SPACE IS THE PLACE

Considered by many to be a founder of Afrofuturism, Sun Raaka Herman Blountwas a composer, keyboardist, bandleader, philosopher, e ntrepreneur, poet, and self-proclaimed extraterrestrial from Saturn. He recorded over 200 albums with his Arkestra, which, dressed i n Egypto-space costumes, played everything from boogie-woogie and swing to fusion and free jazz. John Szwed's Space is the Place is the definitive biography of this musical polymath, who was one of the twentieth century's greatest avant-garde artists and intellect uals. Chart...[Read more]