Love, a Baddie - Taylor Mckie arthurrussel including works by Lukaza Branfman-Verissimo

including works by Lukaza Branfman-Verissimo

Robin Coste Lewis

Contributions by Chris Dercon and Jean-Paul Goude and Christian Kämmerling

Edited with text by Jenny He and Dara Jaffe

Love, a Baddie - Taylor Mckie arthurrussel including works by Lukaza Branfman-VerissimoIn this captivating memoir, the first full length account of life in the Arkestra by any of its members, Harlem born trumpeter Ahmed Abdullah recounts two decades of traveling the spaceways with the inimitable composer, pianist, and big band leader Sun Ra. Gigging everywhere from the legendary Bed Stuy venue the East to the National Stadium in Lagos, Abdullah paints a vivid picture of the rise of loft jazz and the influence of Pan Africanism on