Professor Sun Ra

[David Morris]

Wow! Wow! What else to say?

On Monday, September 7, 2015, Keith Davis <kbob42 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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...
>
>
> Www.innergroovemusic.com
>
> > On Sep 7, 2015, at 6:15 PM, Dave Monroe <against.the.dave at gmail.com
> <javascript:;>> 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):
> >
> > The Sensational Guitars of Dan & Dale - Robin's Theme
> <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
> <javascript:;>> 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
> <javascript:;>>
> >> 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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