Shabaka Hutchings (born Shabaka Akua Lumumba Kamau Iyapo Hutchings in London in 1984), mainly recording as Shabaka, is a British-born jazz musician, composer and bandleader of Barbadian heritage. He leads the band Shabaka and the Ancestors, and formerly led Sons of Kemet before its dissolution in 2022. He was also a member of The Comet Is Coming, performing under the stage name King Shabaka. Hutchings has played saxophone and other wind instruments with the Sun Ra Arkestra, Andre 3000, Floating Points, Mulatu Astatke, Polar Bear, Melt Yourself Down, Heliocentrics, London Brew and Zed-U. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Shabaka+Hutchings">Read more on Last.fm</a>. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.