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Kamasi Washington Is Back in NYC to Headline Kings Theatre on Thursday

Depending on who’s asked, jazz is either dying or being reborn, which has been the case for as long as jazz has been a genre. It’s for that very reason that jazz has had a variety of “saviors” over the years. But ask any jazz head in 2020 who the current savior is and you’d get an astounding degree of consensus: Kamasi Washington, L.A.’s own tenor saxophonist and composer extraordinaire. He popped into jazz consciousness in a big way in 2015 with an epic one-two punch. The first jab was when Washington contributed to Kendrick Lamar’s now iconic To Pimp a Butterfly (stream it here), adding his saxophone to an album saturated in jazz, reintroducing rap fans everywhere to the genre. Next came his colossal three-part album, The Epic (stream it here). At almost three hours long, it’s an LP that doesn’t knock on the front door—it kicks it down.

He’s been a prolific figure ever since, not only within jazz but the music world at large, releasing his own material and guesting for anyone looking to give work to one of the best living saxophonists on the planet. Washington’s sound draws from all the genres jazz has influenced over the years, hip-hop, gospel, funk, soul and on and on. When you aim for a big sound, like he almost always does, you end up pulling in and making use of everything available to you. Like many jazz greats before him, Washington’s a musician who swings for the cosmos. His appropriately titled sophomore full-length, Heaven and Earth (stream it here), was released in 2018 to universal acclaim. Earlier this month, his feature-length documentary, Kamasi Washington Live at the Apollo Theater, debuted on Amazon Prime. And he returns to NYC this week to headline Kings Theatre on Thursday. —Dan Rickershauser | @D4nRicks

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Kamasi Washington – Street Fighter Mas - Live At The Apollo Theater

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Top Songs I listened to in 2020-Kamasi Washington – Street Fighter Mas - Live At The Apollo Theater

Top Songs I listened to in 2020-Kamasi Washington – Street Fighter Mas – Live At The Apollo Theater

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💜🎶🎷#ArtIsAWeapon #LiveMusicLovers - @kamasiwashington is in #NYC tonight at @kingsbklyn, with opening DJ set by @natashadiggs | Doors 7:00 PM, Show 8:00 PM. (Swipe ⬅️) If you can't make it to the show, @amazonprimevideo is now streaming "KAMASI WASHINGTON LIVE AT THE APOLLO THEATER," his epic 2019 @ApolloTheater / @afropunk concert. #KamasiWashington #musician #composer #BlackBrilliance #jazz #funk #soulmusic #ApolloTheater #TheEpic #LiveMusic #Concert #ConcertFilm #MusicLovers #TraScapades #ArtIsAWeapon https://www.instagram.com/p/B8yeqtyAA_P/?igshid=1l7akmk72yfgn

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Kamasi Washington Announces New Movie Live at the Apollo Theater

Spoil me - I'm a DJ and I'm cute!

Hear a new song and watch the trailer for the new Amazon Music film, which is out this week [Read More ...]

IN MY Dreams

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Stream Kamasi Washington Live At The Apollo Theater exclusively on Amazon Prime now!

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Kamasi Washington – Street Fighter Mas - Live At The Apollo Theater

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Kamasi Washington performs ‘Street Fighter Mas’ in this clip from new concert documentary Live at the Apollo Theater

Kamasi Washington performs ‘Street Fighter Mas’ in this clip from new concert documentary Live at the Apollo Theater

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The concert was held to celebrate the Apollo 85th anniversary.

We’re introduced to a few members of Kamasi Washington‘s 10-piece band The Next Step in the above clip from Live at the Apollo Theater, out today via Amazon Prime Video.

Directed and edited by former Pitchfork contributor Michael Garber, the documentary archives the ensemble’s February 2018 performance at the legendary Harlem…

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Kamasi Washington – Kings Theatre – February 20, 2020

Saxophone virtuoso Kamasi Washington was back in New York City on Thursday night for a headlining show at Kings Theatre in Brooklyn.

Photos courtesy of Silvia Saponaro | silviasaponaro.format.com

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🎬🎙🎶🎷 #ArtIsAWeapon THE APOLLO @apollotheater X AFROPUNK @afropunk PRESENT RACE MUSIC - "a powerful series that explores the intersection of #music, #film and #politics" - Thursday, February 21 & Saturday, February 23, 2019. Events include (swipe ⬅️): 🔸️A #screening and panel #discussion of "Mr. Soul!" @mrsoulthemovie, an outstanding #documentary about #trailblazing Black television producer #EllisHaizlip; 🔹️A special live music performance by #Jazz #saxophonist/#producer/#composer @kamasiwashington; and 🔸️the "Race Music Film Series" curated by ImageNation Cinema Foundation @imagenation.us. Full schedule details, RSVP to reserve free film screening tickets, and buy tickets for Kamasi Washington's concert at www.ApolloTheater.org #ApolloAfropunk #AfropunkApollo #ApolloLiveWire #RaceMusic #FilmSeries #LiveMusic #KamasiWashington #BlackFilms #BlackCulture #BlackHistoryMonth #TraScapades #MusicIsLife #BlackGirlMovieGeeks🤓 (at Apollo Theater) https://www.instagram.com/p/BuFJYcolL4t/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=yc0vu56xs8lc