Kahil El'Zabar

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Kahil EL'Zabar (born November 11, 1953, Chicago, Illinois) is a jazz multi-instrumentalist (mainly a percussionist) and composer. He regularly records for Delmark Records.^[1] He joined the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM) in the early 1970s, and became its chairman in 1975.^[2] During the 1970s, he formed the musical groups Ritual Trio and the Ethnic Heritage Ensemble, both of which remain active. Musicians with whom Kahil EL'Zabar has collaborated include Dizzy Gillespie, Stevie Wonder, Nina Simone, Cannonball Adderley, and Paul Simon.

[edit] Selected discography

1986 - Another Kind of Groove (sound aspects) with Lester Bowie, Malachi Favors, Raphael Garrett
1990 - Hang Tuff (Open Minds) with Joseph Bowie, Edward Wilkerson
1991 - Dance with the Ancestors (Chamaeleon)
1994 - Big Cliff (Delmark) with Billy Bang, Malachi Favors
1995 - 21st Century Union March (Silkheart) with Joseph Bowie, Edward Wilkerson
1997 - Jitterbug Junction (CIMP) with Art Brown, Malachi Favors
1998 - Paps's Bounce (CIMP) with Joseph Bowie, Ernest Dawkins, Atu Harold Murray
1999 - Freedom Jazz Dance (Delmark) with Fareed Haque
1999 - Spirits Entering (Delmark) with Billy Bang
1999 - The Power (CIMP) mit Hamiet Bluiett
1999 - Conversations (Delmark) with Archie Shepp, Ari Brown, Malachi Favors
1999 - Africa N'Da Blues (Delmark) with Archie Shepp, Ari Brown, Malachi Favors, Pharoah Sanders
2000 - One World Family (CIMP) with David Murray

Ethnic Heritage Ensemble: Three Gentlemen From Chicago (Moers Music, 1981) with Edward Wilkerson, "Light" Henry Huff
Ethnic Heritage Ensemble: The Continuum (Delmark, 1997) with Joseph Bowie

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