Shabaka
Perceive Its Beauty, Acknowledge Its Grace
(Impulse!)
★★★

 
IT turns out that not only has British jazz pioneer Shabaka Hutchings disbanded two of his critically acclaimed groups — the incendiary Sons Of Kemet and intergalactic The Comet Is Coming — he has also retired his primary weapon of choice, the saxophone.

Instead, starting with his 2022 EP Afrikan Culture, Hutchings has taken up the Shakuhachi, a Japanese flute, and other flutes from around the world.