Kamasi Washington's masterwork The Epic showcases an incisive saxophonist/composer who has performed with jazz luminaries Gerald Wilson and Herbie Hancock but is probably better known for his work ...

“I’m a daydreamer,” says tenor saxophonist Kamasi Washington, 34, reflecting on the creative process that led to his May 5 release, “The Epic.” The 17-song, three-CD concept album on the ...

Perhaps it was a self-fulfilling prophecy, saxophonist Kamasi Washington introducing his massive three-disc jazz collection called “The Epic” on a Monday night to a sold-out, audibly electric ...

You can argue about the various ways Kamasi Washington has impacted jazz culture ... hour jazz-orchestral marathon pointedly titled The Epic. It made the gracefully charismatic saxophonist ...

Kamasi Washington has never made a dance record before ... on albums like 2018’s Heaven & Earth and 2015’s The Epic, delved into cosmological motifs of grandiose proportions.

More than anything else, Shinichirō Watanabe wanted Kamasi Washington to trust his musical instincts.

Ricardo Nagaoka for The New York Times Supported by By Hank Shteamer Before Kamasi Washington unveiled his breakthrough opus, he admits, he second-guessed it. “The Epic” (2015) was a major ...

“I ain’t gonna talk too much,” jazz superstar Kamasi Washington told the audience ... us that we were gathered on the birthday of The Epic, his sprawling jazz opus released May 5, 2015.

Read about Kamasi Washington’s album The Epic at No. 58 on “The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s.” ...

The Epic, Heaven and Earth, and even Fearless Movement. Kamasi Washington has worked on many of Kendrick Lamar's songs and both the musicians' fans have loved the collaborations. When Kendrick ...

"When you go to see jazz live, everyone on the stage is going to express themselves," says Kamasi Washington ... In 2015, Washington dropped his breakthrough solo album, The Epic, to widespread ...

Kamasi Washington says that ... Since making his breakthrough with ‘The Epic’ in 2015, the saxophonist has become one of the more unlikely crossover success stories of recent years by taking ...