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“The Koala app is amazing – it’s the best sampler and the deeper you go, the madder it gets”: Shabaka Hutchings on his journey from jazz saxophone to iPad beatmaking

Picking up his saxophone after an extended hiatus, Hutchings expands his musical world with shakuhachi flutes and experimental electronics on self-produced solo album Of The Earth

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‘If I lost this flute, it would be pretty tragic’: Shabaka, Corinne Bailey Rae and Nilüfer Yanya on their favourite instruments

From a Japanese bamboo flute that is harvested and then cured to an unusual fretless zither and a blue Fender Strat, three performers tell the stories of the instruments they cherish

The Guardian - UK

Shabaka: Perceive Its Beauty, Acknowledge Its Grace review – an elegant rebirth

British jazz star Shabaka Hutchings drops the sax for reeds and flutes on an album exploring fear, courage and the power of breathwork

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Ganavya: Like the Sky, I’ve Been Too Quiet review – ornate Tamil vocals, flutes and Floating Points

The latest album in an exciting wave of experimental north Indian classical music enlists Shabaka Hutchings and Leafcutter John in its downtempo quietude

The Guardian - UK

‘I don’t want to be a legacy performer’: why Britain’s hottest jazz star is giving up his sax for the flute

Shabaka Hutchings is at the height of his powers as a saxophonist – but has given it up to play a Japanese flute that takes years to master. In London and Brazil, the multiple Mercury nominee explains why he has to resist the easy path, even if it puts his…

The Guardian - UK

Shabaka Hutchings review – soaring to unfettered heights

In his last performance on the saxophone ahead of a break, Hutchings powers through an interpretation of John Coltrane’s A Love Supreme

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Armand Hammer: We Buy Diabetic Test Strips review – an exceptional record

With contributions from Segal, Shabaka Hutchings and more, rappers Billy Woods and Elucid bleakly fizz on an album that deserves your full attention

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Floating Points and Shabaka Hutchings at The Hollywood Bowl review: A beautiful tribute to Pharoah Sanders

A near perfect body of music paired with a beautiful tribute as Floating Points, Shabaka Hutchings, Four Tet and more bring the album ‘Promises’ to life to honour the late Pharoah Sanders

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‘It’s a rockstar album’: the UK jazz musicians marking five decades of Miles Davis’s Bitches Brew

In an epic feat of improvisation, 12 players over three days reimagined the jazz great’s magnum opus

The Guardian - UK

The Comet Is Coming review – a blast of jazz from another world

Hang on to your internal organs as saxophonist Shabaka Hutchings and friends whip up the loudest free jazz frenzy you’ll hear all year

The Guardian - UK

‘Things need to die for something else to come through’: Wet Leg, Nilüfer Yanya, Shabaka Hutchings and more on the year in music

Eliza Rose, Shabaka Hutchings, Sherelle, Rhian Teasdale and Nilüfer Yanya gather for our annual roundtable on the state of the music industry, discussing self-care, plagiarism allegations, post-release editing – and Kanye

The Guardian - UK

Tom Skinner on the Smile, Sons of Kemet and going solo: ‘It gives me a blank slate to explore’

The Sons of Kemet drummer explains how he’s keeping his cool while launching his debut record, working with Jonny and Thom from Radiohead – and preparing for the birth of his second child

The Guardian - UK

Pharoah Sanders, giant of spirit-driven jazz, dies at 81

Sanders, revered as one of the avant-garde's greatest tenor saxophonists, was a member of John Coltrane's final quartet. His expressive playing laid a path for generations of musicians.

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Shabaka: Afrikan Culture review – open-ended shimmer

The saxophonist’s debut solo outing is a shift towards the meditative, but still crackles with his signature energy

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Auntie Flo & Sarathy Korwar: Shruti Dances review – India meets Ibiza

From an uptempo opening track, through swirling melodic ambience to a pensive warm-down, the duo’s debut collaboration is a radiant mini DJ set

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Mary Halvorson: Amaryllis / Belladonna review – new landmarks in an inimitable jazz discography

The release of two contrasting albums demonstrate how far this inventive, singleminded guitarist has come, and offers a glimpse of a dazzling future

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