Space Is the Place : The Lives and Times of Sun Ra /

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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...

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Main Author: Szwed, John F., 1936- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, 2020.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Sun Ra.
Jazz musicians.
Jazz.
Composers.
MUSIC > Genres & Styles > Jazz.
Compositeurs > États-Unis > Biographies.
Musiciens de jazz > États-Unis > Biographies.
Jazz > History and criticism.
Composers > United States > Biography.
Jazz musicians > United States > Biography.
United States.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo

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