Sun Ra (birth name: Herman Poole Blount, legal name Le Sony'r Ra; was born in Birmingham, Alabama. He was a prolific jazz composer, bandleader, piano and synthesizer player, poet and philosopher known for his "cosmic philosophy," musical compositions and performances. "Of all the jazz musicians, Sun Ra was probably the most controversial," critic Scott Yanow said, due to Sun Ra's eclectic music and unorthodox lifestyle.

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  • Sun Ra (birth name: Herman Poole Blount, legal name Le Sony'r Ra; was born in Birmingham, Alabama. He was a prolific jazz composer, bandleader, piano and synthesizer player, poet and philosopher known for his "cosmic philosophy," musical compositions and performances. "Of all the jazz musicians, Sun Ra was probably the most controversial," critic Scott Yanow said, due to Sun Ra's eclectic music and unorthodox lifestyle. Claiming that he was of the "Angel Race" and not from Earth, but from Saturn, Sun Ra developed a complex persona of "cosmic" philosophies and lyrical poetry that made him a pioneer of afrofuturism as he preached awareness and peace above all. He abandoned his birth name and took on the name and persona of Sun Ra, and used several other names throughout his career, including Le Sonra and Sonny Lee. Sun Ra denied any connection with his birth name, saying "That's an imaginary person, never existed … Any name that I use other than Ra is a pseudonym. " From the mid-1950s to his death, Sun Ra led "The Arkestra", an ensemble with an ever-changing lineup and name His mainstream success was limited, but Sun Ra was a prolific recording artist and frequent live performer, Sun Ra's music ranged from keyboard solos to big bands of over 30 musicians; his music touched on virtually the entire history of jazz, from ragtime to swing music, from bebop to free jazz; he was also a pioneer of electronic music, space music, and free improvisation, and was one of the first musicians, regardless of genre, to make extensive use of electronic keyboards.
  • Sun Ra war ein US-amerikanischer experimenteller, avantgardistischer Jazzkomponist und Jazzmusiker, Poet und Philosoph.
  • Herman Sonny Blount, Sun Ra, músico estadounidense de jazz. Figura destacada de la vanguardia jazzística (en sus vertientes experimental, de free jazz y de fusión), tocó el órgano, el piano y el teclado, además de liderar la Sun Ra Arkestra. Sun Ra fue igualmente un prolífico escritor de poesías, que aparecían en las portadas de los discos o en fanzines editados por él mismo.
  • Sun Ra oli jazzsäveltäjä, orkesterinjohtaja ja pianisti. Hänet tunnetaan avantgarde-jazzin keskeisimpiin nimiin kuuluvana musiikillisena innovaattorina sekä koko musiikin historian eriskummallisimpiin hahmoihin kuuluvana henkilönä.
  • Sun Ra (né Herman Poole Blount) est un compositeur et pianiste de jazz américain né à Birmingham, Alabama, le 22 mai 1914 et décédé le 30 mai 1993. Il est connu pour ses compositions et ses performances phénoménales autant que pour l'étrange "philosophie cosmique" qu'il prêchait. À la tête de son Arkestra,il a enregistré plus de deux cents albums, le plus souvent sur sa marque "Saturn" depuis la fin des années 1950. Il a inspiré Jean-Claude Mézières et Pierre Christin, dans les aventures de Valérian, pour le personnage de Sun Rae dans La Cité des eaux mouvantes.
