Kahil El'Zabar's Ritual Trio has been played on NTS in shows including Altered Soul Experiment w/ Amila, featured first on 1 June 2017. Songs played include The Opening and Africanos / Latinos.

Percussionist Kahil El'Zabar's Ritual Trio has made some amazing music that has a rootsy, if avant-garde, take on everything within the jazz tradition--including the music's African roots. The band has recorded as a trio, but they are at their best when they ask a friend to join in, and Africa N'da Blues follows 1999's winning Conversations (with guest Archie Shepp) with tenor saxophonist Pharoah Sanders as the band's Y2K guest. With Brown on…