David Murray & Kahil El'Zabar at the Back Room, June 23, 2023

the Back Room presents David Murray Golden Sea Duo with Kahil El'Zabar
the Back Room
1984 Bonita Ave, Berkeley, CA 94704 USA
8:00 PM, Friday, June 23, 2023

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[8:10 PM] {both guys hit the stage; Sam rushes over belatedly for house announcements}

1. [8:13 PM] Am Gone Get Some
   [8:22 PM] {DM back announcement}
2. [8:22 PM] Katon
   [8:38 PM] {Pause. KE swaps to rattles & cajon; DM swaps to bass clarinet}
3. [8:40 PM] Seriana Promethea
   [8:56 PM] {KE: thanks! Time for a break!}

[9:17 PM] {KE onstage, setting up for amplified kalimba + foot rattles; DM out after a minute or so}

1. [9:18 PM] Listen Here / Compared to What
   [9:32 PM] {KE swap back to the trap set}
2. [9:33 PM] Hope Scope
   [9:38 PM] {KE swap to cajon & rattles; DM swap to bass clarinet}
3. [9:40 PM] One World Family
   [9:52 PM] {KE: That's it, thanks for coming!}

• Kahil El'Zabar: drums, kalimba, cajon, foot-jingle-rattles, ankle bells, vox;
• David Murray: tenor saxophone, bass clarinet.

Well that was both darn good and darn short! I would have been happier to get one more second set song, or maybe a short encore, but that's not how things unrolled. I'm not so sure that the middle track of the first set is Katon, but that tune appears on Kahil's latest album, a duo release with David, and on first listen, it seems like the most kalimba-centric of that release, so I'm not just taking a stab in the dark!

I recognized the hypnotic klaxon opening of Hope Scope, but it took me about 20 minutes searching to find a sample with the tune title. Good thing that riff is so recognizable!

Big thanks to Ting for the photo gallery!

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Back to the previous event! ☸ Up to the 2023 yearbox! ☸ Up to the 2023 event list! ☸ On to the next event!