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The cosmo-biography of Sun Ra the sound of joy is enlightening

A one-hundredth birthday tribute to the late jazz artist explores his observations about humanity's discriminatory and violent behaviors as well as his efforts to forge world peace through music with the Sun Ra Arkestra.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Raschka, Christopher (Author, Illustrator)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2014.
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Sun Ra > Juvenile nonfiction. Jazz musicians > United States > Biography > Juvenile. African American jazz musicians > United States > Biography > Juvenile.
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Summary:	A one-hundredth birthday tribute to the late jazz artist explores his observations about humanity's discriminatory and violent behaviors as well as his efforts to forge world peace through music with the Sun Ra Arkestra.
Physical Description:	1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Bibliography:	Includes discography.
ISBN:	0763658065 9780763658069
Author Notes:	Chris Raschka was born in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania on March 6, 1959. He received a B.A. from St. Olaf College in 1981. Before becoming a full-time author, he was an art teacher in St. Croix, Virgin Islands and a freelance artist, cartoonist, and editorial illustrator. He is an author and illustrator of children's books including Yo! Yes?, Charlie Parker Played Be Bop, and Mysterious Thelonious. Hello, Goodbye Window won the Caldecott Medal in 2006 and A Ball for Daisy won the Caldecott Medal in 2012. (Bowker Author Biography)