Mar292024

Sun Ra

Sun Ra (1914 – 1993) was an innovative jazz composer, bandleader, piano and synthesiser player, who came to be known as much for his Cosmic Afro-futurist Philosophy as for his phenomenal musical compositions and performances. He claimed that he was of the "Angel Race", not from Earth but from Saturn. Some of his most notable influences were African and African-American theatre, theosophy, and masonic Afro-futurism. His interest in these art forms Read more on Last.fm

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Most Played Tracks as Scrobbled to Last.fm

# Title Plays
1Tapestry from an Asteroid
351275
2Enlightenment
207350
3Space Is The Place
183164
4Nuclear War
151051
5Saturn
119061
6Door of the Cosmos
107966
7Images
89423
8Door to the cosmos
87465
9Velvet
80191
10Door To The Cosmos - Mixed
64896

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