"(The year) 1990 began with a punishing gig schedule, Ra now 76 but traversing to all corners of the U.S., Europe five times and to Moscow's first jazz festival...(Later that fall) Ra suffered a series of strokes and was admitted to Philly's hospital, where he famously gave his birth-place as Saturn, verified by a knowing doctor. After three months rehabilitation, he had willed himself back on the road but was confined to a wheelchair with his left hand impaired" (ref. Perfect Sound Forever).  

"The Arkestra toured Russia (then the USSR) for three to five days. Sun Ra was interviewed by Hans Kumpf in Moscow on May 31, just prior to concert there at the "First" Moscow International Jazz Festival. Sun Ra and the Arkestra also gave a concert for the opening of a MacDonald's (in Moscow, presumably). Video footage of Sun Ra waiting in a two-block-long line outside MacDonalds and being interviewed at the foot of the Gagarin Monument is reportedly extant" (ref. Earthly Recordings of Sun Ra authored by R.L. Campbell & C. Trent). 

COSMOSRA last posted this DVD here in '10.  It was on the tracker about 8 months.  I found that I could play around with the tone, saturation, et. al. controls on my VLC player a lot as I was playing the video.  Sometimes I wondered if removing all of the color and watching it as B&W ended up being better. 

Sun Ra 
Moscow International Jazz Festival (Presumably the) State Concert Hall
Moscow, Russia
May 31, 1990 (best estimate)

Source:  TV broadcast > unknown VHS > ? > DVD > DVD Shrink 3.2 > Video_TS file. 

Untitled Improvisation  
Tapestry from an Asteroid - June Tyson (vocals)
Conducted Ensemble - Marshall Allen (alto sax, percussion), Michael Ray (trumpet)
Prepare for he Journey - ensemble (vocals)
Unidentified Title - Marshall Allen (flute) 
Face the Music - ensemble (vocals)
Unidentified Title - Sun Ra (piano, percussion) 
Love in Outer Space - June Tyson, Michael Ray, John Gilmore (vocals), Marshall Allen (flute)

Total time = 55 minutes

GSpot info...
VIDEO SOURCE: TV BROADCAST
VIDEO FORMAT: PAL
VIDEO CODEC: MPEG2
VIDEO BITRATE: 8414 kbps
FRAME RATE: 25.000 frames
PICTURES: 4:3
RESOLUTION: 720 x 576
AUDIO CODEC: AC3
AUDIO BITRATE: 0xbd[0x80]:48000Hz  384 kb/s tot , stereo (2/0) 

Notes:  Some flaws from VHS source in first few minutes but picture becomes fairly stable thereafter. Colour is quite strong but the whole thing has a slightly washed out look. The audio levels are a bit low throughout.