Other Futures

Shabaka Hutchings, photo credit:Tom Barnes

Shabaka Hutchings

​“I resonate with those who perceive the totality of the zeitgeist we inhabit (or which has come before.) Characters who suggest alternate orthodoxies which challenge us to sculpt the future rather than wade through a tide of inevitability.”


​Shabaka Hutchings is a saxophonist, band leader and composer. He is part of the young jazz and improvisation scene in London and plays in different formations, including Shabaka & The Ancestors, Sons of Kemet and The Comet is Coming.

During this sonic lecture, Hutchings investigates how to determine Caribbean influences and what happens when they come in contact with typical Western music.


photo credit: Tom Barnes