Among my current projects is a ground breaking percussion trio featuring Chad Taylor, Joe Chambers and me. Our eponymous debut record, Onilu, is due to release September, 2024 on the Eremite record label. It features compositions by all three multi -instrumentalists. Onilu is a Yoruba word meaning “drummers.”
Another is Justice: The Vocal Works of Oliver Lake. A vocal trio joins my ensemble Sonic Liberation Front in performing the works of this widely acclaimed composer. Below are more present and past projects.
Instant Arts Quartet (2024) with Matt Lavelle, Terry Lawson, Pete Dennis
The Ashé Mystics (2024) – with Julius Masri and Joshua Marquez
The Instant Arts Duo (2024) – with Terry Lawson
AIRFLT ensemble and performance series
Kevin Diehl has worked in collaboration with Joe Chambers, Chad Taylor, Oliver Lake, Marshall Allen, Odean Pope, Sunny Murray, Andy González, Khan Jamal, Michelle Rosewoman, Thurman Barker, Badal Roy, Donald HarrisonJr., Kulu Mele Dance and Drum Ensemble, Gene Golden, Skip “Brinquito” Burney, Prometheus Chamber Orchestra, Termite TV collective, Kariamu Welsh, Shaness Kemp
Kevin Diehl composed a commissioned work titled “Jetway Confidential” which was commissioned by Ars Nova Workshop in 2009 for inclusion in the ICA Philadelphia exhibit performance “Pathways to Unknown Worlds: Sun Ra, El Saturn & Chicago’s Afro-Futurist Underground, 1954–1968”
Kevin Diehl’s Discography– Various Projects
“Onilu” with Chad Taylor and Joe Chambers (2024 Eremite)
Instant Arts Quartet (2024) with Matt Lavelle, Terry Lawson, Pete Dennis
The Ashé Mystics (2024) – with Julius Masri and Joshua Marquez
The Instant Arts Duo (2024)
Jamaaldeen Tacuma record project due (TBD 2024)
Raymond A. King – The Sensations of Tone – with Sonic Sphere (TBD)
Kevin Diehl’s Discography with Sonic Liberation Front Justice (2022) Moon Rust Red Streets (2021) Bombogenic (2016) Jetway Confidential (2012) Sonic Liberation Front Meets Sunny Murray (2011) Change Over Time (2006) Ashé A Go Go (2004) Water and Stone (2000)
Sonic Liberation Front large scale performance works include:
“Kevin Dieh’s Ashé All Stars featuring Donald Harrison, and introducing the Lucumi Youth Choir” at the Philadelphia Clef Club of Jazz and Performing Arts
“Kule Se Mama” A live performance at the John Coltrane Festival, Philadelphia Jazz Project and Temple University
“The Dream Book” presented by Bowerbird and the Philadelphia Jazz Project at the Venice Island Performing Arts Center
“The IT Summit” with the Termite TV Collective and the Omimiwa Drum & Dance Ensemble at the Prince Music Theater
