SHABAKA
London multi-instrumentalist who led Sons of Kemet and played in The Comet Is Coming, now setting the saxophone aside for slow, meditative work on flutes.
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About SHABAKA
SHABAKA is Shabaka Hutchings, a clarinettist and saxophonist who grew up partly in Barbados before settling in Britain. Besides Sons of Kemet and The Comet Is Coming, he led Shabaka and the Ancestors, a group made with musicians from South Africa, and spent years at the centre of London's jazz scene.
Under the single name he released the EP Afrikan Culture and then the album Perceive Its Beauty, Acknowledge Its Grace on Impulse!. The music is spacious and largely beatless, built on the Japanese shakuhachi and other wooden flutes, with long tones and silence given as much room as melody.
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Questions about SHABAKA
What festivals is SHABAKA playing in 2027?
SHABAKA is booked at 1 festival we cover: Big Ears 2027.
Is SHABAKA playing Big Ears 2027?
Yes, SHABAKA is on the Big Ears 2027 lineup, April 1–4, 2027 at Downtown Knoxville, TN.
What kind of music does SHABAKA play?
SHABAKA plays jazz.