Shabaka performs "Insecurities"
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About this clip:
- Shabaka and his group with guest trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire perform the composition "Insecurities” from his album “Perceive Its Beauty, Acknowledge Its Grace” during his concert on June 13, 2024 — part of the 41st San Francisco Jazz Festival and broadcast on Fridays Live.
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About this concert:
Shabaka returns to SFJAZZ having retired from his previous projects and the instrument most closely associated with him, the tenor saxophone, to embark on new projects with fresh sources of inspiration.
- This night will be devoted to music from his new album, “Perceive Its Beauty, Acknowledge Its Grace,” that employs flutes, clarinets, and other instruments, while building upon the ebullient spirit and passion that are his true trademarks.
A multi-faceted instrumentalist and composer whose influence has spread far beyond the U.K., Shabaka spent the formative years of his youth in Barbados, an island rife with reminders of Britain’s colonial history, where the budding artist first picked up the saxophone and where the seeds of his creative aesthetic in the roots of the African diaspora were planted.
Bristling with raw energy and deep spiritual power, Shabaka’s new liberation from the conventions and associations of the saxophone allow him to fully explore new sonic realms and chart new expressive paths, each marked by resonances from the ancient past while feeling resolutely of the moment.
PERSONNEL:
- Shabaka: flutes
- Ambrose Akinmusire: trumpet
- Charles Overton: harp
- Austin Williamson: drums