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Sun Ra

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Born
22 May 1914
Born In
Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, United States
Died
30 May 1993 (aged 79)
Sun Ra (1914 – 1993) was an innovative jazz composer, bandleader, piano and synthesiser player, who came to be known as much for his Cosmic Afro-futurist Philosophy as for his phenomenal musical compositions and performances. He claimed that he was of the "Angel Race", not from Earth but from Saturn. Some of his most notable influences were African and African-American theatre, theosophy, and masonic Afro-futurism. His interest in these art forms and principles led to the development of a complicated but consistent set of cosmic philosophies and lyrical poetry, which preac… read more
Sun Ra (1914 – 1993) was an innovative jazz composer, bandleader, piano and synthesiser player, who came to be known as much for his Cosmic Afro-futurist Philosophy as for his phenomenal musical compositions and performances. He claimed that he was of the "Angel Race", not from Eart… read more
Sun Ra (1914 – 1993) was an innovative jazz composer, bandleader, piano and synthesiser player, who came to be known as much for his Cosmic Afro-futurist Philosophy as for his phenomenal musical compositions and performances. He claimed that he was of the "Angel Race", not from Earth but from Saturn. Some of his most notable influences were African and … read more

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1 Play track The Futuristic Sounds Of Sun Ra Tapestry from an Asteroid
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2 Play track Sound Sun Pleasure You Never Told Me That You Cared
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3 Play track Sound Sun Pleasure Hour of Parting
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4 Play track Door To The Cosmos - Mixed Door To The Cosmos - Mixed
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5 Play track The Space Age Is Here to Stay Back In Your Own Back Yard
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6 Play track Sound Sun Pleasure 'Round Midnight
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7 Play track Jazz In Silhouette Enlightenment
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8 Play track New Steps When There Is No Sun
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9 Play track Lanquidity - Remastered Lanquidity - Remastered
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10 Play track Space Is The Place Space Is The Place
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  1. 70,936 listeners

    1967 · 7 tracks

    We Travel the Spaceways
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  2. 58,951 listeners

    31 Mar 2014 · 6 tracks

    Sound Sun Pleasure
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  3. 49,814 listeners

    1 Jan 1958 · 8 tracks

    Jazz In Silhouette
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    1979 · 3 tracks

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