Calling Planet Earth

Calling Planet Earth: Close Encounters with Sun Ra pulls us into the quirky world of the jazz musician known first as Herman Blount, then as Sun Ra (1914-1993), the Arkestra leader who claimed for most of his life to have come from Saturn. The book opens with an introduction to Ra's "sub-underground" music, a sound which fascinated the author and turned him into a fan almost fifty years ago. Introductory sections set up key questions, like, "But is it Jazz?" and "Where is Sun Ra Coming From, Bes