We met 52 years ago in the bowels of the corporate building that is known as Seagrams and Sons, on 53rd and Park Avenue. Synchronicity has been a part of our friendship from beginning to end. On the day we met, I was coming up from the basement where I had staked out a place Read More…
Author: jazzcorner
Cal Massey, Sun Ra, Charles Moffett by Ahmed Abdullah
As I look back over my life, it strikes me that I have had the privilege of coming into contact with 3 particularly advanced beings through my quest to play music of the spirit . In my early days as a student it was Cal Massey, who was the Bodhisattva/ Guru /Teacher/ Musician in my Read More…
Musicians participate in photoshoot at The Concord Baptist Church of Christ
On Thursday, June 5, close to 70 musicians from the New York Metropolitan Area were called upon by Bob Myers (Up Over Jazz Café) and Ahmed Abdullah (Sistas’ Place) to participate in a photo shoot at one of Brooklyn’s oldest churches, The Concord Baptist Church of Christ. The musicians who showed up (among them, Roland Read More…