Sistas’ Place, 456 Nostrand Avenue, at the corner of Jefferson Avenue, where Jazz: A Music of the Spirit Lives and Culture is our Weapon, continues its 21st season with the music of Resistance, Resilience and Resurgence. On Saturday, April 29, 2017, at 9 and 10:30pm, Ahmed Abdullah’s Diaspora performing Sun Ra Returns, A synergistic Jazz Opera with saxophonist Don Chapman, pianist/vocalist Donald Smith, bassist Radu Ben Judah, drummer Ronnie Burrage, vocalist/narrator Monique Ngozi Nri, and choreographer/dancer Mickey Davidson.Sun Ra Returns was created by Ahmed Abdullah and Tine Kindermann as a means of identifying and celebrating the habits of leadership that are so significantly missing in our country today. The opera offers, through a science fiction exploration, built around the life of Sun Ra, after he leaves Planet Earth, the possibility of renewal and resurgence.

Sun Ra Returns was created by Ahmed Abdullah and Tine Kindermann as a means of identifying and celebrating the habits of leadership that are so significantly missing in our country today. The opera offers, through a science fiction exploration, built around the life of Sun Ra, after he leaves Planet Earth, the possibility of renewal and resurgence.

We call this month-long series Brass Players at Sistas’ Place. The other brass players featured in this festival series include trumpeter Robert Rutledge and French hornist Vincent Chancey.

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