After leading albums on Delmark that featured jazz vets Pharoah Sanders and Archie Shepp, Kahil El'Zabar is back with a pride of young lions. Tenor saxophonist Kevin Nabors has studied with Von... more

Kahil El'Zabar is one of the leading exponents of today's AACM (Assoc. For the Advancement of Creative Musicians). The percussionist has recorded 8 Delmark CDs in the last few years with his Ritual... more

A very special recording of Kahil El'Zabars Ritual Trio, which normally features Kahil on drums, Ari Brown on piano and saxophone, and Malachi Favors on bass, this live recording from the Hot House... more

This is a very special recording of historical importance. The Ritual Trio in it's original configuration (featuring Lester Bowie and Malachi Favors) recorded live in Saafelden in 1987. This... more

Percussionist Kahil El'Zabar writes the next chapter in his continuing study of the music that shaped the future of jazz.

Limited 180gm vinyl LP pressing. Innovative multi-percussionist Kahil El'Zabar composes, arranges and conducts an incredible new album. It features masterful performances by the (late, great) Hamiet... more

Innovative multi-percussionist Kahil El'Zabar composes, arranges and conducts an incredible new album, a tour de force musical testament to speak about the turbulent issues in America and the world... more

With special guests Ernest Dawkins & Joseph Bowie. The Infinity Orchestra is based in the city of Bordeaux where Kahil El'Zabar leads it in concert at the National Theater of Bordeaux and teaches two... more

Ritual Trio recorded this tribute to Malachi Favors, who passed away in 2004, in the same week as "Live at the River East Art Center" (DMK DVD #1566, CD #566). The CD features 7 original compositions... more

Drummer, percussionist, composer, bandleader, music director and interdisciplinary arts activist Kahil El'Zabar will be turning 60 years the week of the release of Follow the Sun, his 60th album!... more

Percussionist & drummer Kahil El'Zabar has created an impressive body of recordings with the Ritual Trio & Ethnic Heritage Ensemble. Pharoah Sanders, Archie Shepp, Joseph Jarman & Kalaparusha have... more

People who dig the authentic in art take heart from the music drummer/percussionist Kahil El'Zabar has made for more than 25 years, since he established the Ethnic Heritage Ensemble. Joining El'Zabar... more

Kind of Miles is a new release by young trumpet trailblazer Corey Wilkes. At a young age, Wilkes has established himself in the forefront of the current generation in jazz. From his work with the Art... more

Kahil El'Zabar, drums, earth drums, kalimba; Corey Wilkes, trumpet, flugelhorn, percussion; Ernest Dawkins, alto and tenor saxophone, percussion; Fareed Haque, electric and acoustic guitar. In a Down... more

This project assembles jazz players Joseph Jarman, Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre, Adegoke Steve Colson, Malachi Favors & Kahil El'Zabar - they are several leading members from the early days of the... more

This CD and DVD features Coleman Hawkins, Sun Ra, George Lewis, Curtis Fuller, Deep Blue Organ Trio, Francine Griffin, Nicole Mitchell, Ari Brown, Fred Anderson, Chicago Underground Trio, and many... more

Shepp has been recognized as a leader in jazz's avant garde scene since the 1960s; on this album, he is joined by some of Chicago's current cutting edge players, feat. Kabil El'Zabar, Ari Brown &... more

Perhaps best known as a blues label Delmark Records actually has issued more jazz albums than blues and was the first label to record Chicago's AACM jazz collective. Founded in 1953 by Bob Koester,... more

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This group has been about 2 horns & a drum for twenty years - over the years, drummer Kahil El'Zabar has stretched the boundaries of the band's sound, using trombone, African thumb piano, sax, guitar... more

Compositions reflect both African & African-American traditions, serenely centered one moment & passionately confrontational the next; feat. Kahil El'Zabar, Joseph Bowie, Ernest Dawkins & Atu Harold... more

First U.S. release from Kahil El Zabar (Ethnic Heritage Ensemble)-drums, thumb pno & vocal, with Malachi Favors-bass, & Ari Brown-s.

Bluiette is THE baritone saxophonist of the last decade. He can make his instrument sing or rumble with his proverbial nonchalant skillfulness and is praised by both audiences and critics alike.... more

KAHIL EL'Zabar & DAVID MURRAY Kahil El'Zabar's 'Spirit Groove' on Spiritmuse Records is the latest musical inspiration from a spiritual jazz master Kahil El'Zabar, featuring the legendary tenor sax... more