The creative vision of Waleed Kush is to combine ancient rhythms from Africa with modern jazz harmonies. These two worlds - from different places and eras - meet in their creative expression. Like Providence Farm, our meeting place, this music is a meeting place. The music and the title of this concert and workshop series reflects the origins of rhythm; the inspirations for this music and what it has achieved: the sonorous mixing of rhythm and harmony, that mirrors Toronto's blend of culture and people. Fans have said, “We dance, we’re entranced, the music feeds our soul”. The Waleed Kush African Jazz Ensemble takes the improvisational qualities of jazz and the beat of ancient African rhythms to literally move, excite and inspire.