Kahil El’Zabar is a composer, arranger, and performer who has led the Ethnic Heritage Ensemble for fifty years, a major feat. The band has changed members and configurations often over the decades—it is currently a trio, with guests dropping in and out—but throughout its history it has been animated and driven forward by a singular vision, an integration of Black vernacular music and African-leaning instrumentation, anchored by its leader’s distinctive and passionate approach to percussion.
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The MIYUMI Project, a band fusing jazz and Japanese music, brought an intuitive, improvisational conclusion to Jeremy Chen’s “Device, Tools, Objects and Props” solo exhibition on April 8. The exhibition opened on Jan. 27 of this year in the Grinnell College Museum of Art. Founded and led by Japanese bassist Tatsu Aoki, the MIYUMI.