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Sun Ra
The wisdom of Sun-Ra : Sun Ra's polemical broadsheets and streetcorner leaflets
by Sun Ra
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9 editions published in 2006 in English and held by 213 libraries worldwide
Space is the place
by Sun Ra
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13 editions published between 1973 and 1998 in 3 languages and held by 208 libraries worldwide
Jazz in silhouette images and forecasts of tomorrow
by Sun Ra
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Recording
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2 editions published in 1991 and held by 205 libraries worldwide
The cry of jazz
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2 editions published between 2000 and 2004 in English and held by 147 libraries worldwide "[This]...semi-documentary film was completed in 1958 in Chicago...Long before the concept of Black Culture existed, THE CRY OF JAZZ argued that Black American life shared a structural identity with jazz. It is one of the earliest documentary films made by Black Americans...[The film] is structured in seven parts. Parts 1, 3, 5 and 7 consist of dramatic scenes in which the significance of jazz and Black American life is discussed by an interracial cast. Sandwiched between these discussions are parts 2, 4 and 6, in which the structure, history, and future of jazz and Black American life are presented in documentary form, along with a jazz soundtrack. Most of the music is composed and performed by the late jazz great Sun Ra and his Arkestra. The music is vintage Sun Ra from his '50s Chicago years." -- www.edblandmusic.com/TheCryofJazz.htm
Space is the place
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6 editions published between 1990 and 2003 in English and No Linguistic content and held by 116 libraries worldwide Sun Ra, space-age prophet, lands his spaceship, having been presumed lost in space for a few years. Like Ra himself, Space is the Place is one of a kind, a mythopoetic manifesto made by people who believed in Ra's mystical message as much as they dug the raw splendor of his Afro-psychedelica.
The singles
by Sun Ra
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Recording
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9 editions published between 1996 and 1997 in English and Undetermined and held by 113 libraries worldwide
The magic city
by Sun Ra
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Recording
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9 editions published between 1965 and 1993 in 3 languages and held by 108 libraries worldwide
Atlantis
by Sun Ra
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Recording
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7 editions published between 1973 and 2003 in 3 languages and held by 103 libraries worldwide
Sun song
by Sun Ra
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7 editions published between 1957 and 1990 in No Linguistic content and Undetermined and held by 99 libraries worldwide
Super-sonic jazz
by Sun Ra
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3 editions published in 1991 in English and No Linguistic content and held by 92 libraries worldwide
Sound of joy
by Sun Ra
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Recording
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2 editions published between 1968 and 1994 in No Linguistic content and English and held by 90 libraries worldwide
Sun Ra a joyful noise
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7 editions published between 1980 and 1998 in English and French and held by 90 libraries worldwide A documentary that examines the unusual performance techniques and beliefs of the enigmatic Sun Ra. Features performances by and interviews with Sun Ra and his Arkestra.
Strange celestial road
by Sun Ra
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Recording
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7 editions published between 1980 and 1987 in 3 languages and held by 86 libraries worldwide
Greatest hits easy listening for intergalactic travel
by Sun Ra
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3 editions published in 2000 in 3 languages and held by 83 libraries worldwide
Cosmic tones for mental therapy and, Art forms of dimensions tomorrow
by Sun Ra
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1 edition published in 1992 and held by 81 libraries worldwide
The heliocentric worlds of Sun Ra
by Sun Ra
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6 editions published between 1965 and 2010 in No Linguistic content and English and held by 75 libraries worldwide
The futuristic sounds of Sun Ra
by Sun Ra
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14 editions published between 1961 and 2010 in 4 languages and held by 74 libraries worldwide
Blue delight
by Sun Ra
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7 editions published in 1989 in 3 languages and held by 59 libraries worldwide
Nothing is
by Sun Ra
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Recording
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11 editions published between 1966 and 2007 in 4 languages and held by 58 libraries worldwide
Live at Montreux
by Sun Ra
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6 editions published between 1978 and 2008 in 4 languages and held by 58 libraries worldwide more
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African American art African American jazz musicians African Americans African Americans--Intellectual life African Americans--Philosophy Alternate takes (Sound recordings) Avant-garde (Music) Bibliography Big bands Biographical films Biography Blacks Blaxploitation films Blues (Music) Braxton, Anthony Criticism, interpretation, etc. Discography Documentary films Drama Electronic music Ellington, Duke,--1899-1974 El Saturn Records (Firm) Feature films Feature films Fiction films Free jazz Hardcore (Music) History Illinois--Chicago Industrial music Interviews Jazz Jazz musicians Jazz vocals Music Musical films Music and race Noise music Philosophy Piano music (Jazz) Piano with jazz ensemble Popular music Printed ephemera Science fiction films Short films Sound recordings--Album covers Sun Ra Sun Ra Arkestra Techno music United States
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Alternative Names
Blount, Herman
Blount, Herman, 1914-1993
Blount, Herman "Sonny", 1914-1993
Blount, Sonny
Blount, Sonny, 1914-1993
Bourke, Sonny
Bourke, Sonny, 1914-1993
Le Sonny'r Ra, 1914-1993
Le Sony'r Ra
Le Sun Ra
Lee, Herman
Lee, Herman 1914-1993
Ra, Le Sony'r
Ra, Le Sun
Ra, Sun
Ra, Sun, 1914-1993
Blount, Herman 1914-1993
Languages
English
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No Linguistic content (328) Undetermined (125) German (27) French (12) Multiple languages (3) Dutch (2) Slovenian (1) Adangme (1) Spanish (1) Covers
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