The British jazz musician taps into the magic and curiosity that comes from learning something new on Perceive Its Beauty, Acknowledge Its Grace. Shabaka trades in his sax for the flute on his solo ...

When tomorrow’s jazz historians are pondering our current era in their rent-controlled spaceships, they’ll see a state of the music divided into two schools, or two pathways to achievement. Down one, ...

British jazz star Shabaka Hutchings drops the sax for reeds and flutes on an album exploring fear, courage and the power of breathwork Typical: you wait ages for a flute album from a musician famous ...

Shabaka Hutchings is in a phase of new beginnings, having put away his saxophone, shelved his best-known band projects indefinitely, and given up his London base in favour of a peripatetic existence.

‘Life changing’ … Shabaka Hutchings says learning the flute has made him a better sax player. Photograph: Atiba Jefferson/atibaphoto Shabaka Hutchings is at the height of his powers as a saxophonist – ...

Eyes squeezed shut, biceps straining, his rangy frame doubled over his “big metal horn”, he’d improvise feverish passages of energy, working with musicians on synths and drums, he has said, to affect ...

The British musician is an artist in residence at Winter Jazzfest in New York this week, playing an instrument group that he first picked up in 2019. By Hugh Morris Reporting from London As Shabaka ...