Ethnic Heritage Ensemble

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Dimitris Papadopoulos

Ethnic Heritage Ensemble (left to right): Corey Wilkes, Kahil El’Zabar and Alex Harding.

The Chicago-based Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM) has produced some of the most inventive jazz artists of the past half-century, and percussionist/multi-instrumentalist/composer Kahil El’Zabar is one of the most eclectic and prolific musicians to emerge from the AACM scene. El’Zabar formed the Ethnic Heritage Ensemble in the 1970s, and while the lineup has shifted over the years, the group has performed continually since then. In addition to El’Zabar, the current version features Corey Wilkes on trumpet and Alex Harding on bari sax. This is the 47th consecutive year the ensemble has toured during Black History Month.

press release: The legendary Ethnic Heritage Ensemble will enter its 47th year in a row of touring during Black History Month, Feb. 2020. Please join the band for a festive gathering of big Spirit through the journey of the higher mind. This is advanced frequency music that reconnects body, mind, and soul to the origins of being.  Come celebrate Great Black Music at its finest with one of the World’s most prolific exponents of the art form, the one and only Ethnic Heritage Ensemble. Sir Kahil El’Zabar, Corey Wilkes, and Alex Harding share such a rare chemistry in making music, that all who love music owe it to themselves to witness the genius of EHE! 

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Co-Sponsored by BlueStem Jazz.

Admission $30.