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Ethnic Heritage Ensemble

Wed, Feb 08

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The Parlor Room

Kahil El'Zabar (percussion), Corey Wilkes (trumpet), Alex Harding (baritone Saxophone)

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Ethnic Heritage Ensemble
Ethnic Heritage Ensemble

Time & Location

Feb 08, 2023, 7:30 PM

The Parlor Room, 32 Masonic St., Northampton, MA 01060

About The Event

Kahil El'Zabar is an accomplished musician with mastery of a variety of instruments: congas, bongos, African drums, shekere, gongs, trap drums, balaphon, marimba, sanza, kalimba and berimbau. Music holds no boundaries for El'Zabar, who has not only played alongside a myriad of jazz greats such as Dizzy Gillespie and Cannonball Adderly, but was in the bands of Stevie Wonder, Nina Simone (who he also designed clothes for) and Paul Simon, as well as recording with rock bands like Sonia Dada and Poi Dog Pondering and heading up the jazz/house outfit, JUBA Collective.

El'Zabar was born in Chicago, on November 11, 1953. One of three children growing up in a South Side neighborhood where he heard music in the streets everyday - doo-wop, r&b, gospel, blues and jazz. After attending Catholic schools in Chicago, El'Zabar went to Kennedy-King College and later to Malcolm X and Lake Forest colleges. In 1973 while…

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