Space is the Place: The Life and Times of Sun Ra
- ISBN-10
- 0862417228
- ISBN-13
- 9780862417222
- Category
- Big bands
- Pages
- 476
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1997
- Author
- John F. Szwed
Description
This biography of Sun Ra is as much about the music as it is about his unorthodox views on the galaxy, black people and spiritual matters. With the various incarnations of his Arkestra, his repertoire ranged from boogie-woogie to swing to be-bop to fusion to New Age, and his influence extended throughout the jazz and rock worlds.
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- 2020-07
- 192 pages
- Paperback
- Spector Books
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