Quantum 1:
Newsweek
128:24 p.78
(9 December 1996)

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			The visionary bandleader Sun Ra was a one-man history-and future-of jazz. Sun Ra: The Singles (Evidence, 2 CDs) gives a taste of his eclecticism. In the '50s, he was doing Gershwm, doo-wop and some kind of stuff that sounds like rap. Later came the strange sci-fi songs, the chanting -- and good straight-ahead jazz. Beginners may want the Leo import Second Star to the Right (Salute to Wait Disney) (315-287-2852), which is just what the subtitle says; his "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah" is so bent it doubles back into affectionate.

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