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ID: 500779226
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500779226

 

Record Type: Person
Sun Ra (American musician, poet, and performer, 1941-1993, born Saturn)

Note: American jazz composer, big-band leader, keyboardist, and poet known for his experimental compositions and space-themed philosophy. His Arkestra performances could feature large drum choirs and chants, be-bop and swing pieces. Performances might include singers, dancers, acrobats, films and light shows. He is considered the first to introduce the use of synthesizers to Jazz, as well as the use of other non-traditional instrumentation. The Arkestra, an ensemble with a flexible line-up, and occasionally changing name, has continued since his death. He was a significant figure in the development of the Afrofuturism movement, and claimed to have come from the planet Saturn.
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Names:
Sun Ra (preferred,V,LC)
Blount, Sonny (V)
Blount, Herman (V)
Blount, Herman Poole (VBN)
Le Sun Ra (V)
Ra, Sun (V)
Le Sony’r Ra (V)
Bourke, Sonny (V)
Lee, Herman (V)
Le Sonra (V)

Nationalities:
American (preferred)
Black
LGBTQ

Roles:
musician (preferred)
performing artist
poet

Gender: male

Birth and Death Places:
Born:  Birmingham (Jefferson county, Alabama, United States) (inhabited place)
Died:  Birmingham (Jefferson county, Alabama, United States) (inhabited place)

Related People or Corporate Bodies:
collaborated with ....  Cage, John  
................................  (American composer and writer, 1912-1992) [500092036]
colleague of ....  Fiofori, Tam  
......................  (Nigerian documentary photographer, born 1942) [500779224]

List/Hierarchical Position:
 ....  Persons, Artists
 ........  Sun Ra (I)

Biographies:
(American musician, poet, and performer, 1941-1993, born Saturn) ..... [VP Preferred]
(Musician) ..... [VP]

Additional Names:

Sources and Contributors:
Blount, Herman ........ [VP]
..............................  Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
Blount, Herman Poole ........ [VP]
.........................................  Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
Blount, Sonny ........ [VP]
............................  Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
Bourke, Sonny ........ [VP]
............................  Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
Lee, Herman ........ [VP]
........................  Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
Le Sonra ........ [VP]
..................  New York Times [online] (2000-) obit.
Le Sony’r Ra ........ [VP]
.........................  Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
Le Sun Ra ........ [VP]
...................  Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
Ra, Sun ........ [VP]
................  Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
Sun Ra ........ [VP Preferred]
..............  Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) n 88607003
..............  New York Times [online] (2000-)
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
.......... New York Times [online] (2000-) obit. 31 May 1993
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