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1997 studio album by Ethnic Heritage Ensemble
21st Century Union March
Studio album by Ethnic Heritage Ensemble
Released1997
RecordedJune 17, 18 & 21, 1995
StudioStreeterville Studios, Chicago
GenreJazz
Length72:44
LabelSilkheart
ProducerKahil El'Zabar
Kahil El'Zabar chronology
Big Cliff
(1995) 		21st Century Union March
(1997) 		The Continuum
(1997)

21st Century Union March is an album by Ethnic Heritage Ensemble, a jazz band formed by percussionist Kahil El'Zabar, who is joined by saxophonist Edward Wilkerson and trombonist Joseph Bowie. It was recorded in 1995 and released on the Swedish Silkheart label.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic
The Penguin Guide to Jazz

In his review for AllMusic, Thom Jurek describes the album as:

an infectious, utterly intoxicating brew of African folk songs (complete with ritual instruments), rhythm marches, R&B honking, bop caesuras, and blues stomping that is inseparable from tradition yet extends its relevancy into a new era.

— Jurek, Thom. Ethnic Heritage Ensemble – 21st Century Union March: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved January 5, 2016.

The Penguin Guide to Jazz states:

The team has an almost chamberish feel on 21st Century Union March. Bowie takes a prominent soloist's role, Wilkerson seems reserved, and the music has a gentle way of unfolding, even when El'Zabar works up some thunder at his various drums.

— Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2006). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (8th ed.). London: Penguin. pp. 508. ISBN 0141023279.

In a review for JazzTimes Willard Jenkins says:

This is music not of an overly intellectual bent, it is instead so simultaneously earthy and ethereal as to conjure rich colorations and dreamscapes.

— Jenkins, Willard. "21st Century Union March review". JazzTimes.

Track listing

All compositions by Kahil El'Zabar except as indicated
  1. "Crumb Puck You Let Slide" – 6:48
  2. "Fanfare" – 8:58
  3. "Lover Man" (Jimmy Davis, Roger 'Ram' Ramirez, James Sherman) – 3:23
  4. "How the Cow See Cirrus" – 11:43
  5. "Missing Miles" (Joseph Bowie) – 5:03
  6. "Burundi" – 10:05
  7. "Love Outside of Dreams" – 6:27
  8. "Dear Albert" – 9:01
  9. "Procession" – 3:14

Personnel

References

  1. 21st Century Union March at Silkheart
  2. Jurek, Thom. Ethnic Heritage Ensemble – 21st Century Union March: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved January 5, 2016.
  3. Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2006). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (8th ed.). London: Penguin. pp. 508. ISBN 0141023279.

Sources

Ethnic Heritage Ensemble
Studio albums
Live albums
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