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(Jun. 14, 1993) Died:Sun Ra
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TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1993
Jun. 14, 1993 The Pill That Changes Everything
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<source>Time Magazine</source>
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MILESTONES, Page 21
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<p> DIED. SUN RA, 79, jazz pianist and trailblazer; in Birmingham,
Alabama. In keeping with his singular, surreal performance persona,
Sun Ra claimed he came from Saturn; if true, his presence here
was that planet's loss and Earth's gain. According to more conventional
accounts, Herman ("Sonny") Blount first learned to play piano
by ear as a child. During the 1940s, his brilliant versatility
in swing, blues and boogie-woogie made him a valued sideman
for the likes of Coleman Hawkins and Fletcher Henderson. In
the '50s, however, Sun Ra set out on his own spectacularly peculiar
path. He organized the Sun-Ra Myth-Science Arkestra, a big band
that incorporated ancient African percussion, modern electronic
instruments and everything in between.
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