  • Per molto tempo le notizie sulla sua vita furono frammentarie e contraddittorie, in quanto lui stesso ha affermato di non essere originario di un luogo sulla terra ma di appartenere alla "razza degli angeli" e di provenire da Saturno. La sua filosofia era incentrata sulla pace ed è stata denominata "afrofuturismo", in quanto sosteneva la provenienza della gente afro-americana da un altro mondo e conteneva concetti tratti da diverse correnti di pensiero. Il suo stesso nome è composto da "sun" (sole in inglese) e "Ra" (il dio egizio del Sole). Durante la sua vita ebbe però anche diversi altri nomi, fra i quali Le Sonra e Sonny Lee. Secondo fonti biografiche nacque in Alabama e da subito fu un pianista molto dotato. Influenzato dalle musiche di Duke Ellington e di Fats Waller e dallo stile stride dopo aver frequentato le scuole nel suo stato, cominciò una carriera semi-professionale a partire dal 1934. A causa della sua misantropia e del suo carattere introverso, non ebbe mai strette amicizie con altri colleghi, cosa che gli fu utile per mantenere un alone di leggenda attorno alla sua figura. La sua volontà di rimanere un personaggio ambiguo e indefinito era definita anche dal suo orientamento asessuale. Fu nel 1936 che ebbe il suo primo contatto con gli UFO, come da sua testimonianza, sebbene i suoi collaboratori degli anni '50 non riescano a ricordare alcunché di questa sua esperienza prima del 1952. Sun Ra la descrisse così:
  • Sun Ra was een innovatief jazzcomponist, bandleider, pianist en synthesizerspeler, die welbekend werd door zijn "cosmic afro-futurist philosophy" en door zijn fenomenale muziek composities en vertoningen.
  • Sun Ra – amerykański kompozytor jazzowy, pianista, poeta i filozof znany ze oryginalnych koncepcji i występów w swoim zespole, the Arkestra. "Ze wszystkich muzyków jazzowych, Sun Ra był prawdopodobnie najbardziej kontrowersyjny", napisał krytyk Scott Yanow, odwołując się do nieortodoksyjnego stylu życia i eklektycznej muzyki klawiszowca. Sun Ra nigdy nie osiągnął wielkiego sukcesu komercyjnego, ale dzięki częstym koncertom, zmieniającym się od występów solo do 30-osobowych zespołów, zyskał swoje miejsce w prawie każdym elemencie historii jazzu: od ragtime'u i swingu do bebopu i free jazzu. Dyskografia Ra jest jedną z największych w historii muzyki, klawiszowiec nagrał bowiem ponad sto albumów studyjnych. Większość z nich jest już dzisiaj niedostępna bądź bardzo trudna do znalezienia. Założona przez Suna Ra wytwórnia El Saturn Records wydawała zwykle po 75 kopii każdego albumu, które sprzedawane były na koncertach. Co więcej, wiele z wczesnych albumów nagrywane były przez muzyka w jego własnym domu. Wśród tak rozległej liczby materiałów, za najbardziej przystępne albumy Suna Ra krytycy uważają: Atlantis, Jazz In Silhouette, Space Is the Place, The Magic City, Super-Sonic Jazz, Interstellar Low Ways, Lanquidity, The Nubians of Plutonia, Secrets of the Sun, The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra, Mayan Temples i Cosmic Tones for Mental Therapy. Wszystkie te nagrania (poza Secrets of the Sun) dostępne są na płytach CD.
  • Herman Poole Blount ou Le Sony'r Ra - foi um compositor de jazz, bandleader, pianista, poeta e filósofo conhecido por sua "filosofia cósmica", composições musicais e performances. Ele ficou conhecido por diversos nomes ao longo de sua carreira, incluindo Le Sonra e Sonny Lee e negou sua conexão com seu nome de nascimento "Esta é uma pessoa imaginária, nunca existiu... Outro nome que eu use do que Ra é um pseudônimo". Ele abandonou seu nome de nascença e adotou o nome e a personalidade de Sun Ra (Ra sendo o deus na mitologia egípcia). Alegando ser o "Anjo da Raça" e não da Terra, mas de Saturno, Sun Ra desenvolveu uma personalidade complexa de filosofias "cósmicas" e poesia lírica que o fizeram um pioneiro no afrofuturismo que ele pregava a "consciência" e a paz sobre todos.
  • Sun Ra, musiker, organist, kompositör. Född 22 maj år 1914 i Birmingham Alabama USA som Herman Sonny Blount. (Fast själv hävdade han att han var solkungen Ra från Saturnus). Död 30 maj år 1993. Sun Ra påstås ha medverkat på inte mindre än 500 olika LP skivor. Han lär även vara den första som satte en synthesizer på vinyl. Sun Ra har varit ledare för följande jazzband: Sun Ra Arkestra Sun Ra Omniverse Arkestra Sun Ra & His Cosmo Discipline Arkestra Sun Ra & the Astro Infinity Arkestra Sun Ra & the Year 2000 Myth Science Arkestra Sun Ra & His Solar Myth Arkestra Sun Ra Quartet Sun Ra & Intergalactic Space Research Arkestra Sun Ra & His Intergalaxtic Arkestra Se även: MC5 (Som ofta var förband till Sun Ra i slutet av 1960-talet.)
