A Strange Celestial Road: My Time in the Sun Ra Arkestra

Description: 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 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 Abdullah's tutelage under composer and long-time Archie Shepp collaborator Cal Massey. Along the way, it covers the author's spiritual development, battles with addiction, tribulations as a father, and working life as an educator and taxi driver.

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Book Title: Strange Celestial Road : My Time in the Sun Ra Arkestra

Number of Pages: 536 Pages

Language: English

Publisher: Blank Forms

Item Height: 1.5 in

Publication Year: 2023

Topic: Composers & Musicians, General, Individual Composer & Musician, Genres & Styles / Jazz

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