Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, United States (1914 – 1993)
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.
Born on 22nd May 1914 as Herman Poole Blount, in Birmingham, Alabama, he was nicknamed "Sonny" from his youth. Later, after his release from a detention camp for protesting against World War II, he took on the name and persona of Sun Ra (after the ancient… read more
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| 1 | Play on youtube | Enlightenment |
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| 2 | Play on youtube | Door of the Cosmos |
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| 3 | Play on youtube | Space Is The Place |
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| 4 | Play on youtube | Lanquidity |
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| 5 | Play on youtube | That's How I Feel |
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| 6 | Play on youtube | Tapestry from an Asteroid |
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| 7 | Play on youtube | Plutonian Nights |
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| 8 | Play on youtube | Springtime Again |
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| 9 | Play on youtube | Nuclear War |
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| 10 | Play on youtube | Door to the cosmos |
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