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Spiritual jazz dreams... with Zakia

Zakia shares some cosmic, blissful sounds, as well as words of wisdom and transcendent selections from her special guest, the Chicago spiritual jazz legend Kahil El’Zabar.

DJ, broadcaster, writer, and dreamer Zakia Sewell provides the soundtrack to your dreams - playing music to ease the mind, soothe the soul, and open portals to new dimensions…

Dive into another dreamy journey with Zakia, with cosmic, blissful sounds from around the world. There’s ritual mbira music from Zimbabwe, balearic beach-funk from France, and cinematic soundscapes from Brazil. With new music from the likes of anaiis, Bruno Berle and Haruomi Hosono, plus a hefty dose of spiritual jazz inspired by her special guest - Kahil El’Zabar.

Hailing from Chicago, Kahil El’Zabar is a legendary percussionist, bandleader, composer, conductor, educator and maestro of ritual sound. He reflects on his long relationship with music and spiritual sounds, from his early childhood influences to his work with his Ethnic Heritage Ensemble, which he founded in 1973 and still performs with today.

We want to hear your dreams! Send in tales of your sleepy adventures to dreamtime@bbc.co.uk or Whatsapp us on 03700 100 600

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Music Played

  • Resavoir

    Dream Time Jingle

  • Lenny White

    Sweet Dreamer

    • Big City.
    • Nemperor Records.

  • Kahil El’Zabar

    How Can We Mend a Broken Heart?

    • Kahil El’Zabar’s America the Beautiful.
    • Spiritmuse Records.

  • anaiis

    Sunshine

    • Sunshine / P4P.
    • Dream Sequence Recordings.

  • Steve Leach

    I Meditate Each Day

    • Ocean Potion.
    • Be With.

  • The Heliocentrics, Marshall Allen & Knoel Scott

    Angels and Demons at Play

    • Nuclear War.
    • Strut.

  • Ambuya Nyati

    Changamire Mudzimu Dzoka (Return Spirit Of Changamire)

  • Bruno Berle

    Outra Noite

    • Sem Fronteiras.
    • Far Out Recordings.

  • aja monet

    elsewhere (feat. Meshell Ndegeocello, Georgia Anne Muldrow & Meshell Ndegeocello & Georgia Anne Muldrow)

    • the color of rain.
    • drink sum watr.

  • Momo Wandel Soumah

    M'mu Akolon

    • Matchowé.
    • Buda Musique.

  • Art Tatum

    Yesterdays

    • 20th Century Piano Genius.
    • EmArcy.

  • Alina Bzhezhinska, Tony Kofi & Tulshi

    Across the Sea (live)

    • Whispers of Rain (Live).
    • Tru Thoughts.

  • Kahil El’Zabar Quartet

    A Time for Healing

    • A Time For Healing.
    • Spiritmuse Records.

  • Ethnic Heritage Ensemble

    Great Black Music

    • Ka-Real.
    • Silkheart.

  • Ethnic Heritage Ensemble

    Ancestral Song

    • Ancestral Song.
    • Deeper Soul Recordings.

  • Miles Davis

    So What

    • Kind of Blue.
    • Columbia Records.

  • Mahalia Jackson & Duke Ellington and His Orchestra

    Come Sunday

    • Come Sunday.
    • Philips.

  • Kahil El’Zabar Trio

    Love Outside Of Dreams

    • Love Outside Of Dreams.
    • Delmark Records.

  • Kahil El’Zabar

    From the Heart

    • Let The Spirit Out, Live at “mu” London.
    • Spiritmuse Records.

  • Kahil El’Zabar’s Ritual Trio

    Pharoah's Song (feat. Pharoah Sanders)

    • Africa N'da Blues.
    • Delmark Records.

  • Haruomi Hosono

    Note of Mothership

    • Yours Sincerely.
    • Ghostly International.

  • Neves E Silva

    Misericordia

    • Ladeiras De Santa Teresa.
    • Far Out Recordings.

  • Raphael Gimenes

    A Safira de Igarassu (The Sapphire of Igarassu) (feat. João Machala)

    • Caçador de Horizontes.
    • Cantores del Mundo.

  • Elori Saxl & Henry Solomon

    Symmetries

    • Seeing Is Forgetting.
    • True Panther Sounds.

  • Pink Dolphins

    My Octopus Mother

    • Pink Dolphins EP.
    • 4.

  • Nomieye

    The Earth in All Conscience

    • Tapestry of an Echo.

  • Cole Pulice

    A New Age

    • A New Age.

  • Jonny Nash

    Smoke Rings

    • Smoke Rings.

  • Carlos Niño & Friends

    Delightfulllll / Waterfall (feat. Iasos)

    • Flutes, Echoes, It's All Happening!.

  • Marysia Osu

    Cascades

    • Harp, Beats & Dreams.
    • Brownswood Recordings.

  • Saapato

    Water Snake

    • Seasons Turn Like Pages.

  • The Spaniels

    Goodnight, Sweetheart, Goodnight

    • Presenting The Spaniels.
    • Vee-Jay Records.

Broadcast

  • Sunday22:00
    BBC Radio 6 Music