Jazz Kat Posted January 17, 2005 Report Posted January 17, 2005 Sun Ra. I have a video clip of him, and Philly Joe Jones, and Don Cherry. Did this guy really think he was from Saturn? Quote
JSngry Posted January 17, 2005 Report Posted January 17, 2005 Yep. At least that's what they tell me on Jupiter. Quote
couw Posted January 17, 2005 Report Posted January 17, 2005 recent scientific exploits in the area to find the man's hometown turned out empty handed, however. Quote
jazzbo Posted January 17, 2005 Report Posted January 17, 2005 (edited) I think L. Ron Hubbard stole his ideas. Must have been able to get into the safe in the ship. Edited January 17, 2005 by jazzbo Quote
Ron S Posted January 17, 2005 Report Posted January 17, 2005 recent scientific exploits in the area to find the man's hometown turned out empty handed, however. Actually--no joke (believe it or not)--he used to live not far from where I am now in Philly. Members of the Arkestra still live in the same house, apparently. B-) Quote
7/4 Posted January 17, 2005 Report Posted January 17, 2005 recent scientific exploits in the area to find the man's hometown turned out empty handed, however. Actually--no joke (believe it or not)--he used to live not far from where I am now in Philly. Members of the Arkestra still live in the same house, apparently. B-) German town. Quote
Jazz Kat Posted January 17, 2005 Author Report Posted January 17, 2005 Umm, don't people know where he was born? Like what hospital, or is his certificate gone, and no one has no track of him? And is that why he is from Saturn? Quote
jazzbo Posted January 17, 2005 Report Posted January 17, 2005 He was born in The Magic City! (Here on Earth he was born in Birmingham. He may have been simultaneously born in a Saturnian city). Quote
doubleM Posted January 17, 2005 Report Posted January 17, 2005 Here's a quote from the book "Space is the Place": "His older sister was far less circumspect: ""He was born at my mother's aunt's house over there by the train station...I know, "cause I got on my knees and peeped through the keyhole. He's not from no Mars"". This version makes a little bit more sense. B-) Quote
Ron S Posted January 17, 2005 Report Posted January 17, 2005 Check out this biography. It says he was born Herman Sonny Blount in Birmingham, Alabama in 1914. But maybe the probe currently sitting on Saturn's moon Titan will found evidence to the contrary. Quote
Jazz Kat Posted January 17, 2005 Author Report Posted January 17, 2005 I guess he just thought he was adopted, and didn't want to face the facts! Quote
Ron S Posted January 18, 2005 Report Posted January 18, 2005 recent scientific exploits in the area to find the man's hometown turned out empty handed, however. Actually--no joke (believe it or not)--he used to live not far from where I am now in Philly. Members of the Arkestra still live in the same house, apparently. B-) German town. Yep, except it's one word (Germantown), one of Philly's most historic neighborhoods (a famous battle of the American Revolution was fought there). Other jazz legends also have lived there, like Coltrane. Quote
Leeway Posted January 18, 2005 Report Posted January 18, 2005 I've always thought that Sun Ra used that whole space mythos as a way to deal with race and identity, in a place that is often stranger than fiction-- the United States. Quote
Jazz Kat Posted January 18, 2005 Author Report Posted January 18, 2005 Can someone decribe his music further to me? Quote
JSngry Posted January 18, 2005 Report Posted January 18, 2005 Dude, you need to get the Ra biopgraphy by John Szwed: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detai...679804?v=glance Quote
Jazz Kat Posted January 18, 2005 Author Report Posted January 18, 2005 what? read? NO WAY!!! , just kidding. I'll look into it. If that's not interesting reading, what is? Quote
7/4 Posted January 18, 2005 Report Posted January 18, 2005 recent scientific exploits in the area to find the man's hometown turned out empty handed, however. Actually--no joke (believe it or not)--he used to live not far from where I am now in Philly. Members of the Arkestra still live in the same house, apparently. B-) German town. Yep, except it's one word (Germantown), one of Philly's most historic neighborhoods (a famous battle of the American Revolution was fought there). Other jazz legends also have lived there, like Coltrane. Ah...I know a couple of people who lived there over the years. Quote
Hoppy T. Frog Posted January 18, 2005 Report Posted January 18, 2005 Somewhat off-topic, is the immediate neighborhood of Morton Street where the Arkestra group house is/was, more or less safe (like I won't be caught in an open-air drug market or gang war)? I'm going to Philly in February and would like to make a pilgrimage (well, get some photos at least) of the John Coltrane house and Chez Sony'r Ra. Quote
7/4 Posted January 18, 2005 Report Posted January 18, 2005 Art Taylor? My sister's ex, a friend in Brooklyn and a friend in San Diego. None of them named Art Taylor. Quote
Guest ariceffron Posted January 18, 2005 Report Posted January 18, 2005 HAS ANYONE EVER SEEN L. RON'S DAUGHTER. SHE IS A HOT REDHEAD WHO MADE A LP IN 1979 WITH GUESTS PATRICK MORAZ AND CHICK COREA. I HATE SCIENTOLOGY, BUT THIS DIANA HUBBARD IS A GRADE-A+ REDHEAD-- AS HOT AS THEY COME, IT SO HAPPENS TO BE. WHO WOULD OF THUNK IT Quote
Jazz Kat Posted January 18, 2005 Author Report Posted January 18, 2005 Art Taylor? My sister's ex, a friend in Brooklyn and a friend in San Diego. None of them named Art Taylor. Nah, didn't he grow up in Philly, around Trane? Quote
alankin Posted January 22, 2005 Report Posted January 22, 2005 Somewhat off-topic, is the immediate neighborhood of Morton Street where the Arkestra group house is/was, more or less safe (like I won't be caught in an open-air drug market or gang war)? I'm going to Philly in February and would like to make a pilgrimage (well, get some photos at least) of the John Coltrane house and Chez Sony'r Ra. I would think so. It's not the worst neighborhood in Philly. You'd just want to use some commone sense, as would anywhere. I live one neighborhood over from Germantown, btw. And Coltrane's Philadelphia house is in the Strawberry Mansion section of the city. Quote
Ron S Posted January 22, 2005 Report Posted January 22, 2005 I live one neighborhood over from Germantown, btw. And Coltrane's Philadelphia house is in the Strawberry Mansion section of the city. Alan, if you live in the neighborhood I think you do, then I live one neighborhood over from you. BTW, to you and Hoppy, the Dec. 2004/Jan. 2005 issue of Tracks has a 2-page spread (132-133) about Philly music landmarks. FWIW, it says the neighborhood of Coltrane's house is Brewerytown, and not Strawbery Mansion. Either way, I'm sure the difference in boundaries is a matter of blocks. Quote
alankin Posted January 24, 2005 Report Posted January 24, 2005 Neighborhood names do change from time to time. (And I swear that the Philadelphia Inquirer changes neighborhood boundaries depending on whether they're reporting something good or something bad.) There's an interesting city government web site that lists several hundred neighborhod names: phila.gov/phils/Docs/otherinfo/placname.htm Quote
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