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| | Sun Ra |
 | | Sun Ra was born on the planet Saturn, ages ago, and spent some time on Earth using the power of music to demonstrate the virtues of discipline and harmony to members of this planet. |
 | | Ra utilizes "exotic" instrumentation such as tympani, bells, and percussion in what has to be called a brilliant way, with saxes, trumpets, flutes, and Ra's own fractured and always creative piano playing meshing into a perfect, smooth, and lovely conception. |
 | | Ra was soon consolidating jazz, African, soul, and the whole of the Universe into classic recordings like My Brother The Wind Volume 2 (from 1969) which has been described as "spaced-out barbecue jazz" and which sounds to me like a brilliant composer working in the Jimmy Smith/Larry Young style of soul-jazz organ playing. |
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