"When Herman Poole 'Sonny' Blount settled on Chicago’s South Side in 1946, he did so rather inconspicuously. Though studious and intelligent, Blount had dropped out of college. He had also spent some time in an Alabama prison for registering as a conscientious objector during World War II. Quiet, intellectual and somewhat eccentric, there was little to suggest that over the next two decades, Blount would become Sun Ra, one of jazz music’s most innovative and respected band leaders."
U. Chicago, Chicago Jazz Archive, Design Observer, Encyclopedia of Alabama, YouTube - Cosmic Rays, Dreaming **Ultra Rare Doo Wop** (1955), Sun Ra - Cry Of Jazz - Intro (Part 1), Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6
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