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Shabaka & the Ancestors is today’s avant-jazz octet led by Uk/Caribbean tenor saxophonist and composer Shabaka Hutchings. The others of its account is comprised completely of South African associates who consist of Mthunzi Mvubu (alto sax); Mandla Mlangeni (trumpet); Siyabonga Mthembu (vocals); Nduduzo Makhathini (Rhodes, piano); Ariel Zamonsky (bass); Gontse Makhene (percussion), and Tumi Mogorosi (drums). Hutchings acquired made several vacations to South Africa between 2012 and 2014, immersing himself in the wide selection of the country’s wealthy musical traditions. In early 2015, he set up this group to “present the musical vocabulary which i normally affiliate with my U.K. rings in the framework of Shabaka & the Ancestors’ music and musical sensibilities.” He constructed a psalm in nine parts and documented it. The completed album, Intelligence of Elders, was released on Gilles Peterson’s Brownswood label in Sept 2016.
