Professor Sun Ra

[Keith Davis]

I played with one of Sunny's drummers, Samarai Celestial, for several years. We even recorded together. From his stories, it was quite an experience living in that milieu for 14 years!
Samarai was a killer drummer...


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> On Sep 7, 2015, at 6:15 PM, Dave Monroe <against.the.dave at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> My one Sun Ra record (though my youngest [schizophrenic (my mom's
> sister blames Schoenberg)] brother is a big fan, bought him the
> biography in grade school [?!], even):
> 
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-XQgpj7Qnw
> 
> http://www.discogs.com/Sensational-Guitars-Of-Dan-Dale-Batman-Theme-Robins-Theme/release/2370799
> 
> http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-sensational-guitars-of-dan-and-dale-batman-and-robin-mw0000006532
> 
>> On Mon, Sep 7, 2015 at 5:10 PM, ish mailian <ishmailian at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Thanks, man. A big Kirk and Sun Ra Fan, and was thrilled to discover that
>> Kirk was the major influence of Ian Anderson.  was at the music festival
>> outside reo, in niteroi, and so many were playing....who would have thought
>> so many would be playing....and then, after a little seu jorge, came this
>> sun ra...well, i was impressed...and then ....a church type band....it was
>> too much memory flooding, like the finger of god from the clouds ....not
>> Calvinist but graceful god of spiritual catholic,liberation, yeah...
>> 
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serra_dos_%C3%93rg%C3%A3os
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Sat, Sep 5, 2015 at 9:02 PM, Dave Monroe <against.the.dave at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> "In the Spring of 1971 Herman 'Sonny' Blount, aka Sun Ra, was
>>> artist-in-residence at the University of Califonia at Berkeley, where
>>> he offered a lecture course, variably described as African-American
>>> Studies 198, 'The Black Man in the Universe,' or 'The Black Man In the
>>> Cosmos,' or perhaps it was AAS 171. Apparently there was always some
>>> confusion regarding the course, and students had difficulty in picking
>>> up books from the required reading list, although one listing, The
>>> Source Book of Man’s Life and Death (i.e, The Bible, 'King James'),
>>> whose author was listed as 'God,' was available from 'numerous'
>>> publishers."
>>> 
>>> http://sensitiveskinmagazine.com/professor-sun-ra/
>>> 
>>> ‘THE BLACK MAN IN THE COSMOS’: SUN RA TEACHES AT UC BERKELEY, 1971
>>> 
>>> 
>>> http://dangerousminds.net/comments/the_black_man_in_the_cosmos_sun_ra_teaches_at_uc_berkeley_1971
>>> 
>>> Sun Ra’s Full Lecture & Reading List From His 1971 UC Berkeley Course,
>>> “The Black Man in the Cosmos”
>>> 
>>> 
>>> http://www.openculture.com/2014/07/full-lecture-and-reading-list-from-sun-ras-1971-uc-berkeley-course.html
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