The Quarantined Jazz Voyager

We Are Sent Here By History is an acclaimed studio album by Shabaka Hutchings, a British-Barbadian musician, under his band Shabaka and the Ancestors, composed of South African musicians. It was released on March 13, 2020 on Impulse! Records.

We Are Sent Here by History has charted in Germany, Scotland, U.S. and UK and reached number 3 on the latter. The album was recorded at Milestone Studio and Sumo Sounds Studio in Johannesburg, mixed at The Crush in London, produced by Shabaka Hutchings and Dilip Harris, the creative director was Josh Cheuse, and the illustration was by Daniela Yohannes.

1. They Who Must Die ~ 10:10
2. You’ve Been Called ~ 6:29
3. Go My Heart, Go To Heaven ~ 6:41
4. Behold, The Deceiver ~ 6:01
5. Run, The Darkness Will Pass
6. The Coming Of The Strange Ones ~ 6:28
7. Beast Too Spoke Of Suffering ~ 2:58
8. We Will Work (On Redefining Manhood) ~ 5:24
9. ‘Til The Freedom Comes Home ~ 7:06
10. Finally, The Man Cried ~ 5:48
11. Teach Me How To Be Vulnerable ~ 2:45

• Tenor Saxophone, Clarinet ~ Shabaka Hutchings
• Alto Saxophone ~ Mthunzi Mvubu
• Double Bass ~ Ariel Zamonsky
• Drums – Tumi Mogorosi
• Electric Piano, Fender Rhodes ~ Nduduzo Makhathini (track: 2, 4)
• Percussion ~ Gontse Makhene
• Piano ~ Thandi Ntuli (track: 2, 11)
• Trumpet ~ Mandla Mlangeni (track: 7)
• Voice ~ Siyabonga Mthembu

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