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- Shabaka And The Ancestors
We Are Sent Here By History
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Release date: 27 March 2020
From the space jazz formation "The Comet Is Coming" to his own quartet "Sons Of Kemet" - tenor saxophonist Shabaka Hutchings has experienced a rapid rise since the mid 2010s. Together with South African musicians, he combines spiritual jazz with grooving South African nguni, Central African song structures and Caribbean calypso as "Shabaka And The Ancestors".
Tracklisting:
A1. They Who Must Die - 10:10
A2. You've Been Called - 6:29
B1. Go My Heart, Go To Heaven - 6:41
B2. Behold, The Deceiver - 6:01
B3. Run, The Darkness Will Pass - 4:09
C1. The Coming Of The Strange Ones - 6:28
C2. Beast Too Spoke Of Suffering - 2:58
C3. We Will Work (On Redefining Manhood) - 5:24
D1. 'Til The Freedom Comes Home - 7:06
D2. Finally, The Man Cried - 5:48
D3. Teach Me How To Be Vulnerable - 2:46
Shabaka Hutchings - Tenor Saxophone, Clarinet / Mthunzi Mvubu - Alto Saxophone / Ariel Zamonsky - Double Bass / Tumi Mogorosi - Drums / Nduduzo Makhathini - (tracks: A2, B2) Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes] / Gontse Makhene - Percussion / Thandi Ntuli - (tracks: A2, D3) Piano / Mandla Mlangeni - (tracks: C2) trumpet / Siyabonga Mthembu - Voice