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Sto caricando le informazioni... A Pure Solar World: Sun Ra and the Birth of Afrofuturism (Discovering America)di Paul Youngquist
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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. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Youngquist goes quite a bit into the poetics of Sun Ra, cascades of word play, chains of ideas. I can't say I followed it all too precisely - still too earth-bound, I fear! Youngquist points out repeatedly that Sun Ra was into discipline, not freedom. His portrayal of the world of Sun Ra is quite accurate, as far as I can tell. I lived in Philadelphia from 1977-1982 and got to see Sun Ra perform quite a few times, and chatted with members of the band occasionally.
There is a delightful chapter at the end of this book where Youngquist traces Sun Ra's influence on other, later musicians. It's a real feast! I knew about maybe a quarter of his references. What a fun way to trigger further exploration! ( )