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UsedBits
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 Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 6:43 pm Post subject: Sun Ra trumpet players |
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About a year ago I had the pleasure of meeting the 2nd trumpeter in the Sun Ra band. He sat in during a rehearsal of my big band. Not much of a sight reader but he could definitely play. His solo wasn't exactly 'jazz' per se but considering my ineptitude at playing an ad-lib solo, his was pretty good by comparison.
At about that same time I met a young lady at work who says her father is (was?) the 1st trumpeter with Sun Ra.
Small world, eh? Anyone know the names of these two trumpeters?
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| Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 8:19 pm Post subject: |
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Not sure who's with the Sun Ra (ghost) Arkestra now, but Michael Ray played the high parts for some years in Ra's late period. With a career that goes back to the 1950s, a lot of trumpet players passed through the band.
Ahmed Abdullah played with Sun Ra for many years, and Hobart Dotson was a brilliant player in the late '50s-early 60s era.
If you remember the names of the players you mention, let us know! |
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pfrank
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My favorite Sun Ra recording is "Fate In A Pleasant Mood"; the trumpets are George Hudson and Phil Cohran, c. 1960. It's a more "inside" Ra record, Very humable... 
An interesting sidenote, the Govenor of Massachusetts is Deval Patrick, son of Pat Patrick, a longtime member of the Arkestra! (Pat didn't raise Deval though...) |
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| Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 6:13 pm Post subject: |
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| nowave wrote: | | Not sure who's with the Sun Ra (ghost) Arkestra now, |
I know Kelly Rossum played with the Arkestra a little bit this summer, but I don't think he does that regularly.
http://www.krossum.com/
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There is an excellent Sun Ra documentary on Amazon Prime. The trumpet section is an amalgamation of Bb, flugel, cornet & bass trumpet (?).
SOMEONE in there (must be the Bb player) is quite the screamer!
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