''Kabsha'' is an album led by drummer

Idris Muhammad Idris Muhammad (; born Leo Morris; November 13, 1939 – July 29, 2014) was an American jazz drummer and bandleader. He had an extensive career performing jazz, funk, Rhythm and blues, R&B, and Soul music, soul music and recorded with musicians s ...

recorded in 1980 and released on the

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label.George Coleman discography
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Reception

In his review for

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, Scott Yanow stated: "Muhammad, who had often been heard in funky or more commercial settings, really excels in this sparse setting, showing off what he learned from hearing bands in his native New Orleans".

Track listing

All compositions by Idris Muhammed except where noted # "Kabsha" - 8:45 # "I Want To Talk About You" (

Billy Eckstine William Clarence Eckstine (July 8, 1914 – March 8, 1993) was an American jazz and pop singer and a bandleader during the swing and bebop eras. He was noted for his rich, almost operatic bass-baritone voice. In 2019, Eckstine was posthumously a ...

) - 5:13 # "Little Feet" (Ray Drummond) - 4:49 # "GCCG Blues" (George Coleman) - 6:13 # "Soulful Drums" (

Jack McDuff Eugene McDuffy (September 17, 1926 – January 23, 2001), known professionally as "Brother" Jack McDuff or "Captain" Jack McDuff, was an American jazz organist and organ trio bandleader. He was most prominent during the hard bop and soul jazz ...

, Joseph Thomas) - 4:41 # "St. M" (Bill Fischer) - 6:14 # "Kabsha" lternate Take(Muhammad) - 8:00 Bonus track on CD reissue # "GCCG Blues" lternate Take(Coleman) - 5:16 Bonus track on CD reissue

Personnel

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George Coleman George Edward Coleman (born March 8, 1935) is an American jazz saxophonist known for his work with Miles Davis and Herbie Hancock in the 1960s. In 2015, he was named an NEA Jazz Master. Early life Coleman was born in Memphis, Tennessee. He was ...

(tracks 1, 3, 4, 7 & 8),

Pharoah Sanders Pharoah Sanders (born Ferrell Lee Sanders; October 13, 1940 – September 24, 2022) was an American jazz saxophonist. Known for his overblowing, harmonic, and multiphonic techniques on the saxophone, as well as his use of "sheets of sound", San ...

(tracks 2, 4-6 & 8) -

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Ray Drummond Ray Drummond (born November 23, 1946, in Brookline, Massachusetts) is an American jazz bassist and teacher. He also has an Master of Business Administration, MBA from Stanford University, hence his linkage to the Stanford Jazz Workshop. He can be ...

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References

{{Authority control 1980 albums Idris Muhammad albums Theresa Records albums Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio