Actor · Music · Writer
Born May 22, 1914 · Birmingham, Alabama , U.S.
Active 1959–1993 · Awards: NEA Jazz Masters
Sun Ra (born Herman Poole Blount, legal name Le Sony'r Ra; May 22, 1914 – May 30, 1993) was an American jazz composer, bandleader, piano and synthesizer player, poet and philosopher known for his experimental music, "cosmic philosophy,"…