Ancestral Song

Ancestral Song
Live album by Ethnic Heritage Ensemble
Released	1988
Recorded	May 3, 1987 Fasching Club, Stockholm
Genre	Jazz
Length	48:50 (LP) 63:10 (CD)
Label	Silkheart
Producer	Keith Knox
Kahil El'Zabar chronology
Another Kind of Groove (1986) Ancestral Song (1988) Golden Sea (1989)

Ancestral Song is an album by Ethnic Heritage Ensemble, an American jazz band formed in the mid-1970s by percussionist Kahil El'Zabar. The album, featuring saxophonist Edward Wilkerson, who joined the group in 1978, and trombonist Joseph Bowie, the third player in the band since 1986, was recorded live at Fasching Club, Stockholm in 1987 and released on the Swedish Silkheart label.^[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
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Source	Rating
The Penguin Guide to Jazz	[2]

The Penguin Guide to Jazz states "Ancestral Song was a somewhat modest start, with Bowie's lines offering only cautious counterpoint to Wilkerson's intensities."^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Kahil El'Zabar

1. "Papa's Bounce" – 9:35
2. "Loose Pocket" – 15:15
3. "Ancestral Song" – 13:25
4. "Mamma's House" – 10:35
5. "Three and a Half" – 8:20
6. "Kahil's Blues" – 6:00

5 & 6 does not appear on original LP

Personnel

• Kahil El'Zabar – sansa, drums, earth-drum, percussion, voice
• Edward Wilkerson – tenor sax, clarinet, percussion
• Joseph Bowie – trombone, marimba, percussion

References

1. Ancestral Song at Silkheart
2. Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (1994). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (2nd ed.). London: Penguin. p. 415. ISBN 0140179496.