Ernest Khabeer Dawkins

Ethnic Heritage Ensemble’s 25th Anniversary Tour: Kahil El'Zabar --- Ernest "Khabeer" Dawkins --- Joseph Bowie

Source: All About Jazz

"Tradition Meets Contemporary Innovation"

The EHE has been about two horns and a drum for 25 years. Kahil has been active in usurping the artificially ingrained construct which dictates that the tuba or bass represent the basic harmonic structure, the horn, piano or guitar represent melody with harmony and the drummer remains the timekeeper. This has been an AACM mandate ever since the organization's inception: getting all participants to develop their own conceptual approach to music.

“Serenely centered one moment, ...
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