Shabaka Hutchings is very tall. I'm gonna guess at least 6'5" and maybe 6'6". I'm 6'2", and he loomed over me when we met last year. On Monday night, I saw him perform with The Comet Is Coming at New York's Mercury Lounge, and he towered over his two bandmates, keyboardist Dan "Danalogue" Leavers and drummer Max "Betamax" Hallett, too. (With TCIC, he calls himself King Shabaka.)
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Ugly Beauty: The Month In Jazz – March 2019
