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Space Is The Place: The Lives And Times Of Sun Ra

Space Is The Place: The Lives And Times Of Sun Ra

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Sun Ra, a.k.a. Herman Poole "Sonny" Blount (1914–1993), has been hailed as "one of the great big-band leaders, pianists, and surrealists of jazz" (New York Times) and as "the missing link between Duke Ellington and Public Enemy" (Rolling Stone).

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Composer, keyboardist, bandleader, philosopher, poet, and self-proclaimed extraterrestrial from Saturn, Sun Ra led his "Intergalactic Arkestra" of thirty-plus musicians in a career that ranged from boogie-woogie and swing to be-bop, free jazz, fusion, and New Age music. This definitive biography reveals the life, philosophy, and musical growth of one of the twentieth century's greatest avant-garde musicians.

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Author	John F. Szwed
Publisher	Da Capo Press
Page Count	496pp
Publication Size	6 x 9 x 1
Publication Notes	paperback
Publication Date	August 1998
ISBN	978-0306808555