2007-05-14
Kahil El'Zabar is one of Chicago's jazz treasures. A member of the AACM, music holds no boundaries for El'Zabar, who has not only played alongside a myriad of jazz greats, but was in the bands of Stevie Wonder, Cannonball Adderley, Dizzy Gillespie, and Nina Simone (who he also designed clothes for), as well as recording with rock bands like Sonia Dada and Poi Dog Pondering and heading up the jazz/house outfit the JUBA Collective. He was also chosen to do the arranging for the stage performances of The Lion King. This is in addition to leading his own longstanding Ethnic Heritage Ensemble and Ritual Trio. – Allmusic.com
BRIAN SETZER ORCHESTRA
SONGS FROM LONELY AVENUE
THE RICK HOLLAND-EVAN DOBBINS LITTLE BIG BAND
Trilby
KIM NALLEY
Need My Sugar
Michael Gamble And The Rhythm Serenaders
Get Rhythm In Your Feet
SONNY ROLLINS
ROAD SHOWS VOL. 2
Alice Coltrane
Translinear Light
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