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It's not that Schabaka Hutchings is eclectic.

I mean, yes.

His music blends jazz and Calypso, dance hall, hip-hop,

African folk music, but that alone isn't what makes him so great.

Shabaka was born in the UK, raised mostly in Barbados,

and he studied classical music in college, not jazz.

That's interesting, but again, it is not the reason you should listen to his music.

You should listen to the music of Shabaca Hutchings because he makes brilliant, beautiful songs.

His music is vivid, complex, and hypnotic.

As the leader of the band's Shabaka and the ancestors and sons of Kammett,

Hutchings found ways to speak using the language of all of those genres,

and make something totally unique.

When he writes a piece like say, go my heart, go to heaven,

you hear the harmonized sacks of Ethiopian jazz legend Mulatto

Astarte.

But the energy is different.

It's cooler and more romantic.

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