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xxxiv, 476 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates illustrations 24 cm |
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"This is a paperback re-issue of the 1997 hardcover title published by Pantheon"--Provided by publisher |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 409-425), discography (pages 427-448), and index |
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"Sun Ra--a/k/a Herman Poole "Sonny" Blount--was born in Alabama on May 22, 1914. But like Father Divine and Elijah Muhammad, he made a lifelong effort to obscure many of the facts of his early life. After years as a rehearsal pianist for nightclub revues and in blues and swing bands, including Wynonie Harris's and Fletcher Henderson's, Sun Ra set out in the 1950s to find a way to impart his values about the galaxy, Black people, and spiritual matters through the various incarnations of the Intergalactic Arkestra. His repertoire ranging from boogie-woogie, swing, and bebop to free form, fusion, and whatever, Sun Ra was above all a paragon of contradictions: profundity and vaudeville; technical pianistic virtuosity and irony; assiduous attention to arrangements and encouragement of collective improvisation; respect for tradition and celebration of the fresh"-- Provided by publisher |
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Sun Ra
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Sun Ra.
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Jazz
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Tonsättare
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Jazzmusiker
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Jazz musicians -- United States -- Biography
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Composers -- United States -- Biography
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Jazz -- History and criticism
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Musiciens de jazz -- États-Unis -- Biographies
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Compositeurs -- États-Unis -- Biographies
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Composers.
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Jazz.
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Jazz musicians.
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United States.
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Biografier
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collective biographies.
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Biographies.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Classmark |
781.65092
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ISBN/ISSN |
9781478008415 häftad |
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9781478012054 (ebok) |
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