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Meet Lloyd Haber and Omar Kabir

By Cheryl K. | Situation Fluxus
July 10, 2025
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In this hour, an interview with drummer, percussionist, and composer Lloyd Haber and trumpeter and multi-wind player Omar Kabir, founding members of the Freedom Art Quartet. First Dance is their new release .

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Gunhild Carling "Fire Alarm" from Jazz is My Lifestyle (Jazz Art) 3:27
[excerpt] Freedom Art Quartet "Chattermouth" from First Dance (Freedom Art) 5:45
[excerpt] Freedom Art Quartet "Nature of the Past" from First Dance (Freedom Art) 2:51
[excerpt] Freedom Art Quartet "Song of The Old Ones" from First Dance (Freedom Art) 12:48
[excerpt] Freedom Art Quartet "Interpretation" from First Dance (Freedom Art) 6:45
Rudolph Johnson "The Second Coming" from The Second Coming (Black Jazz) 8:56
Katalyst "Corridors" from JID13 (Jazz Is Dead) 5:09

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