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Sun Ra: God Is More Than Love Can Ever Be

Read "God Is More Than Love Can Ever Be" reviewed by Karl Ackermann

by Karl Ackermann
February 21, 2019

Herman Poole Blount, contrary to some urban myths, didn't claim to be born on the planet Saturn but had purportedly been transported there--and back--in his teens. A life shrouded in mystery, it isn't entirely clear when Blount became Sun Ra but it's estimated to be in the early 1940s when he was active on the Chicago ...

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God Is More Than Love Can Ever Be

By Sun Ra

Label: Cosmic Myth
Released: 2018
Track listing: Days of Happiness; Magic City Blues; Tenderness; Blithe Spirit Dance; God Is More Than Love Can Ever Be.

Article: Album Review

Sun Ra: God Is More Than Love Can Ever Be

Read "God Is More Than Love Can Ever Be" reviewed by Chris May

by Chris May
April 12, 2018

Sun Ra is best known for the extensive archive of recordings he made with his Arkestra, and most Ra enthusiasts are probably first attracted to his work by the sui generis imagination he brought to arranging for large ensembles. These span the recalibrated swing-band tropes of Jazz In Silhouette (Saturn, 1959), a perfect choice for an ...