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Ethnic Heritage Ensemble at
Courtesy of Tom Kohn | Posted on January 7, 2013
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Wed, February 6, 2013
8:30 am
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The Ethnic Heritage Ensemble was formed shortly after percussionistKahil El'Zabar graduated from the school of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians in 1976. He teamed up with tenor saxophonist Edward Wilkerson, Jr., to play music that combined contemporary African-American musical styles, like jazz, with more traditional African instrumentation and rhythms. The duo would frequently grow to a trio in these first years, adding musicians like saxophonist Light Henry Huff and Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre; through extensive touring in Europe and the United States, they began to build an international reputation...