Ernest Dawkins

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Ernest "Khabeer" Dawkins (* 2. November 1953 ) is an American jazz - alto and tenor saxophonist . He heads the New Horizonts Ensemble .

Live and act

Ernest Dawkins was a childhood neighbor of Anthony Braxton . He first played bass and drums before switching to the saxophone in 1973. During this time he studied with members of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians such as Joseph Jarman and Chico Freeman , as well as at Vandercook College of Music . He then worked with Edward Wilkerson and Douglas Ewart before performing with his New Horizons Ensemble in Chicago and recording several albums for Silkheart Records . He also played at jazz festivals and toured Europe.

Hawkins also played in 1985 in the formation Shadow Vignettes ( Birth of a Notion ) with Reggie Nicholson and Kahil El'Zabar , worked on El'Zabar's CIMP album Papa's Bounce (1998) and played with El'Zabar, Joseph Bowie and Harold in 1997 Murray in the Ethnic Heritage Ensemble ( The Continuum ).

After Richard Cook and Brian Morton, the New Horizons Ensemble's first album in particular is heavily influenced by the Art Ensemble of Chicago ; only the album Chicago Now (the first that was written for an American label) is influenced by the Chicago sound in connection with the AACM; further musical references are the music of Abdullah Ibrahim , John Coltrane , Eric Dolphy , Monk and Charles Mingus . Dawkins founded the Englewood Jazz Festival in 2000.

Discographic notes

  • South Side Street Songs ( Silkheart Records , 1994)
  • Chicago Now, Vol. 1 (Silkheart, 1994)
  • Chicago Now, Vol. 2 (Silkheart, 1994)
  • Jo'Burg Jump ( Delmark Records , 2000) with Ameen Muhammad
  • Cape Town Shuffle: Live at Hot House (Delmark, 2003)
  • Mean Ameen (Delmark, 2004)
  • The Messenger: Live at the Velvet Lounge (Delmark, 2006), u. a. with Isaiah Spencer
  • The Prairie Project (2011)
  • Afro Straight (Delmark Records, 2012), with Junius Paul

literature

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  1. ↑ ifccom
  2. ↑ Jazz grows under Ernest Dawkins's feetJazz grows under Ernest Dawkins's feet (2015) in Chicago Reader

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personal data
SURNAME Dawkins, Ernest
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dawkins, Khabeer (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH November 2, 1953