21st Century Union March

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz	[3]

In his review for AllMusic, Thom Jurek describes the album as:

an infectious, utterly intoxicating brew of African folk songs (complete with ritual instruments), rhythm marches, R&B honking, bop caesuras, and blues stomping that is inseparable from tradition yet extends its relevancy into a new era.

The Penguin Guide to Jazz states:

The team has an almost chamberish feel on 21st Century Union March. Bowie takes a proniment soloist's role, Wilkerson seems reserved, and the music has a gentle way of unfolding, even when El'Zabar works up some thunder at his various drums.

— Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2006). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (8th ed.). London: Penguin. pp. 508. ISBN 0141023279.

In a review for JazzTimes Willard Jenkins says:

This is music not of an overly intellectual bent, it is instead so simultaneously earthy and ethereal as to conjure rich colorations and dreamscapes.

— Jenkins, Willard. "21st Century Union March review". JazzTimes.

All compositions by Kahil El'Zabar except as indicated

1. "Crumb Puck You Let Slide" – 6:48
2. "Fanfare" – 8:58
3. "Lover Man" (Jimmy Davis, Roger 'Ram' Ramirez, James Sherman) – 3:23
4. "How the Cow See Cirrus" – 11:43
5. "Missing Miles" (Joseph Bowie) – 5:03
6. "Burundi" – 10:05
7. "Love Outside of Dreams" – 6:27
8. "Dear Albert" – 9:01
9. "Procession" – 3:14

• Joseph Bowie – trombone, miscellaneous percussion
• Edward Wilkerson – tenor sax, alto clarinet, miscellaneous percussion
• Kahil El'Zabar – earth drums, sansa, trap drums, miscellaneous percussion, vocals

• Jenkins, Willard. "21st Century Union March review". JazzTimes.