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Product Identifiers
PublisherHachette Books
ISBN-100306808552
ISBN-139780306808555
eBay Product ID (ePID)1092990
Product Key Features
Book TitleSpace Is the Place : the Lives and Times of Sun Ra
Number of Pages496 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicGeneral
Publication Year1998
IllustratorYes
GenreMusic
AuthorJohn F. Szwed
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1.2 in
Item Weight24.3 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN98-015303
Dewey Edition21
Dewey Decimal781.65/092 B
SynopsisSun Ra, a.k.a. Herman Poole "Sonny" Blount (1914-1993), has been hailed as "one of the great big-band leaders, pianists, and surrealists of jazz" ("New York Times"). This biography of Sun Ra is "as trippy and entertaining as the great jazz genius himself" ("Details"). 20 photos., Sun Ra, a.k.a. Herman Poole "Sonny" Blount (1914-1993), has been hailed as "one of the great big-band leaders, pianists, and surrealists of jazz" (New York Times) and as "the missing link between Duke Ellington and Public Enemy" (Rolling Stone) . Composer, keyboardist, bandleader, philosopher, poet, and self-proclaimed extraterrestrial from Saturn, Sun Ra led his "Intergalactic Arkestra" of thirty-plus musicians in a career that ranged from boogie-woogie and swing to be-bop, free jazz, fusion, and New Age music. This definitive biography reveals the life, philosophy, and musical growth of one of the twentieth century's greatest avant-garde musicians.