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About Omar Kabir

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Musician

Last ten years main associations have been with David Murray, William Cepeda Afro-rican Jazz, Morris Goldberg's Ojoyo(safro-jazz)and Hugh Ragin's trumpet Ensemble. Has played with Cecil Taylor Orchestra, Charlie Haden's Liberation Orchestra,Jimmie Heath Big Band, Jimmie Owens Big Band, Liquid Soul, the Groove Collective, Tabou Combo,free-lance with many salsa groups on trumpet and trombone. Omar was the musical director for Cirque du Soleil for a year and a half in Germany, as well he was an original cast member of Fame:the musical.

Album

First Dance

By Lloyd Haber

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2025
Track listing: Counterbalance; Stop Watch; U.S Blues Inc.; Interpretation; Chattermouth; Song for the Old Ones; Nature of the Past; First Dance.

Article: Album Review

Freedom Art Quartet: First Dance

Read "First Dance" reviewed by Carl Medsker

by Carl Medsker
July 12, 2025

Raucous, brash and freewheeling, First Dance by The Freedom Art Quartet is rooted in the past yet fresh and contemporary. The album should sound familiar to those who have ventured outside the mainstream and spent time with Ornette Coleman and the Art Ensemble Of Chicago. Those forces are strong in the band, but labeling them retro ...

Song of the Day

U.S. Blues Inc.

June 11, 2025

Album: First Dance
By Lloyd Haber
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2025
Duration: 4:42

About Freedom Art Quartet

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Freedom Art Quartet

A melodic expression in improvised music fronted by founding members, Percussionist/Composer Lloyd Haber and Multi Wind Player Omar Kabir, who founded the group in 1991. The group's diverse ethnic and compositional structure is a breath of fresh air needed to represent today’s music scene. “Our purpose is to explore and create in depth, the limitless dimensions of the art form.”

The release of the Freedom Art Quartet’s “Spirits Awake” brought the group critical acclaim; Jeff Stockton of All About Jazz said, “Spirits Awake captures the listener’s interest, holds that interest with creativity and intensity, then rewards it with excitement generated by musical variety and masterly expressiveness."

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News: Performance / Tour

David Murray Big Band @ Birdland, NYC, from Jan. 18 to 22

January 11, 2011

From January 18 to 22 at 8.30pm and 11.00pm Reservations: birdlandjazz.com or 212-581-3080 David Murray began writing for big band in 1978 in preparation for a concert at the Public Theatre in New York. At this time Loft Jazz was in full swing and David had surfaced as one of the progenitors of the ...

Album

Omar Kabir

By Omar Kabir

Label: Unknown label
Released: 2003

Album

Spirits Awake

By Freedom Art Quartet

Label: Freedom Art
Released: 2003
Track listing: In the Thick of It; Kimbunga; Monking Around; Sweet Tooth; Love of Illusion; Spirits of New York; Time Share.