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For fans of: (this week!) Polar Bear, ’60s John Coltrane, Konono #1. New album Wisdom Of Elders by Shabaka And The Ancestors (on Gilles Peterson’s Brownswood label) weaves late-’60s spiritual jazz with earthy African vibes. A far cry from The Comet Is Coming’s Mercury-nominated meld of four-on-the-floor saxtronica. Hutchings has appeared on albums by Mulatu Astatke, Jonny Greenwood, Hello Skinny, Melt Yourself Down and Soweto Kinch.