Sun Ra

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Sun Ra was an avant-garde jazz composer, bandleader, and keyboardist known for his experimental music, cosmic philosophy, and pioneering use of Afrofuturist themes.

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instanceOf Afrofuturist artist
avant-garde jazz musician
bandleader
composer
human
jazz musician
keyboardist
organist
pianist
record producer
activeYearsEnd 1993
activeYearsStart 1930s
alsoKnownAs Le Sony'r Ra NERFINISHED
Le Sony’r Ra NERFINISHED
Sonny Blount NERFINISHED
band Sun Ra Arkestra NERFINISHED
birthName Herman Poole Blount NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1914-05-22
dateOfDeath 1993-05-30
founded Sun Ra Arkestra NERFINISHED
gender male
genre avant-garde jazz
experimental music
free jazz
jazz
influenced Afrofuturist musicians
George Clinton NERFINISHED
Marshall Allen NERFINISHED
Pharoah Sanders NERFINISHED
influencedBy Duke Ellington NERFINISHED
Fletcher Henderson NERFINISHED
big band jazz
instrument electric piano
organ
piano
synthesizer
knownFor Afrofuturist themes
cosmic philosophy
experimental jazz compositions
pioneering use of synthesizers in jazz
theatrical live performances
language English
movement Afrofuturism NERFINISHED
notableWork Atlantis NERFINISHED
Cosmic Tones for Mental Therapy NERFINISHED
Jazz in Silhouette NERFINISHED
Lanquidity NERFINISHED
Nuclear War NERFINISHED
Space Is the Place NERFINISHED
The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra NERFINISHED
occupation bandleader
composer
keyboardist
musician
organist
pianist
poet
philosophy claimed to be from Saturn
placeOfBirth Birmingham, Alabama, United States NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Birmingham, Alabama, United States NERFINISHED
recordLabel ESP-Disk NERFINISHED
El Saturn Records NERFINISHED
Impulse! Records NERFINISHED
residence Chicago, Illinois, United States
New York City
surface form: New York City, New York, United States

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States NERFINISHED

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