John Gilmore
tenor saxophone · clarinet
c.1956–1995
Sun Ra's closest musical partner and principal tenor soloist. Present on most major recordings from late Chicago through the Philadelphia era. Briefly led the Arkestra after Ra's death.
Related Albums
Jazz by Sun Ra (aka Sun Song)
Super-Sonic Jazz (aka Super-Sonic Sounds)
Jazz in Silhouette
When Sun Comes Out
Fate in a Pleasant Mood
Secrets of the Sun
Art Forms of Dimensions Tomorrow
Visits Planet Earth
When Angels Speak of Love
Other Planes of There
The Magic City
Angels and Demons at Play
Cosmic Tones for Mental Therapy
We Travel the Space Ways
The Nubians of Plutonia (orig. The Lady with the Golden Stockings)
Atlantis
Holiday for Soul Dance
Sound Sun Pleasure!!
Continuation
My Brother the Wind (Vol. 1)
The Night of the Purple Moon
My Brother the Wind, Vol. II: The Wind Speaks
Universe in Blue
Bad and Beautiful
Discipline 27-II
The Antique Blacks
Disco 3000
Media Dreams
Outer Reach Intensity Energy
Beyond the Purple Star Zone
Oblique Parallax
Hiroshima
A Night in East Berlin
The Space Age Is Here To Stay
Thunder of the Gods
Omniverse (reissue)
Celestial Love (reissue)
Prophet
Planets of Life or Death: Amiens '73
Lanquidity (Definitive Edition)
Nuits de la Fondation Maeght (box)
On Jupiter (reissue)
Sleeping Beauty (reissue)
Inside the Light World: Sun Ra Meets the OVC
Standards
Space Is the Place
Pine Street Theatre, October 28th 1988
Nuclear War
Music from Tomorrow's World
Spaceship Lullaby (Nu Sounds / Cosmic Rays / Arkestra)
The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra, Vol. 3: The Lost Tapes
The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra, Vol. 1
The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra, Vol. 2
Nothing Is…
The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra, Vol. 3: The Lost Tapes
Sun Ra at the Ann Arbor Blues & Jazz Festival in Exile 1974
Angels and Demons at Play / Nubians of Plutonia
Secrets of the Sun / alternate tracks from Nubians era
The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra, Vol. 1 & 2 (reissues)
Atlantis
Live in Egypt, Vol. I: Nature's God (Dark Myth Equation Visitation)
Nidhamu (Live in Egypt Vol. II)
Egypt 1971
Astro Black
The Cymbals/Symbols Sessions (New York, 1973)
Cosmos
Lights on a Satellite: Live at the Left Bank
At the Showcase: Live in Chicago 1976–1977