"Shabaka Hutchings has announced a new album as Shabaka, Of the Earth, due out March 6 via Shabaka Records ( pre-order). The album comes after Shabaka traded his sax for woodwinds on 2024's ambient jazz album Perceive Its Beauty, Acknowledge Its Grace and two similar EPs, but Of the Earth finds him picking the sax back up and lead singles "A Future Untold" and "Marwa The Mountain" are in livelier spiritual jazz territory."
""D'angelo's Brown Sugar was the first CD I bought and it sparked a lasting curiosity about the emotional possibilities allowed by the self produced and performed album," Shabaka says. "This record is my celebration of freedom in creative self expression. Before the pandemic I could only play the clarinet and saxophone and knew nothing about music production (or how to play the flute), so this has been a journey of learning and a reflection on the music that's been created as a result.""
Of the Earth is a new album by Shabaka Hutchings, due March 6 via Shabaka Records. The album follows a period where Hutchings traded sax for woodwinds on 2024's ambient Perceive Its Beauty, Acknowledge Its Grace and two similar EPs. Of the Earth returns Hutchings to saxophone and features livelier spiritual jazz in lead singles "A Future Untold" and "Marwa The Mountain". The record includes Hutchings rapping for the first time and represents a self-produced, self-performed exploration of creative freedom and learning in production and instrumentation. Tour dates include Big Ears festival in Knoxville and shows in Philadelphia and New York. A twelve-track list accompanies the release.
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