Internationally renowned percussionist and composer Kahil El'Zabar is considered one of the most prolific jazz innovators of his generation. Indeed El'Zabar is a true "Renaissance Man," with a musical ...

Kahil El’Zabar, born Clifton Blackburn in Chicago in 1953, has performed alongside Dizzy Gillespie, Stevie Wonder, Nina Simone, Paul Simon, and Cannonball Adderley, among many others. He’s a founding ...

Kahil Fennell, the director of basketball operations for the University of Louisville men's basketball program, was arrested Saturday night while at the Breonna Taylor protests and charged with ...

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Chicago-based percussionist and multi-instrumentalist Kahil El'Zabar, a leading member of the AACM (Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians) since the 1970s, has become well-known for ...

From the COVID-19 pandemic to the police killing of George Floyd, from ecological to economic disparities it’s hard to put the year 2020 into words. So Kahil El’Zabar put it into music. The famed ...

Kahil El’Zabar’s Ethnic Heritage Ensemble celebrates 50 years of free and spiritual jazz at the Promontory on February 1. Credit: Christopher Andrew Calling jazz drummer Kahil El’Zabar a “local ...

In 2018, Para swimmer Zeyad Kahil set himself a number of goals. First was competing at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games – box ticked. Then came the Manchester 2023 Para Swimming World Championships, ...

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