British jazz musician, composer and bandleader (born 1984)
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Shabaka Hutchings
Hutchings performing in 2018
Background information
Birth name
Shabaka Akua Lumumba Kamau Iyapo Hutchings
Born
1984 (age 39–40) London, England
Genres
Jazz
jazz fusion
avant-garde jazz
afrobeat
spiritual jazz
world music
Occupation(s)
Musician
Instrument(s)
Saxophone
clarinet
bass clarinet
shakuhachi
quena
pífano flute
Years active
2013–present
Labels
Jazz re:freshed
Impulse!
Formerly of
The Comet Is Coming
Melt Yourself Down
Shabaka and the Ancestors
Sons of Kemet
Website
shabakahutchings.com
Musical artist
Shabaka Hutchings (born 1984) is a British jazz musician, composer and bandleader. He leads the band Shabaka and the Ancestors, and used to lead Sons of Kemet before its dissolution in 2022.[1] He was also a member of The Comet Is Coming, performing under the stage name King Shabaka. Hutchings has played saxophone and other wind instruments with the Sun Ra Arkestra, Andre 3000, Floating Points, Mulatu Astatke, Polar Bear, Melt Yourself Down, Heliocentrics, London Brew and Zed-U.
^Bllom, Madison. "Sons of Kemet Breaking Up After Final Shows". Pitchfork.com. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
ShabakaHutchings (born 1984) is a British jazz musician, composer and bandleader. He leads the band Shabaka and the Ancestors, and used to lead Sons of...
Sons of Kemet was a British jazz group formed by ShabakaHutchings, Oren Marshall, Seb Rochford, and Tom Skinner. Theon Cross replaced Marshall on tuba...
Tempest, Sampha, Leilah, James Massiah, Tawiah, Lafawndah, Trustfall, ShabakaHutchings, and Mica Levi. Speakers Corner Quartet was formed in 2006. The group...
Recordings and Nonesuch Records. It includes guest appearances from ShabakaHutchings, Tom Misch, Chronixx, Masego, Jahaan Sweet and Leon Thomas, among...
of Kemet, released in March 2018 on Impulse! Records. Band leader ShabakaHutchings wrote and plays saxophone on all tracks, Theon Cross plays tuba, and...
"tumultuous such as "when [Shabaka] Hutchings and [Nubya] Garcia unleash their broken-note strewn tenors" and meditative as "when Hutchings switches to bass clarinet...
ensemble cast including Sam Shepherd, Kieran Hebden, Dan Snaith, ShabakaHutchings, Kara Lis Coverdale, Hinako Omori. The Independent reviewed the performance...
duo announced the album on August 2. A session with Jazz musician ShabakaHutchings, producer/keyboardist Child Actor, engineer Willie Green and Elucid...
British jazz band Polar Bear. The original line-up included saxophonist ShabakaHutchings (Sons Of Kemet, The Comet Is Coming, The Heliocentrics), drummer Tom...
recruited additional musicians for Black Focus, including saxophonist ShabakaHutchings, trumpeter Yelfris Valdes, bassists Tom Driessler and Kareem Dayes...
History is a studio album by British-Barbadian musician ShabakaHutchings, under his band Shabaka and the Ancestors. It was released on 13 March 2020 under...
Armon-Jones, Lea Sen, Kae Tempest, Leilah, James Massiah, Tawiah and ShabakaHutchings. ^ A. Caroline Polachek's set featured appearances from Brìghde Chaimbeul...
there. In London, Sinephro became a contemporary of saxophonists ShabakaHutchings and Nubya Garcia, and the jazz improvisation collective Steam Down...
Metropole Orkest (conducted by Jules Buckley), with Christian Scott & ShabakaHutchings as soloists as part of the BBC Proms of 2017. The Mingus Big Band's...
Telegraph. Ruiz, Matthew Ismael (19 January 2023). "Nubya Garcia, ShabakaHutchings, Tom Skinner, and More Announce Miles Davis Tribute Album London Brew"...
Linkin Park, features the shakuhachi flute. British jazz musician ShabakaHutchings performed shakuhachi on the André 3000 album New Blue Sun The sound...
band use the pseudonyms "King Shabaka", "Danalogue", and "Betamax" to respectively refer to saxophonist ShabakaHutchings, keyboardist Dan Leavers, and...
a contemporary jazz record label in London whose roster includes ShabakaHutchings, SEED Ensemble, Nubya Garcia, and Rosie Turton. In 2017 the organisation...
(born 1989), violinist Dave Holland (born 1946), jazz double bassist ShabakaHutchings (born 1984), jazz saxophonist and band leader Jason Rebello (born...
University of Greenwich press release, 15 May 2000. "Sons of Kemet | SHABAKAHUTCHINGS". "The Baroness Lawrence of Clarendon" at Debretts 500 Stephen Lawrence...
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