Ahmed Abdullah

Ahmed Abdullah (actually Leroy Bland , * 10. May 1947 in New York City ) is an American jazz - trumpet .

Live and act

Ahmed Abdullah began playing the trumpet at the age of thirteen under the influence of Louis Armstrong's music and initially worked with local rhythm and blues bands . In the mid-1960s he turned to the free jazz movement; in the 1970s he was known in the New York loft scene ( Wildflowers Loft Sessions , 1976) and played in 1976 and again in 1990 in Sun Ra Arkestra. Since then he has worked a. a with Ed Blackwell , Arthur Blythe , Malachi Favors , Billy Bang , Chico Freeman , Ronnie Boykins , Charles Brackeen , Steve Reid , John Hicks , Sam Rivers and Marion Brown . Abdullah led his Solomonic quintet and formations such as Abdullah Life's Force , NAM and Ebonic Tones and recorded several albums for the About Time , Silkheart , CIMP and Cadence Jazz labels . a Charles Brackeen, Vincent Chancey , Jay Hoggard , Charles Moffett , Fred Hopkins , Carlos Ward, and David S. Ware contributed.

Inspired by the birth of his daughter on the day after the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 , he recorded the highly acclaimed album Tara's Song in May 2004 with Billy Bang, baritone saxophonist Alex Harding , bassist Alex Blake and drummer Andre Stobert , with compositions by Sun Ra (“Tapestry”, “Late in a Pleasant Mood”), Gigi Gryce (“Sans Souci”) and a long version of his own composition “The Cave”. In 2013 he worked with Charles Burnham , Reggie Nicholson and DD Jackson .

Ahmed Abdullah taught at the New School University of New York.

Discographic notes

Albums under your own name

• Life's Force (About Time, 1979) with Vincent Chancey, Jay Hoggard
• Liquid Magic (Silkheart, 1987) with Charles Brackeen
• Ahmed Abdullah and His Solomonic Quintet (Silkheart) with David S. Ware, Fred Hopkins
• Dedication ( CIMP , 1997)
• Actual Proof (CIMP, 1999)
• Tara's Song ( TUM , 2004)

Albums as a sideman

• Billy Bang: The Fire from Within ( Soul Note , 1984)
• Arthur Blythe: In Concert ; The Grip ( India Navigation , 1977)
• Dennis González : Namesake (Silkheart, 1987)
• Sun Ra Arkestra: A Quiet Place in the Universe ( Leo Records , 1976/77), Destination Unknown ( Enja )
• Sun Ra Arkestra: Mayan Temples ( Black Saint , 1990)

literature

• Richard Cook , Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings . 8th edition. Penguin, London 2006, ISBN 0-14-102327-9 .

swell

1. ↑ Cook / Morton awarded the album the highest rating in the Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings .
2. ↑ January Jazz Listings in The New York Times

Web links

• Web presence of the musician
• Ahmed Abdullah at Allmusic (English). Retrieved November 22, 2017.
• Ahmed Abdullah at Discogs (English)
• Interview: Trumpeter Ahmed Abdullah Discusses Involvement with Sun Ra Arkestra, Arts Direction at Sistas' Place (2016)