Shabaka Hutchings

Shabaka Hutchings (born Shabaka Akua Lumumba Kamau Iyapo Hutchings in London in 1984), mainly recording as Shabaka, is a British-born jazz musician, composer and bandleader of Barbadian heritage. He leads the band Shabaka and the Ancestors, and formerly led Sons of Kemet before its dissolution in 2022. 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

Influenced by: Sun Ra, Pharoah Sanders, John Coltrane, Mulatu Astatke

Active:

2010-present

Scene:

London jazz

Side projects

• Shabaka and the Ancestors
• Sons of Kemet
• The Comet Is Coming

• Wasia ProjectMon, Mar 22
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• Private EventThu, Oct 8
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• The InterruptersFri, Apr 2
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• The TakesMon, Oct 5
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• The Living TombstoneTue, Oct 20
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• KelelaWed, Oct 14
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• EsDeeKidTue, Oct 6
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• Punch BrothersSat, Nov 7
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