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The Call

A jazz trumpeter recounts his time with the Sun Ra Arkestra

May 21, 2024 • by Ahmed Abdullah

I would come to understand that there was a profound methodology at work. Sun Ra was a genius who allowed a person to exhibit the full breadth of his capabilities before he decided where that person would fit best for maximum impact. This was real leadership...

Sun Ra and the Birth of Afrofuturism by Paul Youngquist

December 21, 2016 • by Vince Carducci

One of my favorite moments of personal cognitive dissonance goes back to my time at Michigan State in the mid-1970s when at brunch at IHOP one Sunday morning I looked over to see John Gilmore, June Tyson, and Marshall Allen seated a couple of tables over from me. They were ...

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The Call

A jazz trumpeter recounts his time with the Sun Ra Arkestra

A Pure Solar World

Sun Ra and the Birth of Afrofuturism by Paul Youngquist

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