The Immeasurable Equation: The Collected Poetry and ProseA talented pianist and composer in his own right, Sun Ra (1914 - 1993) founded and conducted one of jazz's last great big bands from the 1950s until he left planet Earth. Few only know that he also was a gifted thinker and poet. Sun Ra's poetry leaves everything behind what's called contemporary, and flings out pictures of infinity into the outer space. These poems are for tomorrow. This is the only edition of Sun Ra's complete poetry and prose in one volume. The Contributors James L. Wolf Earned a music degree from Carleton College, and studied ethnomusicology at the University of Washington, Seattle. Now works at the Library of Congress in the Music Division. Active musician in various bands in the DC area. Many contributions to Sun Ra scholarship. Hartmut Geerken Oriental studies, philosophy and comparative religion at the universities of Tübingen and Istanbul. Writer, filmmaker, musician, composer. Since the 1970s, close relationships to Sun Ra and his works, setting up the world's most comprehensive Waitawhile Sun Ra Archive Sigrid Hauff Studied oriental languages and arts, philosophy, and romance studies at the universities of Tübingen and Istanbul. Free lance writer on literary and philosophical subjects. Klaus Detlef Thiel Studied philosophy and history at Trier University, Ph.D. Philosophical author, focussing on theory and history of writing. Brent Hayes Edwards Teaches in the English Department at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ. Author and Co-Editor of works on jazz and literature. |
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Contents
Preface | 1 |
Sigrid Hauff Thought is a Mental Force | 17 |
The Sun Ra Library | 481 |
Keys used in the Source Description | 500 |
| 518 | |
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angels Arkestra Baraka Behold beist Birds without wings bridge brothers called celestial circle Clifford Jarvis Cosmic Cosmo darkness deal in souls dimension disguised Don Cherry Doug E dream endless eternity everything feel fire freedom Friedlaender future Garden God’s greater Hartmut Geerken hear heaven Henry Dumas hidden idea Immeasurable Equation impossible infinity intergalactic intuition invented memory Jazz June Tyson language Lester Bowie light living magic Malachi Favors Maghostut meaning Millbrae mind musicians myth natural nature’s Omni Press Omniverse once outer space past phonetic planet earth play poem poetics potential pure race rays reach reality realm Ronnie Boykins Saturn shadow song sound Space Age Space Music speak spheres spiral spirit Sun Ra Sun Ra’s poetry symbol Szwed things thought Tomorrow Never Comes touch tree truth Umbra understand universe vibrations voice void wisdom writing yesterday
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| Title | The Immeasurable Equation: The Collected Poetry and Prose |
| Author | Sun Ra |
| Editors | James L. Wolf, Hartmut Geerken |
| Compiled by | James L. Wolf, Hartmut Geerken |
| Contributors | James L. Wolf, Hartmut Geerken |
| Publisher | BoD – Books on Demand, 2005 |
| ISBN | 3833426594, 9783833426599 |
| Length | 530 pages |
| Subjects | › › Poetry / American / African American & Black |
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