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

Author/Contributor(s):	Abdullah, Ahmed
Publisher:	Blank Forms Editions
Date:	10/03/2023
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

"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."--