In one song on an album by this musician, "Velvet" the rhythm section plays at a brisk 4/4 while, Hobart Dodson and the rest of the band play in multiple time signatures.
In one song on an album by this musician, "Velvet" the rhythm section plays at a brisk 4/4 while, Hobart Dodson and the rest of the band play in multiple time signatures. That album, 1958's Jazz in Silhouette  is often considered the most accessible of this artist's discography. The record A Black Mass  features a radioplay written by Amiri Baraka, a reworking of the myth of Yakub, with this musician's uniquely named band playing in the background. Experimental works include The Nubians of Plutonia, Nuclear War and Concert for the Comet Kohoutek. Leading his Arkestra and claiming not to be from the planet Earth, despite his resemblance to a Herman Poole Blount born in Birmingham, Alabama, for 10 points name this eccentric jazz musician who took his name from an Egyptian deity.
In one song on an album by this musician, "Velvet" the rhythm section plays at a brisk 4/4 while, Hobart Dodson and the rest of the band play in multiple time signatures.
Sun Ra [accept Herman Poole Blount before mentioned]