LACMA CEO Michael Govan joins with details about a forthcoming, can’t miss Kamasi Washington performance in the museum — plus, he shares some favorite tunes.

Charles Pulliam-Moore is a reporter focusing on film, TV, and pop culture. Before The Verge, he wrote about comic books, labor, race, and more at io9 and Gizmodo for almost five years. Cowboy ...

As Kamasi Washington introduces Asha The First during ... can’t help but seem like superfluous idling when soaring compositions such as Truth remain unheard. The highpoints far outweigh any ...

A jazz festival isn’t just for October. Almost six months after a back injury scuppered Kamasi Washington’s scheduled gig at the Guinness-sponsored music extravaganza in Cork, the American ...

Grammy-nominated saxophonist Kamasi Washington brought down the house at his Tiny Desk Concert. He played selections from three of his albums, showcasing his ability, with the support of his ...

Mister get-off, I get off at my feet." Born in 1981, Kamasi Washington is the founding member of the collective West Coast Get Down. He is best known for his studio albums, Young Jazz Giants ...

While it's easy to believe orchestral arrangements will just be stern and soulless, the truth is that this ensemble ... and respected band leader, Kamasi Washington has achieved the seemingly ...

Kamasi Washington has never made a dance record before. With Fearless Movement, that’s about to change, at least in terms of its conceptual framework. The Los Angeles-based tenor saxophonist ...

With the birth of his daughter, Kamasi Washington now fears his mortality. The American jazz musician and bandleader sees the ‘horizon’ of his life approaching and his daughter living on after him.

Kamasi Washington says that, first and foremost, this sixth full-length album is is paean to flexibility. It’s a topic that few musicians of his generation are better placed to discuss.

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Based in Los Angeles, Kamasi Washington makes blockbusters. They aren’t the musical equivalent of the CGI ...

You can argue about the various ways Kamasi Washington has impacted jazz culture, but one thing is undeniable: Compared to the prolificacy that has defined most important jazz musicians ...