Follow the Sun (Kahil El'Zabar album)

Follow the Sun is an album by American jazz percussionist Kahil El'Zabar, which was recorded in 2013 and released on Delmark. He leads his Ritual Trio with saxophonist Ari Brown and bassist Junius Paul, augmented by special guests vocalist Dwight Trible and Duke Payne on second tenor sax and bagpipes.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Down Beat

The Down Beat review by John Ephland states "Sixty years young, El'Zabar sounds as creatively restless as ever."

The All About Jazz review by Hrayr Attarian says "Ever the innovator, through out a career of three decades and sixty recordings, El'Zabar has maintained the singularity of his vision and a stylistic unity without repeating himself or becoming predictable. This CD is yet another integral and representative slice of his unfettered ingenuity."

In his review for JazzTimes David Whiteis notes "Trible’s vocals, featured on six of the nine tracks, bespeak an intensely seeking spirituality, laced with anguish and toughened by street grit (accentuated by his playful excursions into hipster vernacular)."

Track listing

All compositions by Kahil El'Zabar except as indicated

"Follow the Sun" – 5:33
"Softly As in a Morning Sunrise" (Sigmund Romberg, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 13:00
"Great Black Music" – 9:14
"Footprints" (Wayne Shorter) – 6:13
"Grandma's Hands" (Bill Withers) – 4:55
"Inner Heart" – 5:35
"Body and Soul" ( Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Johnny Green) – 6:05
"Our Journey" (El'Zabar, Brown) – 6:06
"Up Your Mind" – 11:42

Personnel

Kahil El'Zabar – drums, kalimba, earth drum, vocals
Ari Brown – tenor sax, piano
Junius Paul – bass
Dwight Trible – vocals on 1,3,4,5,7 & 9
Duke Payne – tenor sax, bagpipes

References

Original Liner Notes by Michael Jackson
^ Ephland, John. Follow the Sun review. Down Beat May 14: page 67. Print.
Attarian, Hrayr Follow the Sun review at All About Jazz
Whiteis, David Follow the Sun review at JazzTimes

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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
Studio albums	Renaissance of the Resistance (1993) Return of the Lost Tribe (with Joseph Jarman, Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre, Malachi Favors and Steve Colson, 1997) Jitterbug Junction (1997) Love Outside of Dreams (1997) Spirits Entering (with Billy Bang, 1998) Conversations (with Archie Shepp, 1999) Africa N'Da Blues (with Pharoah Sanders, 1999) One World Family (with David Murray, 2000) What It Is! (2012) Follow the Sun (2013)
Live albums	Big Cliff (1994) We Is (with David Murray, 2000) Live at the River East Art Center (with Billy Bang, 2004) Big M: A Tribute to Malachi Favors (with Billy Bang, 2004)
Related articles	Ethnic Heritage Ensemble

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