Monday September 26 * 7pm & 830pm * TICKETS
Transparent Productions presents...
Legendary Chicago percussionist and composer Kahil El'Zabar along with rising tenor sax star Isaiah Collier bring to DC their Trane Duo Tribute. Sir El'Zabar and Collier celebrate the extraordinary musical chemistry of John Coltrane and Elvin Jones during Trane's birthday month. The 7pm set will focus on the years 1961-63. The 8:30pm set will focus on 1964-66.
Dr. Kahil El'Zabar (PHD Interdisciplinary Arts from Lake Forest College, 2006) has been performing professionally, as a creative musician (multi-percussionist), since the late 60’s. He first went on the road with the legendary Gene Ammons, and later throughout his career with such luminaries as Dizzy Gillespie, Pharoah Sanders, Stevie Wonder, Lester Bowie, Nina Simone, Archie Shepp, Eddie Harris, David Murray, Donny Hathaway, Malachi Favors, Kurt Elling, Neneh Cherry, and so on.
El’Zabar joined the legendary AACM (association for the advancement of creative musicians) in 1970, and later became chairman (1975-82). He is leader and founder of the internationally renowned Ethnic Heritage Ensemble and the Ritual Trio, and has recorded more than 60 acclaimed projects worldwide. He has won numerous awards over the years for his musical skills, from Down Beat and Jazz Is magazines, as well as the Jazz Journalist Association. Sir El'Zabar was actually Knighted by the French Government in 2014(Chevalier Medal of Letters) for his impactful contribution to the arts internationally. He was named Chicagoan of the year in 2006 by the Chicago Tribune. He has been an artist in residence since 2008 in the City of Bordeaux, France, where he has created, organized, and produced a myriad of stellar performance and exhibition projects. Sir Kahil El'Zabar is considered by his peers to be one of the most innovative and influential musicians of his generation.
Dr. El’Zabar has been an associate professor at the U. Arizona, Tucson, U. Nebraska, Lincoln, and U. IL. Chicago. He has sat on the advisory boards of the National Endowment of the Arts, and the Lila Wallace Readers Digest Fund. He was appointed by President Bill Clinton, to the National Taskforce on Arts Presenting in Education, and is a founding member and board of director for the National Campaign for Freedom of Expression. Kahil has scored music for such box office hit films as Mo Money (Columbia Pictures), Love Jones (New Line Cinema), How U Like Me Now (Universal), and America the Beautiful (Warner Bros.). He has also scored musical arrangements for the theatrical version of The Lion King (Disney). Sir El’Zabar is currently signed to Spiritmuse Records (London), and is also co-producing Spirit Gathering, an internationally curated interdisciplinary festival of the Arts. El’Zabar is the conceptual director and founder of OOHnow, an online culture/network of the who’s who in the Arts.
A graduate of the Chicago High School for the Arts and a second year student at the Dave Brubeck Institute in Stockton, California, saxophonist Isaiah Collier has been turning heads in Chicago from an early age. Howard Reich of the Chicago Tribune writes, “Every time I hear tenor saxophonist Collier. . . I'm struck by his maturity, self-assuredness and above all musicality. Collier shows tonal grit, poetry of line, and a depth of feeling one does not generally associate with teenagers.”
Collier was mentored by the many legends of Chicago such as Ari Brown, Ernest Dawkins, Pat Malinger, James Perkins, Robert Irving III, Charles Heath, Willie Pickens, and Bobby Broom to name a few. Isaiah has shared the stage with many artists such as Stefon Harris, Roy McCurty, Roy Hargrove, Lewis Nash, Carmen Bradford, Denise Thimes, Dee Alexander, Antonio Hart, Essiet Essiet,The AACM, Steve Wilson, and Donald Brown.
Isaiah was involved with the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz All Star Peer-to-Peer group. which was composed of the best high school students from around the country. One of the highlights from this experience was to be a part of the last group to record with the legendary Rudy Van Gelder, who oversaw the project. This group received a Downbeat award after his passing.
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