"They say that history repeats itself. But history is only 'his-story'. You haven´t heard 'my-story' yet. 'My-story' is different from 'his-story'. 'My-story' is not part of history. Because history repeats itself. But 'my-story' is endless. It never repeats itself. Why should it? The sunset does not repeat itself. Neither does the sunrise (1). Nature never repeats itself. Why should I repeat myself?"

(1) Sun Ra´s

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"I’m not part of history. I’m more part of the mystery, which is 'my-story'."



"What’s your story?"

sun ra - a joyful noise [1980] from psychomafia on Vimeo.

This video represents a good range of Sun Ra’s many musical moods. Ra was among the first people of any musical genre to use electronic keyboards. Here, the venerable titan of the jazz avantgarde performs tunes including “Astro Black”, “Calling Planet Earth”, “Organ Solo”, “We Travel the Spaceways”, “Ankh” and other seriocomic chants and jingles.

Director: Robert Mugge.

Henryk Szeryng plays Fuga from Sonata No. 1 in G minor by Johann Sebastian Bach.