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Art does not begin with imitation, but with discipline.
Sun Ra
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Sun Ra
Age: 79 †
Born: 1914
Born: May 22
Died: 1993
Died: May 30
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Jazz Musician
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Birmingham
Alabama
Sonny Blount
Herman Sonny Blount
Herman Poole Blount
Herman Blount
Sun Ra Arkestra
Herman Lee
Le Sun Ra
Le Sony'r Ra
Sonny Bourke
Le Sun-Ra
Imitation
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