View basket “A Blow For Me, A Toot To You” has been added to your basket. The Complete Concert John Cage Meets Sun Ra SKU: MH-8020 Barcode: 090771802019 44.00 £44.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Modern Harmonia Released Date: 24th June 2016 Buying Format: 2LP Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info If you were going to envision the ultimate avant-garde meeting-of-the-minds jam session, who would you pick? Even the most hopeful fan of strange and innovative music couldn’t have seen this one coming: on one afternoon in 1986, at Coney Island’s dilapidated freak show, space-age avant-jazz genius Sun Ra met avant-garde “serious music” composer John Cage in an unforgettable performance. You couldn’t imagine two figures more opposite. Cage was known for his unusual approach to composition, using objects such as radios and television sets, as well as pure silence, as instruments, often encouraging his musicians to do other things at their whim on stage. Sun Ra, on the other hand, was a jazz arranger known for his “space-age” approach to jazz, adding free-jazz and surrealist elements into a musical form that Cage often disdained — improvisational music. And yet, for one afternoon, they pooled their talents — Ra playing keyboards, leading his small group and reading his unusual poetry; Cage “performing” vocal readings and passages of vocal sound — plus his trademark silence — designed to baffle and disorient. The combination is breathtaking, both organic and mechanical, free-form and totally composed. For the very first time, Modern Harmonic presents the full and unexpurgated concert from 1986, stretched out across two LPs. In addition to never-before-heard songs and musical passages, this album at last presents the long-rumoured co-performance between the two musical giants, all lovingly packaged in new artwork that captures the stark brilliance of the music. Take yourself back to 1986 and a once-in-a-lifetime performance that you can finally hear as it was intended. Artist John Cage Meets Sun Ra Genre Jazz , Leftfield / Experimental Label Modern Harmonia Buying Options 2LP Format 2LP Condition New Country United Kingdom Track Listings ? Rick Russo Introduction [Previously Unissued] ? Marshall Allen - Untitled Wind Synthesizer Intro ? Sun Ra - Untitled Keyboard Solo 1 ? John Cage - Empty Words (Vocal Solo) ? John Cage - Empty Words (Silent Solo) ? John Cage - Empty Words (Vocal Solo) ? Sun Ra - Untitled Keyboard Solo 2 ? Sun Ra - We Hold This Myth To Be Potential [Previously Unissued] ? Sun Ra - The Damned Air [Previously Unissued] ? John Cage - Empty Words (Vocal Solo) [Previously Unissued] ? John Cage - Empty Words (Silent Solo) [Previously Unissued] ? John Cage - Empty Words (Vocal Solo) [Previously Unissued] ? Sun Ra - The Living Parable [Previously Unissued] ? Sun Ra - This Is The Space Age [Previously Unissued] ? Sun Ra - Untitled Keyboard Solo 3 [Previously Unissued] ? Sun Ra - Enlightenment (featuring June Tyson) [Previously Unissued] ? Sun Ra - Untitled Keyboard Solo 4 ? John Cage and Sun Ra - Silent Duet ? John Cage and Sun Ra - Empty Words And Keyboard ? John Cage and Sun Ra - Silent Duet 2 ? Untitled Keyboard Solo 5 Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Jazz View Product Quick View Shabaka & The Ancestors We Were Sent Here By History Jazz | Impulse | 2LP Released 27th March 2020 £25.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Shabaka & The Ancestors We Were Sent Here By History £25.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Impulse SKU: 50864563 Formats: 2LP Released Date: 27th March 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View David Axelrod Seriously Deep Jazz | Get On Down | 1LP Released 9th August 2019 £24.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders David Axelrod Seriously Deep £24.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Get On Down SKU: GET54100LP Formats: 1LP Released Date: 9th August 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Miles Davis Quintet Miles Smiles Jazz | Music On Vinyl | 180g, 1LP Released 29th September 2014 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Miles Davis Quintet Miles Smiles £20.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Music On Vinyl SKU: MOVLP1071 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 29th September 2014 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Grachan Moncur III Evolution Jazz | Heavenly Sweetness | 180g, 1LP Released 5th December 2011 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Grachan Moncur III Evolution £20.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Heavenly Sweetness SKU: HS026VL Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 5th December 2011 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Lou Donaldson Good Gracious! Jazz | Blue Note | 180g, 1LP Released 4th October 2016 £21.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Lou Donaldson Good Gracious! £21.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Blue Note SKU: LP84125 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 4th October 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Bill Frisell & Thomas Morgan Epistrophy Jazz | ECM | 2LP Released 12th April 2019 £26.