A Time For Healing by Kahil El’Zabar Quartet
About Album
Kahil El’Zabar delivers yet another epic double LP’s worth of ancient/future music for the mind, body and soul. From swinging jazz that sings of his Chicago pedigree, to talking drums and soothing spiritual grooves that reconnect Black Classical Music with its African roots.
Multi-percussionist, band-leader, vocalist, composer, conductor and educator, Kahil El’Zabar has been at the forefront of the unceasingly creative avant-garde jazz scene in Chicago and beyond for over 4 decades. Considered the pioneer of spiritual groove and Afrocentric jazz, El’Zabar has recorded & performed with heavyweights such as Pharoah Sanders, Archie Shepp, David Murray, Billy Bang, Lester Bowie, Nina Simone and Stevie Wonder, to name a few.
Returning to his natural home on Spiritmuse Records, ‘A Time for Healing’ answers the urgent questions posed by his sold-out ‘America The Beautiful’ album, addressing the state of affairs today whilst calling for a better tomorrow. Hugely successful and universally acclaimed, the album was championed by Pitchfork, the Guardian and Gilles Peterson. As ever, the Chicago legend surrounds… more
credits
Kahil El’Zabar: drums/ earth drum/ cajon/ kalimba/ voice
Corey Wilkes: trumpet/ spirit bowls/ percussion
Justin Dillard: keyboards/ percussion
Isaiah Collier: tenor and soprano sax/ reeds/ percussion
Art & Art Direction: Nep Sidhu
All compositions by: Kahil El’Zabar except ‘Resolution’ by John Coltrane and ‘Summertime’ by George Gershwin
All arrangements by: Kahil El’Zabar
Recorded at Music Garage Chicago, December 2020
Recording Engineers: Lee Farmer and Sizwe Banzi
Mix Engineer: Lee Farmer
Mastering by: Frank Merritt at The Carvery, London
Videography: Christopher Andrew, Stoptime Live, Chicago
Photography: Katrina Monea & Christopher Andrew, Stoptime Live, Chicago
Liner Notes: Dominic Valvona