Hard to believe that such a dire and dramatic year could inspire such an abundance of remarkable albums. Or maybe, on the contrary, the multitude of emotions sparked by the pandemic and our new life’s circumstances might have been the main reasons why musicians were able to write, record and...
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14/03/2020 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm Shabaka Hutchings' One Fest EartH (Hackney Arts Centre), London
Shabaka Hutchings has dominated and towered over British jazz since first bursting onto the scene with Sons of Kemet somewhere around 2015. Building on each album and project, it is fair to say Shabaka is now an international star. His defining, siren-like saxophone sound can be heard at festivals and...
If the London jazz scene has a face, that’s the one of Shabaka Hutchings. The saxophonist, clarinettist and bandleader has indeed surged as one of the most popular interpreters of the movement, playing solo or collaborating and enriching the work of many of its actors, and becoming its ambassador around...
21/09/2019 7:00 pm - 11:00 pm Shabaka Hutchings' One Fest EartH (Hackney Arts Centre), London
