BIRD & BECKETT CULTURAL LEGACY PROJECT

Monday, February 6, 2017 – 7:30 pm
Kahil El’Zabar and the Ethnic Heritage Ensemble

Kahil El’Zabar – African drums and trap set
Corey Wilkes – trumpet
Alex Harding – saxophone

Internationally renowned percussionist and composer Kahil El’Zabar is considered one of the most prolific jazz innovators of his generation. Indeed El’Zabar is a true “Renaissance Man,” with a musical style and content that flows from ancient Africa to the modern world. In his own words, “The spirit of one’s approach comes first before the technical. All the facility in the world with nothing that comes from the heart doesn’t make good music. The basis of the strength of any artistic evolution has come from ethnicity.”

$20 cover charge

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