Ethnic Heritage Ensemble - Open Me, A Higher Consciousness of Sound and Spirit (DELUXE EDITION) - CD

Celebrating 50 years of Kahil ElZabars Ethnic Heritage Ensembles legacy and unwavering contribution to Great Black Music. Open Me, A Higher Consciousness of Sound and Spirit is a new Ethnic Heritage Ensemble sound, constantly shifting gears and tempos in a jazz-blues continuum, in perpetual spontaneity, combining their meaningful music history with an innovative approach to arrangements, performance and improvisation. This is Ancient / Future Music for the Now and Beyond.

Open Me is a joyous honoring of portent new directions of the Ethnic Heritage Ensemble; its a visionary journey into deep roots and future routes, channeling traditions old and new. It mixes ElZabars original compositions with timeless classics by Miles Davis, McCoy Tyner, and Eugene McDaniels. Thus, the Ethnic Heritage Ensemble continues affirming their indelible, half-century presence within the continuum of Great Black Music.

For Open Me, ElZabar has chosen to push the sound of the EHE in a new direction by adding string instruments the addition of strings opens new textural resonances and timbral dimensions in the Ensembles sound, linking the work to the tradition of improvising violin and cello from Ray Nance to Billy Bang, Leroy Jenkins, and Abdul Wadud.

Open Me contains a mixture of originals, including some ElZabar evergreens such as Barundi, Hang Tuff, Ornette, and Great Black Music (often attributed to the Art Ensemble of Chicago but is, in fact, an ElZabar composition).

As a milestone anniversary celebration and a statement of future intent, Open Me effortlessly carries ElZabars healing vision of Higher Consciousness of Sound and Spirit.

ETHNIC HERITAGE ENSEMBLE
Kahil El'Zabar - multi-percussion, voice
Corey Wilkes - trumpet, percussion
Alex Harding - baritone sax

Featuring: James Sanders - violin, viola and Ishmael Ali - cello

Tapestry and Art Direction by Nep Sidhu

Spiritmuse Records
Music for the Spirit

1. All Blues 2. Barundi 3. The Whole World 4. Return Of The Lost Tribe 5. Hang Tuff 6. Can You Find A Place 7. Great Black Music 8. Passion Dance 9. Ornette 10. Compared To What 11. Kari 12. Open Me

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• Format Detail: CD, Glossy 6-Panel Digipak w/ Original Artwork
• Released: 3/22/24
• Genre: Jazz
• Internal ID: JITRE
• Format: CD