and Ethnic Heritage Ensemble’s leader Kahil El ‘Zabar. Tune into Excursions Apr.19, 6:06-9:00 pm EDT for “Chi-Congo: Chicago’s Percussion Ensembles” as part of Radio Free Athens Saturday ...

Trump officials insisted Kilmar Abrego Garcia's fate is now up to El Salvador. El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele, sitting next to President Donald Trump in the Oval Office, said on Monday he ...

Today, the city remains at the forefront of contemporary jazz thanks to artists like Nicole Mitchell, Kahil El’Zabar, Makaya McCraven, Tomeka Reid, Jeff Parker and Isaiah Collier, each a latter ...

Kahil El’Zabar’s Ethnic Heritage Ensemble, Jourdan Thibodeaux et les Rodailleurs, Derya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek, Rosali, Dummy, Jimetta Rose & The Voices of Creation, Improvement Movement ...

Hey Day Happy Hour: 4-6 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Dec. 13-14, at Hey Nonny, 10 S. Vail Ave., Arlington Heights. Music by Eric Quigley on Friday and Brian Castillo on Saturday. Free. heynonny.com.

including—see above—Kahil El’Zabar), though Myers has also worked on Broadway, while, in recent years, Smith has composed music inspired by American landmarks of natural beauty. Hence this ...

and Harmonia, Wadada Leo Smith, William Basinski, Immanuel Wilkins, Mary Lattimore, Kahil El’Zabar, Taj Mahal, Tortoise, Nels Cline and Amaro Freitas. Other special events include Kate Soper ...

“I’m thrilled to be here. This is how we live and make things.” Mentoring artist Kahil El’Zabar works with pianist Eleanor Sandresky at Atlantic Center for the Arts in New Smyrna Beach on ...

He’s recently recorded and performed as a guest with Kahil El’Zabar’s Ethnic Heritage Ensemble, and he has a trio in the works with Harris and multi-instrumentalist Ben LaMar Gay.

Kahil El’Zabar, born Clifton Blackburn in Chicago in 1953, has performed alongside Dizzy Gillespie, Stevie Wonder, Nina Simone, Paul Simon, and Cannonball Adderley, among many others.