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Bill Frisell & Thomas Morgan Epistrophy £26.00 Genre: Jazz Label: ECM SKU: 7739824 Formats: 2LP Released Date: 12th April 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Mathias Eick Ravensburg Jazz | ECM | 180g, 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 9th March 2018 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Mathias Eick Ravensburg £19.00 Genre: Jazz Label: ECM SKU: 6724656 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 9th March 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Baldi/Gerycz Blessed Repair Jazz | Carpark Records | 1LP Released 7th August 2020 £17.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Baldi/Gerycz Blessed Repair £17.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Carpark Records SKU: CAK147LP Formats: 1LP Released Date: 7th August 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Ian Shaw The Theory Of Joy Jazz | Jazz Village | 180g, 2LP, Includes Download Code Released 1st April 2016 £21.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Ian Shaw The Theory Of Joy £21.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Jazz Village SKU: 3355000203 Formats: 180g, 2LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 1st April 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Miles Davis Bags’ Groove Jazz | Craft Recordings | 1LP Released 1st December 2023 £26.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Miles Davis Bags’ Groove £26.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Craft Recordings SKU: 1802451 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 1st December 2023 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket See more in Jazz Start again
View Product Quick View Shabaka & The Ancestors We Were Sent Here By History Jazz | Impulse | 2LP Released 27th March 2020 £25.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Shabaka & The Ancestors We Were Sent Here By History £25.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Impulse SKU: 50864563 Formats: 2LP Released Date: 27th March 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders
View Product Quick View David Axelrod Seriously Deep Jazz | Get On Down | 1LP Released 9th August 2019 £24.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders David Axelrod Seriously Deep £24.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Get On Down SKU: GET54100LP Formats: 1LP Released Date: 9th August 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders
View Product Quick View Miles Davis Quintet Miles Smiles Jazz | Music On Vinyl | 180g, 1LP Released 29th September 2014 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Miles Davis Quintet Miles Smiles £20.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Music On Vinyl SKU: MOVLP1071 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 29th September 2014 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders
View Product Quick View Grachan Moncur III Evolution Jazz | Heavenly Sweetness | 180g, 1LP Released 5th December 2011 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Grachan Moncur III Evolution £20.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Heavenly Sweetness SKU: HS026VL Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 5th December 2011 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders
View Product Quick View Lou Donaldson Good Gracious! Jazz | Blue Note | 180g, 1LP Released 4th October 2016 £21.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Lou Donaldson Good Gracious! £21.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Blue Note SKU: LP84125 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 4th October 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders
View Product Quick View Bill Frisell & Thomas Morgan Epistrophy Jazz | ECM | 2LP Released 12th April 2019 £26.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Bill Frisell & Thomas Morgan Epistrophy £26.00 Genre: Jazz Label: ECM SKU: 7739824 Formats: 2LP Released Date: 12th April 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders
View Product Quick View Mathias Eick Ravensburg Jazz | ECM | 180g, 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 9th March 2018 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Mathias Eick Ravensburg £19.00 Genre: Jazz Label: ECM SKU: 6724656 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 9th March 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders
View Product Quick View Baldi/Gerycz Blessed Repair Jazz | Carpark Records | 1LP Released 7th August 2020 £17.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Baldi/Gerycz Blessed Repair £17.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Carpark Records SKU: CAK147LP Formats: 1LP Released Date: 7th August 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders
View Product Quick View Ian Shaw The Theory Of Joy Jazz | Jazz Village | 180g, 2LP, Includes Download Code Released 1st April 2016 £21.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Ian Shaw The Theory Of Joy £21.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Jazz Village SKU: 3355000203 Formats: 180g, 2LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 1st April 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders
View Product Quick View Miles Davis Bags’ Groove Jazz | Craft Recordings | 1LP Released 1st December 2023 £26.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Miles Davis Bags’ Groove £26.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Craft Recordings SKU: 1802451 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 1st December 2023 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket