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Reviews (3)


Jazz journal

d. 16. June 2019

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Simon Adams

d. 16. June 2019

"After 43 years, you would have imagined that this group would have gone stale, but its music is as fresh as ever, and as idiosyncratic".


JazzTimes

d. 4. June 2019

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David Whiteis

d. 4. June 2019

"His lyric conceits can be cloying, his vocals are sometimes strained, and his grunting, gasping, muttering, and chanting during others' solos is distracting at best and downright annoying at worst. Nonetheless, after more than 40 years at the helm of the Ensemble, he's earned the right to add his voice to those of the ancestors whose spirits he and his colleagues continue to honor and help keep alive".


Mojo

2019 August

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Andy Cowan

2019 August

"Chicago percussionist Sir Kahil El'Zabar celebrates 45 years in style with trumpeter Corey Wilkes and saxophonist Alex Harding, as trance leitmotivs and fluctuating rhythms trace spiritual jazz's roots".