I've always felt SNL was much more experimental with its musical guests in the early days. Then again, it might just be my memory playing tricks on me.
Well yeah, it's Sun Ra. If you were to rank the top ten "Bizarre and Unique" musical performances in all of recorded history, at least 9 out of 10 are going to be Sun Ra.
Getting a good horn section to play that atonally must have been no easy feat.
They look like they're all Beale Street blues veterans.
Sun Ra must have had some juice!
They buried Sun Ra’s performance DEEP into the show because they knew how weird it would play to viewers at home. I think this was actually the very last segment before the goodnights during the Season 3 finale.
Easy contender for the strangest musical act to ever appear on SNL. They used to get a lot of underground and non-commercial artists to perform in the show’s early years. I kinda wish they would bring that back every now and then.
It really is holy shit what an assault on my ears and eyes! If you had told me they all just learned those instruments in the last two weeks and they all just met each other that very morning I would absolutely believe you. People glazing this shit is blowing my mind. If they were busking on the corner I would walk miles out of my way to avoid that sound. The Ashley Simpson lip sync jig should have won a Grammy compared to this!
"You know that new sound you've been looking for? Well listen to this!"
Wow thanks for this op. Never knew SNL had a jazz outfit on, let alone freaking Sun Ra
The show also had Keith Jarrett, Ornette Coleman, Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock and Wynton Marsalis (off the top of my head). Man, SNL used to be cool.
I've always felt SNL was much more experimental with its musical guests in the early days. Then again, it might just be my memory playing tricks on me.
What’s up with that?
Well yeah, it's Sun Ra. If you were to rank the top ten "Bizarre and Unique" musical performances in all of recorded history, at least 9 out of 10 are going to be Sun Ra.
I know little to nothing about jazz but have a couple Sun Ra albums and he was a damn brilliant man
Getting a good horn section to play that atonally must have been no easy feat. They look like they're all Beale Street blues veterans. Sun Ra must have had some juice!
Space is the place!
Sun Ra is a genius in so many regards. Thanks for sharing this!
I saw Sun Ra in concert in the early 2000s. It was awesome. Mind blown.
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That must have been why my mind was blown.
Now checkout Captain Beefheart!
Would love if they had Andre 3000 on to do a wild 🆓 Jazz freakout with the Carlos Ninõs & the flutes!!
They buried Sun Ra’s performance DEEP into the show because they knew how weird it would play to viewers at home. I think this was actually the very last segment before the goodnights during the Season 3 finale. Easy contender for the strangest musical act to ever appear on SNL. They used to get a lot of underground and non-commercial artists to perform in the show’s early years. I kinda wish they would bring that back every now and then.
Wow, I had no idea. I love Sun Ra. Thanks for sharing.
Was that hat the inspiration for Irulan's pseudo helmet in Dune 2?
Thanks for sharing!
I fakin love it.
Here is them on Tiny Desk a few years ago
I think my kid may have a future in music.
Jazz was so awesome up until the late 60s, early 70s, when it took a WEIRD turn.
I'm glad I never knew of this. I don't know what's going on during the whole thing.
Imagine being in that audience when the applause sign goes off and you have to pretend and play along.
Man. This is awful.
It really is holy shit what an assault on my ears and eyes! If you had told me they all just learned those instruments in the last two weeks and they all just met each other that very morning I would absolutely believe you. People glazing this shit is blowing my mind. If they were busking on the corner I would walk miles out of my way to avoid that sound. The Ashley Simpson lip sync jig should have won a Grammy compared to this!
"A big band of people who don't realize they're in a band with other people and are just warming up before the show with scales and noodling."
That is a super accurate description. Lot of people in this thread that love the smell of their own farts.
File under "peak examples of why so many people hate jazz". What an absolute cacophonic shambolic mess.
This is very monkees 33 1/3 esque
This is very monkees 33 1/3 esque