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Ethnic Heritage Ensemble: Hot 'N' Heavy--Live at the Ascension Loft

by Mark Corroto
April 5, 2007

Ethnic Heritage Ensemble Hot 'N' Heavy--Live at the Ascension Loft Delmark 2006 For more than thirty years, the Ethnic Heritage Ensemble has carried on the African-American tradition of percussive jazz from a distinctly Midwest-Chicago perspective. This live session, recorded in percussionist Kahil El'Zabar's loft, continues their long line of stellar ...

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Ethnic Heritage Ensemble: Hot 'N' Heavy--Live at the Ascension Loft

by Jerry D'Souza
March 26, 2007

Ethnic Heritage Ensemble Hot 'N' Heavy--Live at the Ascension Loft Delmark 2006 The Ethnic Heritage Ensemble has been a potent force in music and in particular on the constantly fermenting Chicago scene. The Ensemble revolves around leader Kahil El'Zabar, an articulate man who composes with an eye on ...

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Papa's Bounce

By Ethnic Heritage Ensemble

Label: CIMP Records
Released: 2000
Track listing: Papa

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Freedom Jazz Dance

By Ethnic Heritage Ensemble

Label: Delmark Records
Released: 2000
Track listing: Freedom Jazz Dance/ Katon/ Catch Me/ Mama

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Ka-Real

By Ethnic Heritage Ensemble

Label: Delmark Records
Released: 2000

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Ethnic Heritage Ensemble: Freedom Jazz Dance

by Derek Taylor
March 1, 2000

Kahil El’Zabar remains one of the reigning visionaries on the Chicago creative music scene. There is a consistency in his approach to his craft that carries through to all of his various recordings and working groups. His predilection for recycling compositions is tempered by the certainty that each new reading will result in something completely different ...

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Ethnic Heritage Ensemble: Papa's Bounce

by Derek Taylor
February 1, 2000

African heritage and culture has been a fundamental facet of jazz music since its beginnings. The earliest rags of Buddy Bolden’s era were infused with variants of these traditions just as today’s creative Black music relies upon them for similar sustenance and direction. Few musicians reference these traditions as seriously and reverently as Chicagoan Kahil El’Zabar. ...

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