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- Name: Herman Poole Blount
- Life: May 22, 1914? - May 30, 1993
- Hometown: Birmingham, Alabama
- Died of Pneumonia in 1993
- Pioneer of the Afrofuturism movement
- A feature film entitled Space is the Place (based on the song by the same name) was released in 1974 and stars Sun Ra and his band
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Sun Ra was an eccentric Jazz musician, pianist, band leader, and composer. Born Herman Poole Blount in Birmingham, Alabama, Ra often claimed to be from the planet Saturn - a claim that is reflected in the otherworldly nature of his musical vision. Although he wrote and composed in many different styles of Jazz, Sun Ra is probably best known as a prolific and influential figure in the Free Jazz music scene. Along with his backing band The Arkestra, Sun Ra also helped introduce a new emphasis on the spiritual, mind altering properties of music and the notion of the cosmic nature of our existence.
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Sun Ra Questions
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Who was the Egyptian entity, Ra? Was Ra, a reference to the Sun Star, Saturn? 1 AnswerRa was the Egyptian Sun God and a version of the myth mentioned him to be the creator of all living things. He was the leader of the deities in Ancient Egypt an... read more -
Was Ra the sun god a feared entity? 1 AnswerFrom Wikipedia, Ancient Egyptian Religion morphed and changed over time. Based on what I know of human nature, I'm sure there was a time when it got cold and t... read more
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Distance from earth to the sun? 3 AnswersThe earth is between 146 and 152 million kilometers the sun, or between 91 and 94.5 million miles. read more
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Sun Ra、こういう音は初めから頭になっている音を再現しているの？それとも演奏しているうちに発見するの？生きていれば１００歳近くでしょ、すげーなぁー
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Sun Ra -- Somebody Else's World -- My Brother The Wind II
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Sun Ra -- Somebody Else's World -- My Brother The Wind II
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