Sun Ra

GPTKB entity

Statements (92)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:musician
gptkb:person
bandleader
composer
pianist
gptkbp:activeYearsEnd 1993
gptkbp:activeYearsStart 1930s
gptkbp:associatedAct gptkb:Sun_Ra_Arkestra
gptkbp:birthName gptkb:Herman_Poole_Blount
gptkbp:dateOfBirth 1914-05-22
gptkbp:dateOfDeath 1993-05-30
gptkbp:genre experimental music
jazz
avant-garde jazz
free jazz
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sun Ra
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:George_Clinton
gptkb:John_Coltrane
gptkb:Afrofuturism
gptkb:Marshall_Allen
gptkb:Pharoah_Sanders
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Duke_Ellington
gptkb:Thelonious_Monk
Fletcher Henderson
gptkbp:knownFor elaborate stage shows
claiming to be from Saturn
cosmic philosophy
unique costumes
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Sun_Ra_Arkestra
gptkbp:movement gptkb:Afrofuturism
avant-garde jazz
free jazz
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:notableStudent gptkb:Michael_Ray
gptkb:John_Gilmore
gptkb:Stanley_Morgan
gptkb:Charles_Davis
gptkb:Danny_Thompson
gptkb:Ahmed_Abdullah
gptkb:Akbar_Ali
gptkb:Art_Jenkins
gptkb:Bernard_McKinney
gptkb:Bruce_Edwards
gptkb:Clifford_Jarvis
gptkb:Craig_Harris
gptkb:Danny_Davis
gptkb:Dave_Davis
gptkb:Eloe_Omoe
gptkb:Fred_Adams
gptkb:James_Jacson
gptkb:James_Spaulding
gptkb:John_Ore
gptkb:Jothan_Callins
gptkb:Julian_Priester
gptkb:June_Tyson
gptkb:Kwame_Hadi
gptkb:Luqman_Ali
gptkb:Marshall_Allen
gptkb:Marshall_Belford_Allen
gptkb:Pat_Patrick
gptkb:R._Anthony_Bunn
gptkb:Robert_Barry
gptkb:Ronnie_Boykins
gptkb:Ronnie_Robinson
gptkb:Tyrone_Hill
gptkb:Vincent_Chancey
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Atlantis
gptkb:Jazz_in_Silhouette
gptkb:Lanquidity
gptkb:Space_Is_the_Place
gptkb:The_Heliocentric_Worlds_of_Sun_Ra
gptkbp:occupation bandleader
composer
pianist
arranger
keyboardist
gptkbp:placeOfBirth gptkb:Birmingham,_Alabama,_United_States
gptkbp:placeOfDeath gptkb:Birmingham,_Alabama,_United_States
gptkbp:recordLabel gptkb:Impulse!_Records
gptkb:ESP-Disk
gptkb:El_Saturn_Records
gptkb:Thoth_Intergalactic
Evidence
gptkbp:website https://www.sunraarkestra.com/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:MPS_Records
gptkb:NEA_Jazz_Masters
gptkb:Birmingham,_Alabama,_USA
gptkb:DownBeat_Jazz_Hall_of_Fame
gptkb:Solange_Knowles
gptkb:Afrofuturism
gptkb:Pharoah_Sanders
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5