Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction: Blutopia 1
5. Part I Sun Ra: A Starward Eye
6. 1. Astro Black: Mythic Future, Mythic Past 13
7. 2. Of Aliens and Angels: Mythic Identity 44
8. Part II. Duke Ellington: Tone Parallels
9. 3. In the Jungles of America: History Without Saying It 77
10. 4. Zajj: Renegotiating Her Story 119
11. Part III. Anthony Braxton: Crossroad Axiums
12. 5. All the Things You Are: Legba's Legacy 145
13. 6. Going to the Territory: Sound Maps of the Meta-Real 185
14. Coda: House of Voices, Sea of Music 211
15. Appendix 213
16. Notes 217
17. Works Cited 285
18. Index of Compositions and Recordings 305
19. Index 307