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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Library Journal Review     More Content       More by this author     Youngquist, Paul.     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.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Youngquist, Paul.       by title:      A pure solar world :...       by call number:      781.65092 S957y     Search the Web     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.       MARC Display

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. Genre:  Biographies. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Central Library Adult Biography 781.65092 S957y Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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