April is National Jazz and Poetry Month. As well April 22nd is Earth Day. All great reasons to tune in to WBAI from 2-3pm on Thursday, April 22nd. On April 30th the Ensemble will celebrate the 111 birthday of Duke Ellington with a performance at PS 3, 50 Jefferson Avenue Brooklyn at 1:30pm and 2:15pm.
The Sun Ra New School Ensemble features:
Luther Wong-trumpet
Dean Buck-tenor saxophone
Adam Robinson-baritone saxophone
Jermilino "Dinos" San Pedro-piano
Max Johnson-bass
Kenji Tokunaga-bass
Mack Williams-drums
Kiril Orenstein-drums
Morgane Moulherat-voice
Trumpeter Ahmed Abdullah brings his New School University Sun Ra Ensemble rendering the music of Sun Ra live from 2 to 3 p.m., on radio station WBAI’s
Perspective with Louis Reyes Rivera. If you're too far from New York, you can tune in on the web or catch it after the fact by going to the Internet (http://www.wbai.org) after 3p.m., Thursday – click on archives, scroll down to the date and time, then just hit the play button. The program remains archived for up to 14 days of initial airing. Mr. Abdullah, a 22-year veteran of the Sun Ra Arkestra, teaches his mentor's music and philosophy to the New School's music majors. The performance on WBAI has been an annual April event for the past 8
years.
