Herman Poole Blount

Sun Ra au conservatoire de Nouvelle Angleterre, le 27 février 1992

Sun Ra (né Herman Poole Blount) est un compositeur et pianiste de jazz américain né à Birmingham, Alabama, le 22 mai 1914 et décédé le 30 mai 1993. Il est connu pour ses compositions et ses performances phénoménales autant que pour l'étrange "philosophie cosmique" qu'il prêchait.

À la tête de son Arkestra,il a enregistré plus de deux cents albums, le plus souvent sur sa marque "Saturn" depuis la fin des années 1950.

Il a inspiré Jean-Claude Mézières et Pierre Christin, dans les aventures de Valérian, pour le personnage de Sun Rae dans La Cité des eaux mouvantes.

Discographie (partielle)

• 1957 - Super-Sonic Jazz by Sun Ra and his Arkestra
• 1957 - Jazz By Sun Ra by Sun Ra and his Arkestra
• 1958 - Jazz in Silhouette by Sun Ra and his Arkestra
• 1958 - The Nubians of Plutonia by Sun Ra and his Myth Science Arkestra
• 1960 - Fate in a Pleasant Mood by Sun Ra and His Myth Science Arkestra
• 1961 - The Futuristic Sounds of Sun Ra by Sun Ra and his Arkestra
• 1962 - When Sun Comes Out by Sun Ra and his Astro-Infinty Arkestra
• 1963 - Angels and Demons at Play by Sun Ra and his Myth Science Arkestra
• 1963 - When Sun Comes Out by Sun Ra and his Myth Science Arkestra
• 1965 - The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra Volumes One and Two by Sun Ra and his Solar Arkestra
• 1965 - Art Forms of Dimensions Tomorrow by Sun Ra and his Solar Arkestra
• 1965 - Fate in a Pleasant Mood by Sun Ra and his Myth Science Arkestra
• 1965 - Secrets of the Sun by Sun Ra and his Solar Arkestra
• 1966 - Visits Planet Earth by Sun Ra and his Solar Arkestra
• 1966 - Other Planes Of There by Sun Ra and his Solar Arkestra
• 1966 - The Magic City by Sun Ra and his Solar Arkestra
• 1966 - When Angels Speak of Love by Sun Ra and his Myth Science Arkestra
• 1967 - Cosmic Tones for Mental Therapy by Sun Ra and his Myth Science Arkestra
• 1968 - Sound of Joy by Sun Ra and the Arkestra (recorded 1957)
• 1969 - Atlantis by Sun Ra and his Astro Infinity Arkestra
• 1970 - Holiday for Soul Dance by Sun Ra and his Intergalactic Arkestra
• 1970 - Nothing Is by Sun Ra
• 1970 - Sound Sun Pleasure!! by Sun Ra and his Astro Infinity Arkestra
• 1971 - Nidhamu by Sun Ra and his Astro Intergalactic Infinity Arkestra
• 1971 - Live in Egypt 1 by Sun Ra and his Astro Intergalactic Infinity Arkestra
• 1971 - The Solar-Myth Approach vol.1&2 by Sun Ra and his Solar-Myth Arkestra
• 1972 - Bad and Beautiful by Mr. Sun Ra and his Arkestra
• 1973 - Space is the Place by Sun Ra
• 1973 - Concert for the Comet Kohoutek by Sun Ra
• 1973 - Deep Purple by Sun Ra and his Arkestra featuring Stuff Smith on violin
• 1974 - The Invisible Shield by Sun Ra and his Intergalactic Research Arkestra
• 1975 - What's New? by Sun Ra
• 1976 - Cosmos by Sun Ra
• 1976 - Strange Strings by Sun Ra and his Astro Infinity Orchestra
• 1978 - Lanquidity by Sun Ra
• 1978 - Disco 3000 by Sun Ra and his Arkestra
• 1982 - Strange Celestial Road by Sun Ra
• 1984 - Nuclear War by Sun Ra Arkestra
• 1984 - Cosmo Sun Connection by Sun Ra and his Arkestra
• 1986 - A Night in East Berlin by Sun Ra and his Cosmo Discipline Arkestra
• 1989 - Blue Delight by Sun Ra
• 1990 - Purple Night by Sun Ra
• 1991 - At the Village Vanguard by Sun Ra Sextet
• 1991 - Friendly Galaxy by Sun Ra Arkestra
• 1992 - Destination Unknown by Sun Ra & his Omniverse Arkestra
• 1994 - Live From Soundscape (suivi d'une conférence intitulée "The Possibility of Altered Destiny) by Sun Ra & his Arkestra (recorded in 1979)

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