Description: Strange Celestial Road : My Time in the Sun Ra Arkestra, Paperback by Abdullah, Ahmed; Washington, Salim (FRW), ISBN 1953691161, ISBN-13 9781953691163, Brand New, Free shipping in the US A thrilling account of life with Sun Ra’s Arkestra and New York’s avant-garde jazz scenes of the 1970s–90s In this memoir, Harlem-born trumpeter Ahmed Abdullah recounts decades of national and international touring with the Sun Ra Arkestra and charts the rise of the New York loft jazz scene, offering a fascinating portrait of advanced music in Brooklyn and Lower Manhattan from the 1970s through the 1990s, including thrilling stories about the politically important Bed-Stuy venue The East and the author's tutelage under composer and long-time Archie Shepp collaborator Cal Massey. Along the way, Abdullah covers his spiritual development as a Buddhist, battles with addiction, tribulations as a father, lessons from Sun Ra and working life as an educator and cab driver. Trumpeter and educator Ahmed Abdullah was born in Harlem in 1947. An important figure in the New York loft jazz movement, in 1972 he formed a group called Abdullah, two years before joining the Sun Ra Arkestra, with whom he played for more than 20 years. He is a founding member of the bands Melodic Art-Tet, The Group and NAM, and of the Central Brooklyn Jazz Consortium. Abdullah is the music director at Sistas’ Place in Brooklyn, and teaches music at the New School for Social Research in Manhattan and an elementary school in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn.
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Book Title: Strange Celestial Road : My Time in the Sun Ra Arkestra
Number of Pages: 512 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Blank Forms
Topic: Composers & Musicians, General, Individual Composer & Musician, Genres & Styles / Jazz
Publication Year: 2023
Item Height: 1.5 in
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Music, Biography & Autobiography
Item Weight: 29.7 Oz
Item Length: 8.3 in
Author: Ahmed Abdullah
Item Width: 6.2 in
Format: Trade Paperback
