On 7 December 2023, Shabaka Hutchings was a guest on The NTS Breakfast Show w/ Zakia; and on 21 April 2021 was a guest on NTS 10 Curated by Liz Johnson Artur. Shabaka Hutchings has been played over 50 times on NTS, first on 25 July 2017. Shabaka Hutchings's music has been featured on 49 episodes.

Shabaka Hutchings is one of the most eclectic and musically adventurous instrumentalists on the London jazz scene. He is motivated by the aesthetics governing musical styles (especially jazz and contemporary classical music) and how these relate to improvisation, the treatment and movement of sound, and the essential purpose or…