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Kahlil Kwame Bell has performed on over 80 recordings. He has toured extensively with Roberta Flack, Erika Badu, Sepia, Stefon Harris and two time Grammy Nominated Russell Gunn's Group Ethnomusicology. He also tours with his band "The Gift". The recordings that feature Mr. Bell, vary from Jazz to Folk, Rock to Hip Hop, Classical to World Music and Spoken Word to Spiritual. Kahlil plays over 1,000 percussion instruments and even does work on wood and clay flutes. He is a profound composer and arranger with strong concepts. He is known for leading his group with an innovative percussion instrument called the "slappaphone". It's unusual sound and shape capture audiences all over the world. When asked about the instrument Kahlil says that "it called him when he first heard it and it has become his voice, offering rhythm and melody to the listener". Gift Of Forgiveness is Kahlil's first record released as a leader and surprisingly enough not featuring his drumming as much as his composing. Kahlil says,"on many of the records I have done in the past I have taken solos that deal with my proficiency as a musician; I wanted to show more beauty in the melodies of my compositions rather than riffing on various percussion instruments".

Steven Jones
Bergen Review

Track List:
1. Child's Play Part 1 (Awaken My Child)
2. Child's Play Part 2
3. In The Mind Of The Most High
4. Poor Man's Abundance
5. Gift Of Forgiveness (Intro)
6. Gift Of Forgiveness
7. Sorrows of Divorce
8. Uzuri Yungi Yungi (Beautiful Waterlilly)(Swahili)
9. Raison De ' Tre (Reason To Be)(French)
10. Family Poem
11. I Am Family
12. Mom's Message
13. Homage To The Drum
14. Unforgotten Soul (For Grams)

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