Description: Further DetailsTitle: Space Is the PlaceCondition: NewSubtitle: The Lives and Times of Sun RaISBN-10: 1478008415EAN: 9781478008415ISBN: 9781478008415Publisher: Duke University PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 05/15/2020Description: Considered by many to be a founder of Afrofuturism, Sun Ra—aka Herman Blount—was a composer, keyboardist, bandleader, philosopher, entrepreneur, poet, and self-proclaimed extraterrestrial from Saturn. He recorded over 200 albums with his Arkestra, which, dressed in Egypto-space costumes, played everything from boogie-woogie and swing to fusion and free jazz. John Szwed's Space is the Place is the definitive biography of this musical polymath, who was one of the twentieth century's greatest avant-garde artists and intellectuals. Charting the whole of Sun Ra's life and career, Szwed outlines how after years in Chicago as a blues and swing band pianist, Sun Ra set out in the 1950s to impart his views about the galaxy, black people, and spiritual matters by performing music with the Arkestra that was as vital and innovative as it was mercurial and confounding. Szwed's readers—whether they are just discovering Sun Ra or are among the legion of poets, artists, intellectuals, and musicians who consider him a spiritual godfather—will find that, indeed, space is the place.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 229mmItem Length: 152mmItem Weight: 748gAuthor: John SzwedGenre: Society & CultureTopic: Social Sciences, Music Dance & Theatre, History, BiographyRelease Year: 2020 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: Space Is the Place
Title: Space Is the Place
Subtitle: The Lives and Times of Sun Ra
ISBN-10: 1478008415
EAN: 9781478008415
ISBN: 9781478008415
Release Date: 05/15/2020
Release Year: 2020
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Book Title: Space Is the Place : the Lives and Times of Sun Ra
Number of Pages: 512 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Duke University Press
Item Height: 1.1 in
Topic: Composers & Musicians, Ethnic Studies / African American Studies, Genres & Styles / Jazz
Publication Year: 2020
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Music, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography
Item Weight: 26.5 Oz
Item Length: 9.3 in
Author: John F. Szwed
Item Width: 6.1 in
Format: Trade Paperback
