Ethnic Heritage Ensemble Discography

30th Anniversary Live Released 2005	Joseph Bowie - Trombone, Percussion Ernest Dawkins - Soprano, Alto and Tenor Saxophones, Flute, Percussion Kahil El'Zabar - Drums, Percussion, African Thumb Piano	Previously unreleased Live recording available exclusively on I-Tunes
Live at the Hothouse Released 2001	Kahil El'Zabar - Drums, Percussion, African Thumb Piano Joseph Bowie - Trombone, Percussion Ernest "Khabeer" Dawkins - Alto and Tenor Saxophone, Percussion Fareed Haque - Acoustic and Electric Guitar, Percussion Dr. Selah Allen - Percussion	Previously unreleased Live recording available exclusively on I-Tunes
Ka-Real Released 2000	Joseph Bowie - Trombone, Percussion Ernest Dawkins - Soprano, Alto and Tenor Saxophones, Flute, Percussion Kahil El'Zabar - Drums, Percussion, African Thumb Piano Atu Harold Murray - Percussion, Flutes
Freedom Jazz Dance Released 1999	Kahil El'Zabar - Drums, Percussion, African Thumb Piano Joseph Bowie - Trombone, Percussion Ernest "Khabeer" Dawkins - Alto and Tenor Saxophone, Percussion Fareed Haque - Acoustic and Electric Guitar, Percussion	In all its years, the EHE has rarely approached the plateaus of Freedom Jazz Dance, named after the Eddie Harris tune that opens this set. Guesting as a fourth member is guitarist Fareed Haque, who supplies a weave of sound between Dawkins's alto and tenor, which frequently hop across stylistic fields from Ornette Coleman's quick-burn phrases to Sonny Rollins's agile, breathy fullness, and Bowie's guttural, blooming 'bone. As always with EHE, the percussion is more than top shelf, always playing polyrhythms with studied fierceness--but also with an emphasis on pacing. These tunes move gingerly, never rushing their growth and always emphasizing a groove-based, post-bop sound that aims at the big target of all-jazz and meets the mark with ease. --Andrew Bartlett , Amazon.com
The Continuum Released 1998	Joseph Bowie - Trombone, Percussion Ernest Dawkins - Soprano, Alto and Tenor Saxophones, Percussion Kahil El'Zabar - Drums, Percussion, African Thumb Piano Atu Harold Murray - Percussion	On The Continuum, the EHE introduces two newcomers, saxophonist Ernest Dawkins (replacing Ed Wilkerson) and percussionist Harold Murray. With the addition of Murray, the group yields both a fuller sound and surprisingly calmer rhythmic pulse, which frees Dawkins and trombonist Joseph Bowie to deliver more elongated melodic statements. The result is an amazing tribal jazz record that could rival any drum and bass track, hands down.... The Continuum also amounts to one of the EHE's funkiest and most accessible offerings of recent times. --Jazz Times
Papa's Bounce Released 1998	Joseph Bowie - Trombone, Percussion Ernest Dawkins - Soprano, Alto and Tenor Saxophones, Percussion Kahil El'Zabar - Drums, Percussion, African Thumb Piano Atu Harold Murray - Percussion
Ancestral Song Released 1997	Kahil EL'Zabar - African Thumb Piano, Drums, Percussion, Voice Edward Wilkerson - Tenor Saxophone, Clarinet, Percussion Joseph Bowie - Trombone, Percussion, Marimba
21st Century Union March Released 1997	Joseph Bowie - Trombone, Percussion Edward Wilkerson - Tenor Saxophone, Alto Clarinet, Percussion Kahil El'Zabar - Earth Drums, Sanza, Percussion, Vocals
Dance with the Ancestors Released 1993	Joseph Bowie - Trombone, Percussion Edward Wilkerson - Tenor Saxophone, Alto Clarinet, Percussion Kahil El'Zabar - Earth Drums, Sanza, Percussion, Vocals
Hang Tuff Released 1992	Joseph Bowie - Trombone, Percussion Edward Wilkerson - Tenor Saxophone, Alto Clarinet, Percussion Kahil El'Zabar - Earth Drums, Sanza, Percussion, Vocals
Welcome Released 1984
Three Gentlemen from Chicago Released 1981	Henry Huff - Saxophone Edward Wilkerson - Tenor Saxophone, Alto Clarinet, Percussion Kahil El'Zabar - Earth Drums, Sanza, Percussion, Vocals

Concert review by John Pitcher from the June 16, 2005 Rochester Democrat and Chronicle