Sun Ra
- Brother from Another Planet
- A Joyful Noise
The two documentaries, by their names, seem to introduce two different aspects of Sun Ra's musical charm and style, and of course, his own spiritual thoughts and artistic pursuits.
The name Brother from Another Planet seems to sum up the life of Sun Ra, the avant-garde jazz musician who chose his stage name from the ancient Egyptian god of the sun and transformed the power of his music into a sun-like energy that shines on the world. In people's minds, Sun Ra is like an outsider from far away, looking down on the earth and creating his own artistic record of the world and life as he sees it.
What Sun Ra seems to bring to the table is not just music, but an idea, a deeper insight that comes from beyond humanity and reality. Some would call this style of his art cosmopolitanism, as Sun Ra himself says: music that one does not have in harmony with the spirit there, and therefore out of step with the universe." It is also like a proof that he is a jazz angel from another world.
A Joyful Voice is more of a description of the engagement and influence of Sun Ra's music, a key central figure in the modern music era, so much so that many of the funk bands of the 70s are still inspired by him.
Always drawing on more energy and inspiration, Sun Ra has studied and incorporated Zulu, Dogon and Egyptian cultures into his music ...... His poetic and philosophical achievements are not necessarily inferior to the fruits of his music, and he has composed a vast number of works throughout his life, incorporating the truest of human truths and emotions. Although he was also misunderstood by people for this uniqueness and mystery that transcended his time, subsequently, people understood music as a cosmic phenomenon and an expression of the soul from his works.
But every time people think they have understood part of Sun Ra's thoughts or feelings, he seems to change into another look, another style. He also seems to think that people cannot catch up with him and expresses his fleeting and mysterious meaning in different directions and fields. To this day, no one can deny that Sun Ra is a genius. A genius from another planet.
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