Sun Ra: Background Information

from "Britannica Academic"

from "The Oxford Encyclopedia of American Cultural and Intellectual History"

from "Great Lives from History: African Americans"

The Historical Dictionary of Jazz covers the history of Jazz through a chronology, an introductory essay, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 1,500 cross-referenced entries on significant jazz performers, band leaders, bands, venues, record labels, recordings, and the different styles of jazz.

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