Ethnic Heritage Ensemble
Encyclopedia
Ethnic Heritage Ensemble is an American
jazz
ensemble with several notable members, including Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre
, Kahil El'Zabar
, Joseph Bowie
, Ernest Dawkins
, Light Henry Huff and Edward Wilkerson
.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
ensemble with several notable members, including Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre
Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre
Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre is an American free jazz tenor saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist.McIntyre was born in Clarksville, Arkansas but his family moved to Chicago when he was a child. He began playing drums at seven, then switched to saxophone...
, Kahil El'Zabar
Kahil El'Zabar
Kahil EL'Zabar is a jazz multi-instrumentalist and composer. He regularly records for Delmark Records. He joined the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians in the early 1970s, and became its chairman in 1975...
, Joseph Bowie
Joseph Bowie
Joseph Bowie is an American bandleader, trombonist, and founder of the seminal jazz fusion band, Defunkt. The group has been blending jazz with funk and punk music for more than three consecutive decades....
, Ernest Dawkins
Ernest Dawkins
Ernest Dawkins is an American jazz saxophonist, principally active in free jazz and post-bop.Ernest Khabeer Dawkins was a neighbor of Anthony Braxton as a child. He played bass and drums early in life before switching to saxophone in 1973...
, Light Henry Huff and Edward Wilkerson
Edward Wilkerson
Edward L. Wilkerson, Jr., , is an internationally recognized American jazz composer, arranger, musician, and educator based in Chicago...
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