Heaven and Earth
The latest from the saxophonist and bandleader is a multi-genre feast of musical ideas, his most sweeping and complete statement yet.
Bad Witch is a thin, if rewarding, listen from Nine Inch Nails; while Kamasi Washington’s cinematic soul-jazz is more ambitious than ever on the awe-inspiring Heaven And Earth; and Gang Gang Dance turn in a somewhat too-impeccable sixth LP with Kazuashita. These, plus Martyn and The Orb in this week’s notable new…
Heaven and Earth suggests Washington is only just getting warmed up in his quest to reboot cosmic jazz
Kamasi Washington, the most talked-about jazz musician in recent memory, blurs genres on his two-hour-plus new album 'Heaven and Earth.'
Kamasi Washington arrived on the international jazz scene from Los Angeles with a bang after the release of 2015's three-disc, three-hour The Epic.
How do you top an album called The Epic? If you're Kamasi Washington, you do it by moving your craft and your mind inward. On his fourth LP,...
Only three years ago Kamasi Washington released an album that was epic by name and in nature.
Much has previously been made of Kamasi Washington’s work with various artists, but he needs no assistance by association when his already
You'll need to set a day aside to truly get into Kamasi Washington's Goliath two-suite 130-minute jazz odyssey 'Heaven And Earth'. Worth it, mind.
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