Sun Ra
USA
Born: 22 May 1914
Died: 30 May 1993
Years Active: 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90
Genres: Jazz, Avant-Garde, International
Styles: Free Jazz, Experimental Big Band, Avant-Garde Jazz, Big Band/Swing, Modern Creative, World Fusion, Latin Jazz/World Fusion, Latin Jazz/World Fusion, Swing, Mainstream Jazz, Bop, New Orleans/Classic Jazz, Progressive Jazz, Mixed Media, Sound Art, African Jazz
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Of all the jazz musicians, Sun Ra was probably the most controversial. He did not make it easy for people to take him seriously, for he surrounded his adventurous music with costumes and mythology that both looked backward toward ancient Egypt and forward into science fiction. In addition, Ra documented his music in very erratic fashion on his Saturn label, generally not listing recording dates and giving inaccurate personnel information, so one could not really tell how advanced some of his innovations were. It has taken a lot of time to sort ...
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