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. |
Contents
Preface | 1 |
Sigrid Hauff Thought is a Mental Force | 17 |
The Poems | 57 |
The Prose | 445 |
The Sun Ra Library | 481 |
Keys used in the Source Description | 500 |
Sources of the Prose | 518 |
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Common terms and phrases
African Alfred Wallis angels Arkestra Astro Black Baraka Behold beist Birds without wings brothers called CD liner celestial circle Cosmo darkness deal in souls death dimension disguised dream Egyptian endless eternity everything feel fire freedom future Garden greater Hambone 14 Hartmut Geerken hear heaven Henry Dumas hidden idea Immeasurable Equation impossible infinity intergalactic intuition invented memory Jazz in Silhouette June Tyson language light living LP jacket magic meaning Millbrae musicians myth natural Omni Press Omniverse once outer space past Pivoting Planes planet earth poem poetics potential pure Queen Elizabeth Hall Ra’s race rays reach reality realm reprint Saturn shadow Song sound Space Age Space Music speak spiral spirit Sun Ra Sun Ra's poetry symbol Szwed things thought Tomorrow Never Comes touch tree truth Umbra universe vibration voice void wisdom writing yesterday York