Universal Beings

The London jazz scene of the 2010s produced a generation unbothered by American jazz orthodoxy. Shabaka HutchingsShabaka Hutchingsシャバカ・ハッチングス led three simultaneous bands — Sons of Kemet (founded 2013), The Comet Is Coming, and Shabaka and the Ancestors. Nubya GarciaNubya Garciaヌバイア・ガルシア brought warmth and directness to the tenor saxophone.

Drummer Tom Skinner shared the session on Shabaka Hutchings' Black to the Future (2021) with harpist Brandee Younger. Around the same time he was also behind the kit in The Smile, the rock trio built by two members of Radiohead — one drummer linking deep jazz to art-rock's biggest name.