever.

[fastborzoi]

GO JUNE!!

[Kohntarkosz]

Awesome to hear David Sanborn playing some decidedly not-smooth jazz soloing at the end there. Al Green looked like he was bored out of his mind. Takes his shades off, then puts them back on and swaps the tambourine for an agogo. The white girl standing next to him (I think that's Syd Straw?) looked like she found it amusing too!

[juicearibe]

The date this was made is 2020.

[juicearibe]

I am having Sex on this song tonight, yes very wild.

[Tops7992]

am i missing something? the alto sax part seems unecessary

[BandofPants]

@Tops7992 Listen again. it is integral.

[AlohaBay]

@Tops7992 no...no it is not

[woodsmissful]

I saw him perform in a wheelchair after his stroke; Still AWESOME.

[SandraKopo]

Is this recording on Cd, tape or vinyl?

[joebstarsurfer]

cool

[mlredr]

Wow! 1:10

Was that John Gilmore on the drum kit?

[ppc1989ark]

@mlredr I believe so! not the Sax?

[FatGuyInALiddoCoat]

fuckin awesome

[pampapavesi]

great!!!!



[mubstars]

man oh man sich so in schale zu schmeissen um n bisschen blues zu spielen alle achtung da muss man schon denken man kann fliegen

[131KrisKelmi]

INSANE STUFF 

[MultiVictorious1]

Very deep! He influenced George Clinton greatly as you can see by their atire and out of this world "Cosmo" sound. Extraordinary!

[MultiVictorious1]

Very deep! He influenced George Clinton greatly as you can see by their attre and out of this world "Cosmo" sound. Extraordinary!

[debts7dreams]

damn, this performance was boiling grits hot!!! that white girl at the end was feeling june tysons' voice @7:47

[WayOutWardell]

The past, present and future all contained in one song.

[electrickabuki]

@WayOutWardell nice man, search for Roland Kirk Say a little prayer live, on par with this !!!

[soylluy]

awsome

[darkmagus64]

He was overlooked in his life time. Lets hope now people will discover the value of his music. And June tyson was his female singer.

[mrfish4lyfe]

around 4:30 ra does some fucking insane harmonies

fuckin brilliant!!!!!

[ethiomusiclover]

Great performance! A song for the ages....

[2oonzz]

What do you do if you know, you know, that you're wrong.

You've got to face the music you gotta take it to the cosmos song.

[megajames3000]

i guess they believed in y2k

[modestvermin995]

Who the hell is that white lady next to the woman singing lead?

[minhotoarcuense]

+ pura magia! 

[taichirobby]

YeP, GiG 1989 KoRzO tHe HaGue.

[TheCoolMan68]

grande!

[ppc1989ark]

haha that's what I'm talkin bout. Wish my friends listened to good music like this. People my age listen to watered down CRAP. Sun Ra has feeling in his music and a philosophy. No musicians today, some aren't even that, come close to what Sun Ra did.

[xero1391]

7:41 wdf is that white chick doing up there

[crazydharma]

@xero1391 Looks like she's singing backup

[reverendbryan]

"People need to be tuned up."  How true.

[NORTREB]

Thanks for this blessing....

[pandasnakeman]

what album is "face the music" on?

[reverendbryan]

@pandasnakeman Oh, that's a tough one. I'm pretty sure it's on one of the live albums from this period. It was a staple of the Arkestra around this time and often used for one of those 'parade around the club' chants they used to end a set with. Not sure if it was ever recorded in a studio tho'

[geordiegooner]

Brilliant stuff, thanks for uploading.

[McSpic88]

my favorite interpretation of the term "face the music"

[nepec92]

wonderful!

[zzalybyrd]

this is great...

[georgerobey]

Thats john gilmore on the drums at the front!

[reverendbryan]

@georgerobey Yeah, how 'bout that. Most of the Arkestra guys would double on percussion. If you're interested, check out the album Night of the Purple Moon. He's the main drummer on that, the ONLY drummer for most of it. He does a pretty good job too. John may have been just 'serviceable' on a trap set, but yeah he could swing!

[georgerobey]

Thanks for putting this back on. It's THE best version of Cosmo Song and not available on any cd or vinyl (as far as I know).

[reverendbryan]

Damn, check out David Sanborn going outer space in his solo near the end of Space is The Place! I dont expect anyone to believe me, but I gave Sonny those glasses in 1988 - hoping he might wear them in a high profile venue.  National TV's pretty high up there. When I saw them, I couldn't think of anyone better suited to wear them in solar health.

[n8craig]

@reverendbryan awesome story. Thanks for sharing.

[gaoande]

May have given this a 1-star rating by mistake. My apologies - I *love* this video. Will try to reverse my rating if my dodgy connection stays alive long enough.

[Ha1cyonDays]

"Face the music" is named the cosmo song in his discography.

[CometRider73]

thanks - i'd given up hope of finding it!

[thyMCwebshow]

back when i was in my last year of high school (which lasted a bit longer than most) i wanted to go to Alvins Finer Twilight Bar in Detroit to see Sun Ra but i was under age. My pals and i took the bus at 9pm (they ran all night back then) and sat in... the alley to dig the shsow. At one point Sun Ra announced "All of my peoples have died... will YOU be my people..."and they jammed like i never thought was possible.

[Madmanskatevids]

Somebody uploaded "face the music" about a year ago, but his account got deleted.

[Madmanskatevids]

I'm so glad this is up again. Thanks!

[thomasrodd]

thanks for this great post!