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Chargement... A Pure Solar World: Sun Ra and the Birth of Afrofuturism (Discovering America)par 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. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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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! ( )