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Youngquist, Paul.
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Sun Ra.
Jazz musicians -- Biography.
Jazz -- History and criticism.
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Youngquist, Paul.
Sun Ra.
Jazz musicians -- Biography.
Jazz -- History and criticism.
Musicians, Black -- United States -- Biography.
Pianists, Black -- Biography.
Pianists -- United States -- Biography
Keyboard players, Black -- Biography.
Keyboard players -- United States -- Biography.
Experimental poetry, American -- History and criticism.
Poets, Black -- United States -- Biography.
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A pure solar world : Sun Ra and the birth of Afrofuturism /
Paul
Youngquist
.
by
Youngquist
,
Paul
.
University of Texas Press, 2016.
Call #:
781.65092 S957y
Subjects
Sun Ra.
Jazz musicians -- Biography.
Jazz -- History and criticism.
Musicians, Black -- United States -- Biography.
Pianists, Black -- Biography.
Pianists -- United States -- Biography
Keyboard players, Black -- Biography.
Keyboard players -- United States -- Biography.
Experimental poetry, American -- History and criticism.
Poets, Black -- United States -- Biography.
Series
Discovering America series.
ISBN:
9780292726369 (hc.)
Alternate title:
Sun Ra and the birth of Afrofuturism
Edition:
First edition.
Description:
viii, 346 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references, discography and index.
Contents:
Prelude to infinity -- Intro : Wonder Inn -- Alien -- Marienville -- Bronzeville -- Thmei -- Egypt -- Washington Park -- Arkestra -- Immeasurable equation -- El Saturn -- Isotope teleportation -- Cry of jazz -- Sputnik -- Rocketry -- Tomorrowland -- Interplanetary exotica -- Space music -- Myth science -- Black man in the cosmos -- Space is the place -- Tokens of happiness -- Continuation -- Outro : extensions out.
Summary:
Sun Ra said he came from Saturn. Known on earth for his inventive music and extravagant stage shows, he pioneered free-form improvisation in an ensemble setting with the devoted band he called the "Arkestra." Sun Ra took jazz from the inner city to outer space, infusing traditional swing with far-out harmonies, rhythms, and sounds. Described as the father of Afrofuturism, Sun Ra created "space music" as a means of building a better future for American blacks here on earth. A spirited introduction to the life and work of this legendary but underappreciated musician, composer, and poet.
Paul
Youngquist
explores and assesses Sun Ra's wide-ranging creative output - music, public preaching, graphic design, film and stage performance, and poetry - and connects his diverse undertakings to the culture and politics of his times, including the space race, the rise of technocracy, the civil rights movement, and even space-age bachelor-pad music. By thoroughly examining the astro-black mythology that Sun Ra espoused,
Youngquist
demonstrates that he offered both a holistic response to a planet desperately in need of new visions and vibrations and a new kind of political activism that used popular culture to advance social change. Sun Ra aimed not just at assimilation for the socially disfranchised but even more at a wholesale transformation of American society and a more creative, egalitarian world. Born and raised in Alabama, Sun Ra (born Herman Poole Blount) (1914 - 1993) was an American jazz composer, bandleader, piano and synthesizer player, poet and philosopher known for his experimental music, "cosmic" philosophy, prolific output, and theatrical performances.
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