Name: Kahil El'zabar's Ritual Trio
Start: 2024-09-21T20:00:00-05:00
End: 2024-09-21T21:15:00-05:00
Location: Xavier Hall

Kahil El'zabar's Ritual Trio

New Music Circle

Led by bandleader Dr. Kahil El’Zabar, Ritual Trio create music dedicated to fusing Black American vernacular and jazz

Xavier Hall

NMC and Saint Louis University’s Visual and Performing Arts Department presentKahil El'zabar's Ritual TrioSaturday, September 21, 2024<a href="https://www.slu.edu/arts-and-sciences/fine-and-performing-arts/theatre/university-theatre/index.php" title="https://www.slu.edu/arts-and-sciences/fine-and-performing-arts/theatre/university-theatre/index.php" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Xavier Hall</a> ( SLU Campus on Lindell / 3733 West Pine Mall 63108 / <a href="https://newmusiccircle.org/2017/11/08/xavier/" title="https://newmusiccircle.org/2017/11/08/xavier/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">map</a> )7pm doors / 8pm concert (online ticket sales end at 3:00pm day of event &amp; tickets will still be availble to purchase at the door). Additional info: newmusiccircle.orgBandcamp: <a href="https://blacksweat.bandcamp.com/album/conversations" title="https://blacksweat.bandcamp.com/album/conversations" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://blacksweat.bandcamp.com/album/conversations</a>Kahil Elzabar - Drums, percussion, vocals / Ari brown - Saxophone / Justin Dillard - Keyboards About:In 1974, the celebrated percussionist and bandleader Dr. Kahil El’Zabar began creating music dedicated to fusing Black American musical vernacular, traditional African rhythm and instrumentation, and forward-thinking sonic motifs. Fifty years later, El’Zabar and his ever-evolving ensembles (including Ethnic Heritage Ensemble) are still going strong, regularly serving up some of the most electrifying spiritual jazz across the United States and beyond.Sonically, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mx5D_yvlbJQ" title="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mx5D_yvlbJQ" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Ritual Trio</a> are known for its tight, trance-like rhythmic foundation, innovative harmonics and counterpoint, and deeply-honed group interplay. Their performances are heavy and transportative: pulsating drums and kalimba, blaring brass and sax, interlocking grooves, and El’Zabar’s animated and quasi-shamanic command of the stage all collide.Alongside the Art Ensemble of Chicago, Kahil's projects are of just two remaining original projects nurtured by the Association for the Advancement of Creative Music (AACM)—of which El’Zabar was chairman from 1975 to 1982—and thus represents a rich and critical cross-generational continuity for African American music. Across its storied history, the group has counted among its members the visionary tenor saxophonist Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre, trombonist Joseph Bowie (brother of Lester), and a plethora of Chicagoan talent from Ernest Dawkins to Isaiah Collier.

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