Kamasi Washington - The Epic

Of the people not completely enamoured with this album, that is the most incisive post so far on this thread so far.

I'll just say so far again...

also it doesn't groove at all.

Of the people not completely enamoured with this album, that is the most incisive post so far on this thread so far.

Because he said "chord progressions" instead of being more general? Lol

"the most ambitious jazz album go arrive in ages,..." -Apple Music

*to arrive

Sometimes people can be more succinct with less ego

also it doesn't groove at all.

uh y'all were describing this as funk pls explain

Just tried to listen to his version of Cherokee and had to turn it off tbh

I'm sure I'll like some of the stuff on here when I dig in more but blech

ha i kinda liked "cherokee" but it might've been that it provided a little breather from all the heavier stuff.

That version of "Cherokee" worked better live than on record, but yeah, it's definitely weird and semi-out of place.

bringing back that vocalese

Xpost - Brad I've been referring to the love show he's currently doing. It's a lot different from the album

Live show

Making a playlist of all the songs that don't feature Patrice Quinn. Nothing personal, I just think I've decided after a few semi-regular listens that the lead vox on this thing are serious vibe killers.

One thing I really like about this thread is that it has a lot of new jazz recs, which is something I've been out of the loop on.

That's what I said :) thread success.

Yeah, good call on the Ambrose Akinmusire.

I really like this Makaya McCraven but it's got really annoying fake crowd noise

Just bought the new Christian Scott after listening to a couple of tracks. Nice.

if you like that, the Sons of Kemet album from a couple of years ago is also amazing: two drummers (including the bandleader from Polar Bear), clarinet, and tuba (playing basslines, basically).

Their new one is great.

Sons of Kemet have a new one?!

new video by sons of kemet :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPFRBTS39Vo

Hot damn they do.

Fucking love that first album. Will pedal home via HMV on the off chance they have it.

That track is awesome.

for folks who are interested in retro '70s-style prog-jazz from this year I recommend Escondido Sessions by the Brian Ellis Group: http://open.spotify.com/album/4bd3e1VbBFLGkPFOtLbiDk

re cover art :
was an eyebrow raising moment when i found out that the picture is kamasi standing in front of a graffiti/wall mural.
i thought the art had been done specifically for the release.
(or was it ?)

Yeah, good call on the Ambrose Akinmusire.

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cool! glad you like ambrose.

also appreciated 誤訳侮辱's thoughts on him upthread

Davu Seru is well worth checking out everything he does in interesting tho he's def improv/free/spiritual hat

http://www.davuseru.com/

well if you guys like that Sons of Kemet thing then you might like this (cool video though):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KsxTgYdQNM

was an eyebrow raising moment when i found out that the picture is kamasi standing in front of a graffiti/wall mural.
whaaaat that's crazy (cool)

shadow photoshopped out or something I assume

spiritual hat too

This was cool but not really worth three hours of my life. Good playing, ehh compositions, the choir needed to go away. I feel let down.

Holy shit the new Sons of Kemet is great.

Just saw them in Istanbul! Good show

I am enjoying this album; it is fantastic commuting music.

I wish the choir was mixed just a hair louder, and that a couple of the bigger voices in it blended a little more.

A twelve minute song from this album appeared in the middle of my Spotify discovery playlist. It was good, but didn't particularly fit in there.

I am enjoying this album; it is fantastic commuting music.

Yeah, I've been listening to this more lately (mostly because of this thread), and it's been growing on me -- and I've particularly enjoyed it while I'm out walking around. Still feels sort of exhausting, though.

I love it. The choirs are a great throwback and I think work very well. That said, it's hard to sit through for three hours or so, and instead pick a disc and listen to it by itself.

I wish the choir was mixed just a hair louder

Hah, I was thinking I wish they were further back in the mix, ghostlier.

The thing is, they often double a horn so they kind of blend in as it is; I want them a hair louder so the points where they do go off in another direction jump out at the listener more.

more in 'the jazz group + real producer' vibe, like that Dave Douglas group with Shigeto, but judging off one track this is more fun:
https://soundcloud.com/brainfeeder/kneebody-daedelus-drum-battle

New album by Matthew Halsall + Gondwana Orchestra is really nice - spiritual/Alice Coltrane/Dorothy Ashby/Theme de Yoyo vibes. Maybe a bit Gilles Peterson, depends on how allergic you are.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syxfpcmhlUc

finally digging into this - pretty good if kinda generic spiritual hat. choir stuff reminds me mostly of A New Perspective. tbf I'm not all the way through it yet, maybe it'll hit some more peaks I just haven't gotten to yet. Playing is all uniformly good.

Superb UK debut tonight at the Barbican; just seven performers, until K's dad Ricky Washington joined in on flute for the last few songs.

He's cancelled Paris tomorrow (Sunday), so has just added an extra date at London Scala - http://scala.co.uk/events/kamasi-washington/ - highly recommended.

Video footage of last night's London show still streaming at https://boilerroom.tv/session/kamasi-washington-live-from-the-barbican-at-the-efg-london-jazz-festival/

...also some audio here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p034hxyg

okay, i'll quit posting this everywhere but: free NYC show this summer
http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/02/19/kamasi-washington-jazz-summerstage/