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All About Sun Ra
Born: Birmingham, AL, 1914
Years Active: 1958-1993
Member of: Sun Ra & His Year 2000 Myth Science Arkestra
Influenced by: Herbie Nichols, Duke Ellington, Gerry Mulligan, Fletcher Henderson, Tadd Dameron
Genre: Jazz
Biography: Of all the jazz musicians, Sun Ra was probably the most controversial. He did not make it easy for people to take him ...
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Feb 28 2008 12:00PM
by Spinner Staff
Filed under: Concerts and Tours, The Hit List
Spinner: Born: Herman Poole Blount What's in a Name: The eccentric jazzman, who claimed he was from Saturn, named himself after the ancient Egyptian sun god. Also answered, somewhat less exotically, to the childhood nickname Sonny. Previous Next Listen ... Read more
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