Ethnic Heritage Ensemble

DELUXE DOUBLE HEAVYWEIGHT 180 GRAM VINYL
GATEFOLD COVER WITH OBI

Celebrating 50 years of Kahil El’Zabar’s Ethnic Heritage Ensemble’s legacy and unwavering contribution to Great Black Music. ‘Open Me, A Higher Consciousness of Sound and Spirit’ is a new Ethnic Heritage Ensemble sound, constantly shifting gears and tempos in a jazz-blues continuum, in perpetual spontaneity, combining their meaningful music history with an innovative approach to arrangements, performance and improvisation. This is Ancient / Future Music for the Now and Beyond.

ETHNIC HERITAGE ENSEMBLE
Kahil El'Zabar - (multi-percussion, voice)
Corey Wilkes - (trumpet, percussion)
Alex Harding - (baritone sax)

Featuring:
James Sanders - (violin, viola)
Ishmael Ali - (cello)

Recorded in Soundmine Studios, Chicago in July 2023

LP ONE

A1. All Blues
A2. Barundi
A3. The Whole World

B1. Return of the Lost Tribe
B2. Hang Tuff
B3. Can You Find A Place
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LP TWO

C1. Great Black Music
C2. Passion Dance
C3. Ornette

D1. Compared To What
D2. Kari
D3. Open Me