In these memories, the trumpeter born in Harlem Ahmed Abdullah recounts decades of national and international tours with Sun Ra Arkestra and draws the rise of the New York Jazz Loft scene, offering a fascinating portrait of advanced music in Brooklyn and Bajo Manhattan From the 1970s to the 1990s, which includes exciting stories about the important place of Bed-Stuy, The East, and the author's guardianship under the direction of the composer and collaborator of Archie Shepp for a long time, Cal Massey. Along the way, Abdullah covers his spiritual development as Buddhist, his struggles against addiction, tribulations as a father, the lessons of Sun ra and working life as an educator and taxi driver. The trumpeter and educator Ahmed Abdullah was born in Harlem in 1947 . Important figure of the New York Jazz movement, in 1972 he formed a group called Abdullah, two years before joining Sun Ra Arkestra, with whom he played for more than 20 years. . He is a founding member of the Melodic Art-Tet, The Group and Nam bands, and Central Brooklyn Jazz Consortium. Abdullah is the musical director of Sista ’Place in Brooklyn and teaches music in the New School for Social Research in Manhattan and in a primary school in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn.

English language 16 x 21 cm 512 pages