TY  - BOOK
AU  - Youngquist,Paul
TI  - A pure solar world: Sun Ra and the birth of Afrofuturism 
T2  - Discovering America
SN  - 9780292726369 (hbk.) :
AV  - ML410.S978 Y68 2016
U1  - 781.65092 23
PY  - 2016///
CY  - Austin
PB  - University of Texas Press
KW  - Sun Ra.
KW  - Jazz musicians
KW  - Biography
KW  - Jazz
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - ukslc
KW  - Biography & non-fiction prose
KW  - thema
KW  - Musicians, singers, bands & groups
KW  - United States of America, USA
KW  - 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999
KW  - Popular music
KW  - Composers & songwriters
KW  - Biography: general
N1  - Includes bibliographical references, discography and index; AcknowledgmentsPrelude to InfinityIntro: Wonder Inn1. Alien2. Marienville3. Bronzeville4. Thmei5. Egypt6. Washington Park7. Arkestra8. Immeasurable Equation9. El Saturn10. Isotope Teleportation11. Cry of Jazz12. Sputnik13. Rocketry14. Tomorrowland15. Interplanetary Exotica16. Space Music17. Myth Science18. Black Man in the Cosmos19. Space Is the Place20. Tokens of Infinity21. ContinuationOutro: Extensions OutNotesBibliographyDiscographyCredits and PermissionsIndex
N2  - Surveying the range of Sun Ra's extraordinary creativity, this book explores how the father of Afrofuturism brought "space music" to a planet in need of transformation, supporting the aspirations of black people in an inhospitable white world; Sun Ra said he came from Saturn. Known on earth for his inventive music and extravagant stage shows, he pioneered free-form improvisation in an ensemble setting with the devoted band he called the "Arkestra." Sun Ra took jazz from the inner city to outer space, infusing traditional swing with far-out harmonies, rhythms, and sounds. Described as the father of Afrofuturism, Sun Ra created "space music" as a means of building a better future for American blacks here on earth.A Pure Solar World: Sun Ra and the Birth of Afrofuturism offers a spirited introduction to the life and work of this legendary but underappreciated musician, composer, and poet. Paul Youngquist explores and assesses Sun Ra's wide-ranging creative output-music, public preaching, graphic design, film and stage performance, and poetry-and connects his diverse undertakings to the culture and politics of his times, including the space race, the rise of technocracy, the civil rights movement, and even space-age bachelor-pad music. By thoroughly examining the astro-black mythology that Sun Ra espoused, Youngquist masterfully demonstrates that he offered both a holistic response to a planet desperately in need of new visions and vibrations and a new kind of political activism that used popular culture to advance social change. In a nation obsessed with space and confused about race, Sun Ra aimed not just at assimilation for the socially disfranchised but even more at a wholesale transformation of American society and a more creative, egalitarian world
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