Jazz Articles about Kevin Nabors

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Behold and behear: What It Is!, the 58th recording to feature composer-drummer/percussionist-bandleader-music director and interdisciplinary arts activist Kahil El'Zabar. The album debut of a six-year-old band comprising three Generation Next players who've emerged from the school of Chicago's renowned AACM (Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians) with chops benefitting from 59-year-old Kahil's mentorship, What It Is! is an hour of now-jazz that looks to the future while embracing the past. It's a statement of the joy of interactive play, ...

Album Review

Kahil El'Zabar: What It Is!

by AAJ Italy Staff
July 15, 2013

I gruppi guidati dal batterista e percussionista dell'AACM Kahil El'Zabar in quattro decenni d'attività (l'Ethnic Heritage Ensemble, il Ritual Trio, il sodalizio con David Murray e formazioni coi massimi esponenti del free e post free) hanno avuto il pregio di esaltare lo spirito della Great Black Music, con particolare riguardo alle lezioni di John Coltrane e Pharoah Sanders. Se non possiamo aspettarci particolari novità da questo suo nuovo quartetto, l'effetto finale resta comunque suggestivo. La musica continua infatti a privilegiare ...

Album Review

Kahil El'Zabar Quartet: What It Is!

Read "What It Is!" reviewed by Troy Collins

by Troy Collins
March 12, 2013

Since the early 1980s percussionist Kahil El'Zabar has led numerous dates as a leader, with much of his work issued by Chicago's Delmark Records. Some of his most impressive efforts for the label have featured collaborations with renowned artists, including New Thing-era luminaries such as Kalaparush Maurice McIntyre, Pharoah Sanders and Archie Shepp, as well as peers like Ernest Dawkins, David Murray and the late Billy Bang. What It Is! covers relatively new territory though, with the AACM veteran serving ...