4. ETHNIC HERITAGE ENSEMBLE • SPIRIT GATHERER • Tribute to Don Cherry - Degi - Degi

Degi-Degi, the new single from Kahil El’Zabar’s Ethnic Heritage Ensemble ‘Spirit Gatherer – Tribute to Don Cherry’ is a soulful, deep jazz run from Don Cherry’s sainted Brown Rice LP. David Ornette Cherry opens the track with a rubato intro reminiscent of Alice Coltrane, before El’Zabar’s funky percussion enters to providing infectious forward motion against the trance-like motif of the song. Wilkes solos incisively, and Trible’s vocal generates texture and atmosphere. This is spiritual jazz at its finest. https://ethnicheritageensemble.bandcamp.com/album/spirit-gatherer-tribute-to-don-cherry Kahil El’Zabar – multi-percussion / balafon / kalimba / voice Corey Wilkes – trumpet/ spirit bowls/ percussion Alex Harding – baritone sax Dwight Trible – voice David Ornette Cherry – piano / melodica / douss’n gouni