Sun Ra, also known as Herman Poole “Sonny” Blount (1914-1993)
The author of the book that I have chosen is John F. Szwed, and the musician that I have chosen is Sun Ra. Why did John F. Szwed, the author, write this book? The author wrote this book to tell the story about “Sun Ra-(“Herman Poole “Sonny” Blount”)” who had created unique music for a broad audience. Sun Ra wanted his unparalleled audience to desire more than just to be entertained. He wanted the world to understand his philosophies. He was also a philosopher and taught his audience his teachings. He took his audiences well beyond the domain of the artistic to those that are a part of the humane and truthful. The author wrote this book to tell about “Sun Ra”- the Jazz Musician, whose …show more content…
For an example, Sun Ra knew that musical instruments would one day become electronic and they would become very suitable for making various sounds that nobody has ever thought of before. Yusef Lateef, who worked in a band with Sun Ra, told about Sun Ra’s theories that he used in his music: the use of various quarter tones, and small tones in jazz, which are the notes between the half tones, that create the scales of music. In a 1945 movie named Spellbound, Sun Ra created his biggest feature number, which was the chorus line’s dance. Sun Ra used his very own creative arrangement for the theme. In the film, it acquainted the audience with eerie and voice like sounds of the Theremin, it was used in the movie for calling out the mental state of one of the various characters. The Theremin was one of the new types of electronic musical instruments that Sun Ra introduced in the movie. The book about Sun Ra is: very well written, with the author who is very knowledgeable in music. It is not a very difficult book to read and understand. Furthermore, it can also be a great tool if anyone was interested to know about Sun Ra, who he was and why he is important. Furthermore, it is for those that want to read about music pioneers, this is the book to …show more content…
Szwed, This book is a great resource of jazz history. My impressions of Sun Ra is that he gave anyone that wants to listen to and understand him in a certain way, a great stepping stone for telling people no matter what you think, if you like, outer space and you like seeing the stars and the planets you can go ahead and reach for the stars. Nobody is stopping you. You can also start a jazz band if you want to. After, my dad showed me Sun Ra and told me about him I really got interested to get to know him better. I really love outer space though. This book is definitely a great resource tool for Jazz history. Also, a priceless value to the music history. John F. Szwed is a great author who put everything out there and worked hard to digest the, evolution of Sun Ra, which is
The author of the book that I have chosen is John F. Szwed, and the musician that I have chosen is Sun Ra. Why did John F. Szwed, the author, write this book? The author wrote this book to tell the story about “Sun Ra-(“Herman Poole “Sonny” Blount”)” who had created unique music for a broad audience. Sun Ra wanted his unparalleled audience to desire more than just to be entertained. He wanted the world to understand his philosophies. He was also a philosopher and taught his audience his teachings. He took his audiences well beyond the domain of the artistic to those that are a part of the humane and truthful. The author wrote this book to tell about “Sun Ra”- the Jazz Musician, whose …show more content…
For an example, Sun Ra knew that musical instruments would one day become electronic and they would become very suitable for making various sounds that nobody has ever thought of before. Yusef Lateef, who worked in a band with Sun Ra, told about Sun Ra’s theories that he used in his music: the use of various quarter tones, and small tones in jazz, which are the notes between the half tones, that create the scales of music. In a 1945 movie named Spellbound, Sun Ra created his biggest feature number, which was the chorus line’s dance. Sun Ra used his very own creative arrangement for the theme. In the film, it acquainted the audience with eerie and voice like sounds of the Theremin, it was used in the movie for calling out the mental state of one of the various characters. The Theremin was one of the new types of electronic musical instruments that Sun Ra introduced in the movie. The book about Sun Ra is: very well written, with the author who is very knowledgeable in music. It is not a very difficult book to read and understand. Furthermore, it can also be a great tool if anyone was interested to know about Sun Ra, who he was and why he is important. Furthermore, it is for those that want to read about music pioneers, this is the book to …show more content…
Szwed, This book is a great resource of jazz history. My impressions of Sun Ra is that he gave anyone that wants to listen to and understand him in a certain way, a great stepping stone for telling people no matter what you think, if you like, outer space and you like seeing the stars and the planets you can go ahead and reach for the stars. Nobody is stopping you. You can also start a jazz band if you want to. After, my dad showed me Sun Ra and told me about him I really got interested to get to know him better. I really love outer space though. This book is definitely a great resource tool for Jazz history. Also, a priceless value to the music history. John F. Szwed is a great author who put everything out there and worked hard to digest the, evolution of Sun Ra, which is