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| Ahmed Abdullah's Diaspora at Sistas' Place Ahmed Abdullah's Diaspora (Alex Harding, baritone sax, D.D. Jackson, piano, Radu, bass, Reggie Nicholson, drums, Monique Ngozi Nri, poetry and vocals and TC the III, vocals) performs at Sistas' Place 456 Nostrand Avenue on May 10th@ 9 and 10:30pm. This performance will celebrate Ahmed's own Arrival Day aka Birthday which is on that day and 2014 is also the year of Sun Ra's Centennial Celebration which will be on May 22nd. Mr. Abdullah performed trumpet and vocals with the Sun Ra Arkesstra under Sun Ra's leadership for a span of 22 years. The band Diaspora (Dispersions of the Spirit of Ra) combines music from the African Diaspora along with the music of Sun Ra. Sun Ra left the planet in 1993 and left a great legacy. Among the things he left was a really really special approach to music making and a philosophy about life. Ahmed Abdullah has been teaching Sun Ra's music and philosophy to students at the New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music since 2002. With this semester's group of students he will do two other performances in May to celebrate Sun Ra's Centennial: May 1s@t 9pm@55 West 13th Street, 5th Floor, Admission is free. The other performance is at Shapeshifter Lab, 18 Whitwell Place, Brooklyn, on Sunday, May 11th with two shows: 6:15 to 7pm and 7:20 until 8:05. For information (646) 820-9452. The New School Sun Ra Ensemble directed by Ahmed Abdullah with surprise guests! Sagi Kaufman, alto sax, Nathan Bellott, alto sax, Zhibai (Brian) Qu, tenor sax, Marshall Rauh, trombone, Alex Plye, bass, Joseph Palmer, drums and Yuima Enya vocals. write your comments about the article :: © 2014 Jazz News :: home page |