...also some audio here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p034hxyg
― mike t-diva, Sunday, 15 November 2015 09:43 (eight years ago) link
okay, i'll quit posting this everywhere but: free NYC show this summerhttp://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/02/19/kamasi-washington-jazz-summerstage/
― ulysses, Friday, 19 February 2016 18:04 (eight years ago) link
feeling pretty lucky! I am going to see him play tonight at the new Blue Note that just opened in Waikiki :D
― davey, Monday, 14 March 2016 20:15 (eight years ago) link
The last part of the sentence should be enough to make you feel that way.
― Evan, Monday, 14 March 2016 21:08 (eight years ago) link
True dat. Waikiki has been lacking decent places to hear music, so Blue Note opening is v welcome.
― davey, Monday, 14 March 2016 21:24 (eight years ago) link
Oh, yeah that too. Lots of good things in the sentence.
― Evan, Monday, 14 March 2016 21:25 (eight years ago) link
Yee :)
― davey, Monday, 14 March 2016 21:28 (eight years ago) link
Got damn does his band kill it live! Listening to The Epic a few times did not prepare me.
― davey, Tuesday, 15 March 2016 22:14 (eight years ago) link
got tix to see him at the montreal Jazz Fest, super pumped
― flopson, Tuesday, 15 March 2016 22:34 (eight years ago) link
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yeah honestly i hope they are recording some dates over this last year's touring, would love a live album
― robbie ca$hflo (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 16 March 2016 16:19 (eight years ago) link
i have really been getting into this album lately
― marcos, Wednesday, 11 May 2016 13:51 (seven years ago) link
surprisingly i am finding the vocal stuff to be some of the most engaging work on here.. henrietta, the malcom x song, cherokee
― marcos, Wednesday, 11 May 2016 13:52 (seven years ago) link
and clair de lune is so gorgeous, what an amazing piece
― marcos, Wednesday, 11 May 2016 13:56 (seven years ago) link
yeah, it's the vocal tracks I tend to turn to most. I usually hate vocal jazz, but those are the highlights. The Rhythm Changes is also gorgeous.
― TARANTINO! (dog latin), Wednesday, 11 May 2016 14:01 (seven years ago) link
saw him last night
amazing show. first jazz show i've seen not at a jazz bar and also first fusion jazz show i've ever been to
only thing i didn't like was two drummers... they did some cool stuff with it but it was overall just dumb. plus it was at a big venue so obviously they mic'd the kick so it sounded beefy and cheezy as hell
― de l'asshole (flopson), Tuesday, 21 June 2016 22:51 (seven years ago) link
Anybody go to the Central Park show? I thought about it, but ultimately didn't.
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Wednesday, 22 June 2016 00:01 (seven years ago) link
Going to see him tomorrow!
― Hi! I'm twice-coloured! (Sund4r), Wednesday, 22 June 2016 00:07 (seven years ago) link
new EP the harmony of difference
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/hear-kamasi-washingtons-expansive-winding-truth-from-new-ep-w476357
new song "truth"
digging it
― blonde redheads have more fun (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 19 April 2017 15:08 (seven years ago) link
oops
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtW1S5EbHgU
good stuff, guy't got style
― niels, Thursday, 20 April 2017 09:03 (seven years ago) link
guy's....
― niels, Thursday, 20 April 2017 09:04 (seven years ago) link
The Axelrod vibe that someone mentions upthread is very evident on Truth, I think. There's a Wrecking Crew feel to the playing; when the strings come in at about 9 min it could be a Glenn Campbell session.
― mahb, Wednesday, 28 June 2017 11:28 (six years ago) link
new "EP" Harmony of Difference is out!Sounds great so far
though it's funny this is an EP in today's bloated mindset, it's 6 songs including a 13+ minute epic and 31 minutes, that could easily be an old jazz LP
― Universal LULU Nation (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 29 September 2017 14:45 (six years ago) link
Truth is so brilliant and epic, definitely one of my favorite tracks of the year
― bodak horseman (voodoo chili), Friday, 29 September 2017 15:00 (six years ago) link
yeah i really like this a lot and honestly with its brevity i could see throwing it on more often than the epic
― Universal LULU Nation (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 29 September 2017 15:03 (six years ago) link
Yeah this is a little closer to the live show, loving it
― chr1sb3singer, Friday, 29 September 2017 15:05 (six years ago) link
This did not get a happy review in the Graun: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/sep/28/kamasi-washington-harmony-of-difference-review
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Friday, 29 September 2017 15:28 (six years ago) link
I like the EP a lot; the short songs have a strong CTI/early '70s vibe to me - Hank Crawford, Stanley Turrentine, the good early Grover Washington Jr. albums, like that.
