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 ...

When Kamasi Washington called his new album The Epic, he meant it. His band has two drummers, two bass players, both piano and keyboards. There are three horns and two lead vocals. There's a 20 ...

When jazz saxophonist Kamasi Washington was contributing string arrangements ... Washington is earning similar raves for his explorations on “The Epic,” a bold, three-disc statement that ...

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 ...

Jazz saxophonist Kamasi Washington, 34, carries all of this with him. While his solo debut album, “The Epic,” doesn’t directly address those events, it feels shaded by them. “A lot of ...

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 ...

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

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.

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.

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 ...