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Wisdom of Elders
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Length
9 tracks, 75:37
Release Date
15 September 2016
Wisdom of the Elders was recorded in Johannesburg in 2015 on one of many trips Shabaka Hutchings took there to immerse himself in the country’s rich musical heritage. The album is a psalm in nine parts. An episodic unfurling of a sonic journey across the Atlantic. “The grand scheme of this album is to present the musical language that I normally associate with my UK bands in the context of SA musicians and musical sensibilities,” explains Shabaka Hutchings. 8 men in a studio in Johannesburg; one tenor sax, one alto sax, one trumpet. One on vocals, one on ivory, one bass, one on p… read more
Wisdom of the Elders was recorded in Johannesburg in 2015 on one of many trips Shabaka Hutchings took there to immerse himself in the country’s rich … read more
Wisdom of the Elders was recorded in Johannesburg in 2015 on one of many trips Shabaka Hutchings took there to immerse himself in the country’s rich musical heritage. The album is a psal… read more

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Track number Play Loved Track name Artist name Buy Options Duration Listeners
1 Mzwandile
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 13:31 8,800 listeners
2 Play track Joyous
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 6:38 20,726 listeners
3 Play track The Observer
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 9:04 10,273 listeners
4 The Sea
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 11:47 5,555 listeners
5 The Observed
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 1:46 6,519 listeners
6 Natty
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 9:59 5,773 listeners
7 OBS
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 5:14 5,534 listeners
8 Give Thanks
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 8:09 4,652 listeners
9 Nguni
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 9:29 5,274 listeners

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Shabaka and the Ancestors is a British jazz band led by Shabaka Hutchings (born in London in 1984). Hutchings is perhaps best known for playing in Pete Wareham’s Melt Yourself Down, then playing in the Sun Ra Arkestra in 2014. On the band's debut album "Wisdom of Elders", released in 2016, Hutchings delves further into the spiritual jazz that originated in part with Sun Ra, with the help of a new band in Johannesburg. The album goes further than his playing in Comet is Coming, another London-based project that refers less indiscreetly than Melt Yourself Down to Af… read more
Shabaka and the Ancestors is a British jazz band led by Shabaka Hutchings (born in London in 1984). Hutchings is perhaps best known for playing in Pete Wareham’s Melt Yourself Down, then… read more
Shabaka and the Ancestors is a British jazz band led by Shabaka Hutchings (born in London in 1984). Hutchings is perhaps best known for playing in Pete Wareham’s Melt Yourself Down, then playing in the Sun Ra Arkestra in 2014. On t… read more

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