Kamasi Washington Heaven & Earth

Kamasi Washington Heaven & EarthKamasi 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. While he'd been around for a decade, playing with Snoop Dogg, Kendrick Lamar whose To Pimp a Butterfly he arranged and played on the mammoth project turned him into jazz's perceived savior almost overnight. But he understood his own mission remarkably well and has remained undaunted by the hype. His

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old-school jazz

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exemplifying modern British black brilliance once again

Modern Vampires of the City's political allusions are also subtler than they were on Contra

a maverick oneness with sonic art is his

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Recalling Sufjan's 'Seven Swans' or Karen O's soundtrack work for 'Where The Wild Things Are

The title Time in the Sun is meant to be a monument to my own human existence and also a tribute to the human experience in general

Released: 6/02/2017