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  • Sun Ra (birth name: Herman Poole Blount, legal name Le Sony'r Ra; was born in Birmingham, Alabama. He was a prolific jazz composer, bandleader, piano and synthesizer player, poet and philosopher known for his "cosmic philosophy," musical compositions and performances. "Of all the jazz musicians, Sun Ra was probably the most controversial," critic Scott Yanow said, due to Sun Ra's eclectic music and unorthodox lifestyle.
  • Sun Ra war ein US-amerikanischer experimenteller, avantgardistischer Jazzkomponist und Jazzmusiker, Poet und Philosoph.
  • Herman Sonny Blount, Sun Ra, músico estadounidense de jazz. Figura destacada de la vanguardia jazzística (en sus vertientes experimental, de free jazz y de fusión), tocó el órgano, el piano y el teclado, además de liderar la Sun Ra Arkestra. Sun Ra fue igualmente un prolífico escritor de poesías, que aparecían en las portadas de los discos o en fanzines editados por él mismo.
  • Sun Ra oli jazzsäveltäjä, orkesterinjohtaja ja pianisti. Hänet tunnetaan avantgarde-jazzin keskeisimpiin nimiin kuuluvana musiikillisena innovaattorina sekä koko musiikin historian eriskummallisimpiin hahmoihin kuuluvana henkilönä.
  • Sun Ra (né Herman Poole Blount) est un compositeur et pianiste de jazz américain né à Birmingham, Alabama, le 22 mai 1914 et décédé le 30 mai 1993. Il est connu pour ses compositions et ses performances phénoménales autant que pour l'étrange "philosophie cosmique" qu'il prêchait. À la tête de son Arkestra,il a enregistré plus de deux cents albums, le plus souvent sur sa marque "Saturn" depuis la fin des années 1950.
  • Per molto tempo le notizie sulla sua vita furono frammentarie e contraddittorie, in quanto lui stesso ha affermato di non essere originario di un luogo sulla terra ma di appartenere alla "razza degli angeli" e di provenire da Saturno. La sua filosofia era incentrata sulla pace ed è stata denominata "afrofuturismo", in quanto sosteneva la provenienza della gente afro-americana da un altro mondo e conteneva concetti tratti da diverse correnti di pensiero.
  • Sun Ra was een innovatief jazzcomponist, bandleider, pianist en synthesizerspeler, die welbekend werd door zijn "cosmic afro-futurist philosophy" en door zijn fenomenale muziek composities en vertoningen.
  • Sun Ra – amerykański kompozytor jazzowy, pianista, poeta i filozof znany ze oryginalnych koncepcji i występów w swoim zespole, the Arkestra. "Ze wszystkich muzyków jazzowych, Sun Ra był prawdopodobnie najbardziej kontrowersyjny", napisał krytyk Scott Yanow, odwołując się do nieortodoksyjnego stylu życia i eklektycznej muzyki klawiszowca.
  • Herman Poole Blount ou Le Sony'r Ra - foi um compositor de jazz, bandleader, pianista, poeta e filósofo conhecido por sua "filosofia cósmica", composições musicais e performances. Ele ficou conhecido por diversos nomes ao longo de sua carreira, incluindo Le Sonra e Sonny Lee e negou sua conexão com seu nome de nascimento "Esta é uma pessoa imaginária, nunca existiu... Outro nome que eu use do que Ra é um pseudônimo".
  • Sun Ra, musiker, organist, kompositör. Född 22 maj år 1914 i Birmingham Alabama USA som Herman Sonny Blount. (Fast själv hävdade han att han var solkungen Ra från Saturnus). Död 30 maj år 1993. Sun Ra påstås ha medverkat på inte mindre än 500 olika LP skivor. Han lär även vara den första som satte en synthesizer på vinyl.
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