Shabaka Hutchings

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Shabaka Hutchings
Hutchings performing in 2018
Background information
Birth name	Shabaka Akua Lumumba Kamau Iyapo Hutchings
Born	1984 (age 39–40) London, England
Genres	Jazz jazz fusion avant-garde jazz afrobeat spiritual jazz world music
Occupation	Musician
Instruments	Saxophone clarinet bass clarinet shakuhachi quena pífano flute
Years active	2013–present
Labels	Jazz re:freshed Impulse!
Formerly of	The Comet Is Coming Melt Yourself Down Shabaka and the Ancestors Sons of Kemet
Website	shabakahutchings.com

Shabaka Hutchings (born 1984), also known simply as Shabaka, is a British jazz musician, composer and bandleader. He leads the band Shabaka and the Ancestors, and formerly led Sons of Kemet before its dissolution in 2022.^[1] 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, Andre 3000, Floating Points, Mulatu Astatke, Polar Bear, Melt Yourself Down, Heliocentrics, London Brew and Zed-U.