Wisdom of Elders: Vinyl LP 2025BF40% LP 3: SIDE E

LP 3: SIDE E

7    Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood

Bobby Hutcherson on vibraphone

Pianist Duke Pearson’s too-little-known holiday gem Merry Ole Soul was the sole Christmas album of the classic Blue Note era

A special ‘Snowball vinyl’ pressing will be made available

Wisdom of Elders: Vinyl LP 2025BF40% LP 3: SIDE ETradition shapes your work. For saxophonist and bandleader Shabaka Hutchings, that's something he's long understood. After years spent in the orbit of London's jazz circuit, he examines and reimagines his influences with a dexterity that's unique. The album is a document of sessions combining Hutchings with a group of South African jazz musicians he's long admired. His connection to the group was Mandla Mlangeni (bandleader of the Amandla Freedom