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Ahmed Abdullah

jazz trumpeter

From: New York, United States
Since: 1946–present
Releases: 4

jazz

Official site

About

Ahmed Abdullah (born Leroy Bland; May 10, 1946) is an American jazz trumpeter who was a prominent member of Sun Ra's band.

From Ahmed Abdullah on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Member of

The Sun Ra Arkestra 1975–1997
The Group 1986–1987 flugelhorn, trumpet
Billy Bang Sextet now trumpet
Melodic Art-Tet now trumpet
Ahmed Abdullah Quartet now eponymous, flugelhorn, trumpet, piano
Ahmed Abdullah’s Dispersions of the Spirit of Ra now eponymous, other vocals, trumpet
Abdullah now eponymous, trumpet
Ahmed Abdullah and The Solomonic Quintet now eponymous, other vocals, flugelhorn, trumpet
Ahmed Abdullah’s Diaspora now eponymous, flugelhorn, trumpet
NAM now other vocals, trumpet
Ahmed Abdullah’s Ebonic Tones now eponymous, other vocals, trumpet
The Legendary Master Brotherhood now trumpet
Saheb Sarbib and His Multinational Big Band now trumpet

Discography

Singles 1

Lions of Judah 2011

Live 3

Links

Official

ahmedian.com

Reference

Married

Monique Ngozi Nri now

Also known as

Akmed Abdullah · Leroy Bland

Identifiers

MusicBrainz: fe5c306b-c4e0-4338-9a7c-d74e3b8bf015
ISNI: 0000000114398337

Data from MusicBrainz, saved 11 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.