Perceive Its Beauty, Acknowledge Its Grace (Shabaka)
Shabaka Hutchings' solo debut, recorded over six days at Van Gelder Studio.
Elucid, 2024
Recording began in May 2022 with engineer Maureen Sickler; the musicians played without headphones or separation and were not given music beforehand, and Hutchings added horn lines and melodies afterward. Hutchings announced an indefinite break from the saxophone on January 1, 2023, so the album features flute-family instruments, clarinet and shakuhachi. It has a Metacritic score of 84, Pitchfork gave it 8/10, and it reached number 1 on the UK Jazz and Blues Albums chart. Its singles were "End of Innocence" and "I'll Do Whatever You Want".
Track listing
- Body to Inhabit7:28
Sources
- Perceive Its Beauty, Acknowledge Its Grace, Wikipedia