Sun Ra: A Joyful Noise

1980 | 59 minutes | 6.1 ★ (9)

Sun Ra: A Joyful Noise
  • Overview

    Robert Mugge filmed jazz great Sun Ra on location in Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington, D.C. between 1978 and 1980. The resulting 60-minute film includes multiple public and private performances, poetry readings, a band rehearsal, interviews, and extensive improvisations. Transferred to HD from the original 16mm film and lovingly restored for the best possible viewing experience.

  • Release Date

    01 October 1980

  • DirectingRobert Mugge
  • Budget

    $0.00

  • Revenue

    $0.00

  • Stars

Videos

User Reviews

See more

More Like This

Jamiroquai : AccorHotels Arena Paris

Jamiroquai : AccorHotels Arena Paris

The last few months have been very intense for Jamiroquai, since the announcement of the new album, Automaton. The first titles unveiled have...

See more
The Magic Sun

The Magic Sun

Multi-faceted artist Phil Niblock captures a brief moment of an interstellar communication by the Arkestra in their prime. Black turns white in a...

See more
Young Man with a Horn

Young Man with a Horn

Taken in by the musical world as a young orphan, Rick Martin grows up with a desire to play pure jazz instead of the commercial gigs he lands...

See more
All Night Long

All Night Long

Over the course of one eventful evening, the anniversary celebration of the musical and romantic partners Aurelius Rex and Delia Lane, a jealous...

See more
Jazz Casual: Dave Brubeck

Jazz Casual: Dave Brubeck

On October 17, 1961, the popular and pioneering pianist-composer Dave Brubeck performed on Ralph Gleason's Jazz Casual, the television show that...

See more
Assolo

Assolo

Danny 'Sweet Touch' Caputo is a young sax player on the verge of crowning his life's dream, to play in the festival that will send him to the top...

See more
Paris Blues

Paris Blues

During the 1960s, two American jazz musicians living in Paris meet and fall in love with two American tourist girls and must decide between music...

See more
Taking a Chance on Love: Jane Monheit in Concert

Taking a Chance on Love: Jane Monheit in Concert

Acclaimed jazz vocalist Jane Monheit -- an artist whose voice is often compared to that of Diana Krall and Ella Fitzgerald -- delivers a heartfelt...

See more
Swing Girls

Swing Girls

A tale of delinquent and lazy school girls. In their efforts to cut remedial summer math class, they end up poisoning and replacing the school's...

See more
In memoriam Duke Ellington

In memoriam Duke Ellington

Van Morrison: It's Too Late to Stop Now... The Film

Van Morrison: It's Too Late to Stop Now... The Film

This legendary performance by Van Morrison and The Caledonia Soul Orchestra was filmed at The Rainbow in London in July, 1973. Previously unissued,...

See more
Duke Ellington: Live At The Tivoli Gardens

Duke Ellington: Live At The Tivoli Gardens

Call him the Duke of Denmark, as this is the second superb Ellington performance recorded in that country to be released in 2003 alone. It's also...

See more
Tears For Fears - Going To California

Tears For Fears - Going To California

Going To California is a concert performance video by the British pop group Tears For Fears. Released in 1990, it is a recording of the band's show...

See more
The Scientist of Sound

The Scientist of Sound

Thursday 27th of October 2016 – Teatro Espace, Turin. Mulatu Astatke is a musician, composer, arranger and Ethiopia’s cultural ambassador. He’s...

See more
Marija Panna přečistá

Marija Panna přečistá

Blue Note - A Story of Modern Jazz

Blue Note - A Story of Modern Jazz

"It must schwing!" was the motto of Alfred Lion and Francis Wolff, two German Jewish immigrants who in 1939 set up Blue Note Records, the jazz...

See more
Cairo Jazzman

Cairo Jazzman

A documentary about Cairo Jazz Festival's Amr Salah and his struggle every year to bring people and arts together in a country where 70% of people...

See more
Miles Davis Live At Tanglewood 1970

Miles Davis Live At Tanglewood 1970

Miles Davis performing live at Berkshire Music Center, Tanglewood Massachusetts on August 18, 1970. Miles Davis tp / Chick Corea el-p / Keith...

See more
Playing For Change 3 - Songs Around The World

Playing For Change 3 - Songs Around The World

Miles Davis Live in Stockholm 1973

Miles Davis Live in Stockholm 1973

Miles Davis performing live at Konserthuset, Stockholm, Sweden 27 October 1973 1. Band warming up 2. Untitled Original 730424c 3. Calypso Frelimo...

See more