''Love Outside of Dreams'' is an album by the American jazz percussionist

Kahil El'Zabar Kahil El'Zabar (born Clifton Blackburn; November 11, 1953) is an American jazz multi-instrumentalist (mainly a Percussion instrument, percussionist) and composer. He regularly records for Delmark Records. Life and work El'Zabar was born in Chica ...

, recorded in 1997 and released on Delmark. He leads a trio featuring saxophonist David Murray and bassist

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in his last recording session. Murray and El'Zabar cut the duo album ''Golden Sea'' in 1989 and Kahil joined David's groups for '' A Sanctuary Within'', ''

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'' and '' Jug-A-Lug'' in the early '90s.Original Liner Notes by Howard Mandel

Reception

In his review for

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, Thom Jurek states: "Upon first listen, the striking and remarkable thing about ''Love Outside of Dreams'' sounds like a trio that had been playing together for no less than five or ten years. It's not just the intuition or the way in which Murray's and El'Zabar's tunes are executed, but the sheer and very muscular musicality the band plays with." ''

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'' notes: "El'Zabar and Murray clearly get on well in musical terms and this free-flowing date recalls some of the saxophonist's exciting early records, particularly in the likes of 'The Ebullient Duke'." In a review for ''

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'' Larry Appelbaum says: "Though this is a group that tends to play free and modern, it also knows how to swing, as it demonstrates on the rough-edged 'Nia' and a tribute to Ellington, 'The Ebullient Duke'."Appelbaum, Larr
''Love Outside of Dreams'' review
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Track listing

:''All compositions by Kahil El'Zabar except as indicated'' # "Love Outside of Dreams" – 10:12 # "Song for a New South Africa" (David Murray) – 9:34 # "Song of Myself" – 6:57 # "Nia" – 7:47 # "Meditation for the Celestial Warriors" – 8:27 # "The Ebullient Duke" – 9:31 # "Fred" – 0:20 # "One World Family" (Kahil El'Zabar, David Murray) – 8:20

Personnel

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drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

, African drums, African thumb piano * David Murray –

tenor sax The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B (while th ...

bass clarinet The bass clarinet is a musical instrument of the clarinet family. Like the more common soprano B clarinet, it is usually pitched in B (meaning it is a transposing instrument on which a written C sounds as B), but it plays notes an octave bel ...

– bass

References

{{Authority control 2002 albums Kahil El'Zabar albums Delmark Records albums