El'zabar, Kahil / Ritual Trio / Follow The Sun
Album: Follow The Sun   Collection:Jazz
Artist:El'zabar, Kahil / Ritual Trio   Added:Mar 2014
Label:Delmark Records  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2014-03-07 Pull Date: 2014-05-09 Charts: Jazz
Week Ending: May 11 May 4 Apr 27 Apr 20 Apr 13 Apr 6 Mar 30 Mar 23
Airplays: 3 4 1 2 2 2 3 2

Recent Airplay
1. Mar 11, 2022: May Day Sunshine ... in the Afternoon (rebroadcast from May 1, 2014)
Grandma's Hands
4. Oct 26, 2017: No Cover, No Minimum
Grandma's Hands
2. Jul 18, 2021: No Cover, No Minimum: Monday Edition (rebroadcast from Jul 2, 2018)
Up Your Mind
5. Oct 05, 2017: No Cover, No Minimum
Body And Soul
3. Jul 02, 2018: No Cover, No Minimum: Monday Edition
Up Your Mind
6. Oct 27, 2016: No Cover, No Minimum
Grandma's Hands

Album Review
Fo
Reviewed 2014-03-06
KAHIL EL’ZABAR’S RITUAL TRIO: Follow the Sun
Delmark, 2014

POSTBOP – First things first: yes, this CD has jazz bagpipes (track 3). AACM drummer Kahil El’Zabar has been doing his wonderful avant-soulful-consciousness thing since the 1970s, and always finds ways to keep it new and vital. Here he works with twin tenor saxophones, bass, and the marvelous, huge-voiced vocal shaman Dwight Trible (who really needs to be recorded more often). It’s a magical combo.

All good! Fo’s Picks: 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9

1. 5:37 – upbeat walk: vocals pull like taffy over a steady funky groove
2. 13:04 – snappy standard: saxes spar, drive forward, 13 minutes go by quick
3. 9:18 – whoa… softly spiritual piano/kalimba intro, then low chant with passionate lead vocal and occasional bagpipe drone
4. 6:18 – uptempo vocal version of Wayne Shorter classic, flute, warbly sax
5. 5:00 – KILLER!… Bill Withers cover w/hand percussion and amazing vocals
6. 5:39 – tragic ballad with piano, billows like dark storm clouds, reaches out
7. 6:09 – the oldest of chestnuts sounds brand new… dark patter, strong vocal
8. 6:13 – fast hand drum groove; tight saxes have bright solos
9. 11:43 – live jam starts hot, then slow sexy funk; vocals like butter, then wild!

[ Fo ] - 6 March 2014

Track Listing
1. Follow The Sun   5. Grandma's Hands
2. Softly As In A Morning Sunrise   6. Inner Heart
3. Great Black Music   7. Body And Soul
4. Footprints   8. Our Journey
  9. Up Your Mind