― grawlix (unperson), Friday, 29 September 2017 16:04 (six years ago) link
a series of vapid Kenny G numbers.
WRT to the Guardian piece, there should be a Godwin's Law for bringing up Kenny G in a jazz review IMO
― Universal LULU Nation (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 29 September 2017 17:17 (six years ago) link
like the minute you bring up Kenny G, it's a failure of writing and failure to really engage with anything or think about it, it's just an easy line
― Universal LULU Nation (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 29 September 2017 17:18 (six years ago) link
otm
― tylerw, Friday, 29 September 2017 18:14 (six years ago) link
unperson: otm wrt those 70s CTI records
― chr1sb3singer, Friday, 29 September 2017 18:37 (six years ago) link
man for a spiritual hat thread this got kind of fighty
I still like The Epic but have already played Harmony of Difference more often ... I'm really looking forward to seeing him tonight
― Brad C., Wednesday, 6 December 2017 18:14 (six years ago) link
You won't be disappointed. I've seen him twice, and both shows were A++.
― mike t-diva, Thursday, 7 December 2017 09:51 (six years ago) link
Live he is so greatI'm totally with you on the newIn so many ways it just feels like a fat free distillation of what I liked about the Epic, and I think the production/engineering is way better
― Universal LULU Nation (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 7 December 2017 13:30 (six years ago) link
yes, mix is much clearer!
― niels, Thursday, 7 December 2017 13:33 (six years ago) link
They were excellent, of course -- with seven players + one vocalist, their sound wasn't quite as dense as on the albums, but it was hotter, funkier, and louder than I expected ... Patrice Quinn is a force of nature
― Brad C., Thursday, 7 December 2017 15:48 (six years ago) link
i still haven’t unwrapped my copy of “the epic”
i’m just always like ... three hours??
― the late great, Thursday, 7 December 2017 16:25 (six years ago) link
did they still have these guys?
both drummers, the one who looked like the weeknd and the older dude who looked like he should run a pizza by the slice place in Queens
― Universal LULU Nation (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 7 December 2017 17:36 (six years ago) link
I think I never checked out this year's album because I'm still digesting The Epic but, yeah, live show was fantastic.
― No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Thursday, 7 December 2017 18:19 (six years ago) link
the two drummers last night were Robert Miller and Ronald Bruner Jr. ... Kamasi introduced them with lengthy, funny stories about how he'd met the former in kindergarten and the latter at a third-grade birthday party
Kamasi's father Rickey Washington played on most numbers and had one soprano sax solo that really fired up the crowd
the warm family vibe was pretty amazing
― Brad C., Thursday, 7 December 2017 18:46 (six years ago) link
yeah his dad was selling t-shirts at the show i was at, then jumped up on stage and played for some songs
― Universal LULU Nation (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 7 December 2017 18:50 (six years ago) link
I loved the live show I saw but was sad that the vocalist for some reason had been turned down to background levels during the last big song
― FREEZE! FYI! (dog latin), Thursday, 7 December 2017 20:03 (six years ago) link
I was such an epic dumbass on this threadWas posting at a bar iirc
― brimstead, Thursday, 7 December 2017 20:38 (six years ago) link
I'm not a Kamasi believer. Everything is exactly in the right place but I just don't get the jouissance from it. And I wonder if that 'exactly' is the point: it's too on the money, inhabiting all the right forms without the content. Truth feels like a lesson in how to make an epic: 13-minutes of telling, not showing. Maybe seeing them live is the key. But I think even then the dashikis would make me grumpy.
― The shard-borne beetle with his drowsy hums (Chinaski), Thursday, 7 December 2017 21:00 (six years ago) link
I know that's hardly an original take and who gives a shit anyway but it's that thing when you know everything's lined up for you to love something and for some reason it leaves you blank and that's what intrigues me.
― The shard-borne beetle with his drowsy hums (Chinaski), Thursday, 7 December 2017 21:04 (six years ago) link
how much of the silence over the new ep is cos its not on ninjatune. suspect most people throwing love at EPIC got to hear it via their digital mailing list ? i have had nothing in my inbox re the new ep at all.
― mark e, Thursday, 7 December 2017 21:09 (six years ago) link
it would be harder to market, no element of surprise, it's not 3 hours long, the cover is poor imo
but "Truth" is a great jam
― niels, Friday, 8 December 2017 07:26 (six years ago) link
Agree with everything Chinaski said.
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Friday, 8 December 2017 07:37 (six years ago) link
Surprised by that Guardian review, I must admit: I think it's the only bad review for a contemporary jazz release I've ever seen them publish. They review one a week, after all.
― mahb, Friday, 8 December 2017 09:20 (six years ago) link