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Global Sounds on the Hill featuring Ethiopian Funk with Afro-Zen Allstars

Friday, April 11 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

$20.00

Curated and hosted by iconic DC impresario and musician Jim Thomson

“Whether floating on the undulating melodic surface or diving into the rhythmic crosscurrents,
this is music that takes you somewhere.”

-Peter McElhinney, Style Weekly Music Writer

Afro-Zen Allstars is a 9 piece little big band featuring blazing horns, a driving rhythm section and inspired instrumental jams, and our music exists at the place where African musical tradition connects with Jazz and Jam. The lovely and haunting sounds created in Ethiopia during the “Golden Age” (late ’60’s- mid ’70’s) serve as our primary inspiration, but we also have a large repertoire of material from all over Africa and beyond, plus similarly flavored originals. This is music for the mind, body and spirit and, with the goal of increasing the amount of joy in the world, we hope to share it far and wide.

Afro-Zen Allstars are:

George M Lowe, guitar and arrangements
Keith Cable, percussion
Brian Cruse, bass
Hunter Duke, percussion
John Lilley, alto/tenor sax
Scott Milstead, drums
Chris Sclafani, alto/baritone sax
Chris Vasi, guitar
Toby Whitaker, trombone

About Jim Thomson: Jim Thomson owns and operates the Washington, DC-based boutique record label Electric Cowbell Records. He currently runs Multiflora Productions out of Washington, DC, an independent live music production agency that specializes in expanding the reach of eclectic traditional and non-traditional artists by creating a time and space where their work is presented in an environment where audiences and artists alike have a meaningful and significant experience together. In 2014 he became the music coordinator for the Capital Fringe Festival and also programmed the “Fringe Music in the Library ” series, which offered free live music in the DC Public Libraries through a sponsorship from the DC Public Library Foundation. He has booked several US tours for acclaimed artists such as Sahel Sounds recording artists Mdou Moctar and Les Filles de Illighadad, along with Zedashe from the Republic of Georgia, BCUC from South Africa, and several others. He is a founding member and played drums in: GWAR, Alter-Natives (SST Records), Bio Ritmo, and CSC Funk Band. He currently plays drums in the DC-based punk rock band, Time Is Fire.

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Global Sounds on the Hill featuring Ethiopian Funk with Afro-Zen Allstars (04-11-25)
$ 20.00
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Date:
Friday, April 11
Time:
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Cost:
$20.00
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Venue

Hill Center DC
921 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE
Washington, DC 20003 United States
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Phone
202.549.4172
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