ISBN10: 0763658065, ISBN13: 9780763658069, [publisher: Walker Books, Limited] Hardcover pp. 40
[New York, NY, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2014]

ISBN10: 0763658065, ISBN13: 9780763658069, [publisher: Candlewick Press,U.S., Massachusetts] Hardcover Hardcover. Caldecott Medalist Chris Raschka shares his love of jazz great Sun Ra, just in time to mark the centennial of the musicians birth. Jazz musician Sun Ra (19141993) always said that he came from Saturn. Being from another planet, he was naturally intrigued by everything earthly especially music, because music is the one thing on Earth most like the stars. Earthlings themselves confused Sun Ra, the way they sorted themselves by color and fought wars against one another. So he made music. And he traveled with other musicians and singers, calling themselves the Sun Ra Arkestra, playing, singing, and dancing for people all over the planet. Because music, he said, is what holds us all together. Join acclaimed author-illustrator Chris Raschka in celebrating a legend of the jazz world who was truly one of a kind. 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. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.
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