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Hang Tuff

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Released
  
1991

Length
  
60:39

Producer
  
Pedro de Freitas

Genre
  
Jazz

Recorded
  
November 27, 1990

Label
  
Open Minds

Release date
  
1991

Studio
  
ACME Recording, Chicago

Artists
  
Kahil El'Zabar, Ethnic Heritage Ensemble

Jazz albums
  
Freedom Jazz Dance, Love Outside of Dreams, One World Family

Hang Tuff 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 1990 and released on the German Open Minds label.

Contents

Reception

The Penguin Guide to Jazz states "Hang Tuff has a quiet, chamberish quality which suggests that the horn players felt slightly constrained by El'Zabar's concentration on texture."

Track listing

All compositions by Kahil El'Zabar except as indicated
  1. "Hang Tuff" – 9:58
  2. "Bobo" (Joseph Bowie) – 12:07
  3. "Afro Slick" – 7:28
  4. "Peace on Earth" – 8:05
  5. "Trane in Mind" – 9:21
  6. "Indestructible Consciousness" – 13:40

Personnel

  • Kahil El'Zabar – trap and earth drums, sanza, ankle bells, vocals
  • Edward Wilkerson – alto sax, tenor sax, clarinet, piano, percussion
  • Joseph Bowie – trombone, congas

    • References

    Hang Tuff Wikipedia
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