Led by Shabaka Hutchings, who is one of the most exciting jazz saxophonists on the scene right now, Shabaka and the Ancestors are blazing a path of insistent spiritual jazz.

Hutchings has gathered a crew of South African jazz musicians and together the band fuses the inspirations of legendary figures like Sun-Ra and the concepts of Afrofuturism.

Hutchings joins q guest host Laurie Brown live in the studio to discuss the album Wisdom of Elders.

— Produced by Ben Edwards

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