Sun Ra
Genres:
Avant-Garde, Jazz
Meta styles:
Big Band/Swing, Free Jazz, Latin Jazz/World Fusion, New Orleans/Classic Jazz, Sound Art
Styles:
African Jazz, Avant-Garde Jazz, Experimental Big Band, Free Jazz, Mainstream Jazz, Mixed Media, Progressive Jazz, Swing, World Fusion

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. As both a black male and an independent producer, Sun Ra defied racist institutions and beliefs. 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 Egyptian sun god).

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A Fireside Chat With Lucifer

Year:
2023
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4
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320 kbps
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2020
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320 kbps
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Nuits De La Fondation Maeght Vol. 1 (Reissued 2020)

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2020
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320 kbps
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Celestial Love

Year:
2020
Tracks:
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Bitrate:
320 kbps
Of Mythic Worlds

Of Mythic Worlds

Year:
2018
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5
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320 kbps
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Pleiades: A Jazz Symphonique

Year:
2018
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13
Bitrate:
320 kbps
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God Is More Than Love Can Ever Be

Year:
2018
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320 kbps
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Of Abstract Dreams

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Year:
2018
Tracks:
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Bitrate:
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