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The Wisdom of Sun-Ra: Sun Ra's Polemical Broadsheets and Streetcorner Leaflets
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The Wisdom of Sun-Ra: Sun Ra's Polemical Broadsheets and Streetcorner Leaflets Paperback - 2006

by Sun Ra; Anthony Elms (Editor); John Corbett (Editor)


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From the Arkestra to his experiments with synthesizers, Sun Ra was one of the most inventive jazz musicians in history. Yet until now, there has not been a collection of his earliest writings that reveal the beginnings of his work as philosopher, mystic, and Afro-Futurist. This new volume unveils over forty newly discovered typewritten broadsheets on which Sun Ra expounded his wholly unique philosophical message. While in Chicago during the mid-1950s, Sun Ra preached on street corners and occasionally created scripts to accompany his lectures--intricate texts that invoke science fiction, Biblical prophecy, etymology, and black nationalism. Until this point, the only broadsheet known to exist was one given to John Coltrane in 1956. These newly unearthed writings attest to the provocative brilliance that inspired Coltrane. Sun Ra annotated many of them by hand, and together the sheets reveal fascinating new aspects of his worldview. The Wisdom of Sun Ra is an invaluable compendium of writings by one of the most intriguing and influential jazz figures of the century.

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  • Title The Wisdom of Sun-Ra: Sun Ra's Polemical Broadsheets and Streetcorner Leaflets
  • Author Sun Ra; Anthony Elms (Editor); John Corbett (Editor)
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Illustrated. Ann
  • Pages 144
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Whitewalls, -
  • Date August 1, 2006
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780945323075 / 0945323077
  • Weight 0.68 lbs (0.31 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.5 x 6.5 x 0.31 in (24.13 x 16.51 x 0.79 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Sun Ra, Sun Ra - Philosophy
  • Dewey Decimal Code 781.650

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Sun Ra (1914-93) was a jazz composer, bandleader, synthesizer player, and musical innovator.
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