In some far off place
Many light years in space
I'll wait for you
Where human feet have never trod
Where human eyes have never seen
I'll build a world of abstract dreams
And wait for you

In tomorrow's realm
We'll take the helm
Of a new ship
Like the lash of a whip
We'll be suddenly on the way
And lightning-journing
To another friendly shore


Photos by Michael Wilderman		 Aside from regular travel on the road with Cecil Taylor, for the past few years, Trudy has been concentrating on the poetry of the legendary Sun Ra and his Arkestra. Working closely with John Szwed, Chairman of Music and Anthropology at Yale, Trudy has been collecting Sun Ra poetry. She performed with Sun Ra right up until his death, being with him when he left the planet at Birmingham, Alabama. 

Since his death, she has been planning and presenting Tributes to Sun Ra. She appears regularly on radio programs, reading Sun Ra poetry over the old Saturn records or new releases by Evidence. 
There have been a number of concert performances all over the USA and Europe - with Arkestra members and local musicians, including the New Orleans Jazz Festival, Earshot Jazz Festival, Ann Arbor Festival, Philadephia Afro American Historical and Cultural Museum, the Knitting Factory, and others.

John Szwed’s scholarly book Space Is The Place: The Lives and Times of Sun Ra mentions Trudy several times, with acknowledgments for her devotion to Sun Ra.


You can see separate page dedicated to TRUDY & SUN RA, read some SUN RA'S POETRY or go back to main page