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Friday Jazz Lesson: Sun Ra 'Brainville'

"Of all the jazz musicians, Sun Ra was probably the most controversial..." There's no doubt that, in the jazz world, Sun Ra was like no-one else. First off, he claimed he wasn't even from Earth, but rather, he was of the Angel Race and from Saturn. Ace! Regarding his birth name, he said: "That's an imaginary person, never existed … Any name that I use other than Ra is a pseudonym." Now, dig 'Brainville', less experimental than his usual output, but seeing as we're all findin' out feet here...


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