2019 · Trust in the Lifeforce of the Deep Mystery and 1 more
The London jazz scene of the 2010s produced a generation unbothered by American jazz orthodoxy. Shabaka Hutchings
Library — Saxophone
Shabaka Hutchings
3 albums as leader and 2 as sideman (2018–2024), each listed chronologically.
As Leader · 3
As Sideman · 2
Notes on these albums · 3
2021 · Black to the Future
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.
Brandee Younger2024 · Perceive Its Beauty, Acknowledge Its Grace
Best New Artist is a pop category, and it usually goes to whoever stands at the front and sings. In 2011 it went to Esperanza Spalding, an upright bassist who sings while she plays, on the strength of Chamber Music Society (2010) — a record built around a string trio. She was the first jazz musician to win it.
Esperanza Spalding