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).
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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