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Sun-Ra : traveling the spaceways : the astro black and other solar myths

Title: Sun-Ra : traveling the spaceways : the astro black and other solar myths / edited by John Corbett, Anthony Elms, and Terri Kapsalis.
Publication: New York, NY : WhiteWalls ; Chicago, IL : University of Chicago Press, [2010].

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Request Scan Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Text	Use in library	JNF 11-255	Performing Arts Research Collections - Music

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91 p. : ill. (some col.); 25 cm.

Summary

Sun Ra (1914-1993) - self-proclaimed visionary extraterrestrial of the "Angel Race," prophetic jazz band leader and composer, and lyrical proponent of Afro-futurism - was one of the most influential figures of twentieth-century music. Though many of his fans are familiar with the philosophical and spiritual dimensions of Sun Ra's work, most remain blissfully unaware of how artists have continued to explore time and (outer) space through the invention and composition of his legacy.
John Corbett, co-editor of the WhiteWalls Sun Ra titles The Wisdom of Sun Ra, Pathways to Unknown Worlds, and Traveling the Spaceways, recently wrote an article on Sun Ra for Design Observer. Corbett provides an eloquent introduction to Sun Ra and his Arkestra, mapping the Chicago spaces inhabited by Ra and his collaborators as they developed the El Saturn label and launched the Arkestra.

Alternative Title

Traveling the spaceways

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Call Number

JNF 11-255

ISBN

OCLC

701527561

Title

Sun-Ra : traveling the spaceways : the astro black and other solar myths / edited by John Corbett, Anthony Elms, and Terri Kapsalis.

Imprint

New York, NY : WhiteWalls ; Chicago, IL : University of Chicago Press, [2010].

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Added Author

Corbett, John.

Elms, Anthony.

Kapsalis, Terri.

Research Call Number

JNF 11-255