SPIRITMUSE PRESENTS

5 "Motherless Child" by SPIRITMUSE RECORDS

6. "PASSAGES" by SPIRITMUSE RECORDS

9. "WATER FLOW" by SPIRITMUSE RECORDS

7. "MAY THE WEAK BECOME STRONG" by SPIRITMUSE RECORDS

10. "TRAGEDY ESCAPES" by SPIRITMUSE RECORDS

Cosmic Vibrations ft Dwight Trible - OLBAP *ORIGINAL by SPIRITMUSE RECORDS

11. "SOME OTHER TIME" by SPIRITMUSE RECORDS

We’re very proud to present to you ‘Kahil El’Zabar’s America the Beautiful’, a tour de force musical testament that speaks directly to the heart, mind and spirit. Kahil El’Zabar composed, arranged and conducted ‘America the Beautiful’ to speak musically about the turbulent issues in America and the world today, as well as his hopes and love for a better tomorrow.

This incredible album features Kahil El’Zabar with an extended ensemble of woodwinds, brass, strings and an array of Afro-percussion, showcasing extraordinary players such as Corey Wilkes, Tomeka Reid, James Sanders, Josh Ramos, Miguel de la Cerna, Ernie Adams and Hamiet Bluiett (this album is in honour of Bluiett, as this was his last recording).

El’Zabar developed the initial inspiration for this project from his musical origins in the above mentioned documentary, and later added new works that would explore issues related to current affairs and past histories of America and the globe, regarding race, ecology, economic disparity, and his hopes, aspirations and love for a better world yet to come.

The album’s theme is a unique reworking of the anthem ‘America the Beautiful’ into a multi-layered cacophony of altered harmonies and contrapuntal rhythms that speak to the bittersweet ironies of American society. Familiar classics such as ‘Express Yourself’, ‘How Can We Mend a Broken Heart’ and a killer, Afrocentric version of ‘Afro Blue’, have all been re-written with El’Zabar’s original arrangements and conducted by him in way that engages the listener in an audible landscape of thoughts and emotion that transverse the greater meaning of living in these times. El’Zabar’s powerful new compositions such as “Freedom March”, ‘Jump and Shout (For Those Now Gone’) and “That We Ask Of Our Creator”, further explore the adventure of melody to dissonance within the romance and passion of creative improvised music.

The album speaks to the times that we are living in today, in the wake of a worldwide pandemic, despotic leadership, mass social discontent, disproportionate poverty, Black Lives Matter and other disenfranchised peoples’ movements and the ecological and economic disparity of our planet. It is time to express ourselves with compassionate art that will hopefully propel better and clearer thoughts about where we are now and where we are going in the future. 

Kahil El’Zabar’s ‘America the Beautiful’ is an inspirational message channelled through powerful, spiritual music, that speaks with love, urgency and hope to our current times.

C R E D I T S

Kahil El’Zabar - Producer, Composer, Arranger, Conductor

Nep Sidhu – Art and Art Direction

Spiritmuse Records - Executive Producers

Mastered by Frank Merritt, Carvery Studio, London

In honor of Hamiet Bluiett, this was his last recording

T R A C K S

1. AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL (INSTRUMENTAL) 2:23

2. JUMP AND SHOUT (FOR THOSE NOW GONE) 6:35

3. EXPRESS YOURSELF 3:55

4. FREEDOM MARCH 8:13

5. SKETCHES OF AN AFRO BLUE 8:14

6. HOW CAN WE MEND A BROKEN HEART 4:07

7. THAT WE ASK OF OUR CREATOR 4:28

8. PRAYERS FOR THE UNWARRANTED SUFFERINGS 4:13

9. AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL 2:03

M U S I C I A N S

Kahil El’Zabar - composition /arrangements

/conduction /multi-percussion /flute

Corey Wilkes – trumpet (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,9)

Hamiet Bluiett - baritone sax (1,3,4,6,9)

Tomeka Reid – cello (1,3,4,6,9)

Dennis Winslett – alto sax (1,3,4,6,9)

Samuel Williams – violin (1,3,4,6,9)

James Sanders String Quartet (2,5,7,8)

Joshua Ramos - acoustic bass (2,5,7,8)

Miguel de la Cerna – keyboard (2,5,7,8)

Babu Atiba - African percussion (2,8)

Ernie Adams – percussion (2,8)

Robert Irving III - piano (9)

© 2020 Spiritmuse Records Limited

MUSIC FOR THE SPIRIT

Very excited to present to you ‘How Long’ from the new, debut album by the extraordinary, LA based ensemble, ’Cosmic Vibrations’ ft Dwight Trible, following the exclusive premiere on @MMIS yesterday! ✨

This supergroup, led by legendary vocalist Dwight Trible, forms of incredibly experienced and innovative musicians - such as Derf Reklaw, Pablo Calogero, John B. Williams, Christopher Garcia & Breeze Smith, taking you on a cosmic journey of spiritual improvisation and beyond!

’How Long’ is a genre-defying blend of divine vocals and deep, spiritual jazz with exceptional, healing poetry that directly speaks to our times!

Listen here - link on bio

https://cosmic-vibrations.bandcamp.com/

‘Pathways & Passages’ - OUT 25 SEP ☄️

180g LP w/ insert • 6panel Digipak • Digital

Produced by Dwight Trible & Breeze Smith

Incredible LP Artwork & Art Direction: Nep Sidhu ✨

To celebrate our new release, the incredible new spiritual jazz album by Cosmic Vibrations ft. Dwight Trible, we’re doing a cosmic jazz set. It includes two exclusive tracks from our new release ’Pathways & Passages’ - ‘Nature’s Vision & OLBAP, alongside cosmic music by Sun Ra, Alice Coltrane, John Hassell, Don Cherry, Nucleus ft Leon Thomas and many more. Enjoy!

Cosmic Vibrations ft. Dwight Trible - ’Pathways & Passages’, the debut album from by the LA ensemble led by acclaimed jazz vocalist Dwight Trible, is fresh, spiritual jazz for the 21st century. A genre-defying amalgamation of divine vocals, soul-stirring jazz, healing poetry, with a rich tapestry of African, Meso-American and indigenous North American percussion and instrumentation, taking you on a cosmic journey of spiritual improvisation and beyond.

Pathways & Passages

180g LP w/ insert • 6panel gatefold CD • digital

https://cosmic-vibrations.bandcamp.com/