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Nazir Ebo

Nazir Ebo is a Philadelphia drummer, bassist, composer, bandleader, and educator whose work joins acoustic jazz with electric improvisation.

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Career Overview

About Nazir Ebo

Zildjian's artist profile identifies Ebo as a Philadelphia multi-instrumentalist, bandleader, and educator who began performing at nine through the Clef Club Youth Ensemble and Kimmel Center Creative Music Program. His own release biography also documents classical bass training alongside drums.[1][2]

Ebo's first leader album, Beyond, grew from an improvisational electric band formed in 2021. Alongside that project, official sources document his work in Joshua Redman's ensemble through the Blue Note album Words Fall Short and an NPR Music Tiny Desk performance.[2][3][4]

Ensembles and Career Threads

Bands & Projects

Leader, drummer, and composer

Beyond electric ensemble

Formed 2021

Ebo's release notes identify a two-guitar, bass, keyboard, and drums group built around improvisation and electric textures.[2]

Drummer

Joshua Redman ensemble

Blue Note and NPR Music document Ebo anchoring Redman's vocal and instrumental settings with bassist Philip Norris and pianist Paul Cornish.[3][4]

Performer and educator

Philadelphia youth-music lineage

The Zildjian biography traces Ebo's early stage experience to the Clef Club Youth Ensemble and Kimmel Center Creative Music Program.[1]

Selected, Not Exhaustive

Recordings to Know

2024

Joshua Redman: Tiny Desk Concert

Drummer with Joshua Redman and Gabrielle Cavassa

NPR Music's official performance credits Ebo on drums across Chicago Blues, Streets of Philadelphia, and After Minneapolis.[4]

Release details

2025 · Blue Note Records

Words Fall Short

Drummer in Joshua Redman's ensemble

Blue Note's album feature credits Ebo in Redman's rhythm section and documents the recording's expanded vocal and instrumental personnel.[3]

Release details

2026

Beyond

Leader, drummer, and composer

Ebo's ten-track debut documents his electric improvising band with guitarists Simon Martinez and Tim Watson, bassist Tone Whitfield, and Sanche Ramirez on keyboards.[2]

Release details

Live Calendar

Upcoming Jazz DateBook Shows

Thu, Sep 10, 7:30 PM

Joshua Redman Quartet

Dimitriou's Jazz Alley · Seattle

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Fri, Sep 11, 7:30 PM

Joshua Redman Quartet

Dimitriou's Jazz Alley · Seattle

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Fri, Sep 11, 9:30 PM

Joshua Redman Quartet

Dimitriou's Jazz Alley · Seattle

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Sat, Sep 12, 7:30 PM

Joshua Redman Quartet

Dimitriou's Jazz Alley · Seattle

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Sat, Sep 12, 9:30 PM

Joshua Redman Quartet

Dimitriou's Jazz Alley · Seattle

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Sun, Sep 13, 7:30 PM

Joshua Redman Quartet

Dimitriou's Jazz Alley · Seattle

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Sources

Career copy is original synthesis from the artist, label, and project sources below. Current dates come from Jazz DateBook event inventory.

  1. [1] Artist biography and portrait

    Zildjian

  2. [2] Beyond release, biography, audio, and personnel

    Nazir Ebo

  3. [3] Words Fall Short album feature

    Blue Note Records

  4. [4] Official Tiny Desk performance and personnel

    NPR Music