Kamasi Washington: Last News

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorBrooklynites will be excited to learn that BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! will return to the Lena Horne Bandshell in Prospect Park at full capacity, with live, free and in-person performances in June, kicking off on the 8 th with a performance by saxophonist-composer-producer Kamasi Washington and closing on August 6 with Nigerian singer-songwriter Yemi Alade.The innovative Los Angeles-based musician is one of the major jazz musicians to emerge in the past decade, having collaborated with a galaxy of jazz artists as well as Kendrick Lamar (on his groundbreaking “To Pimp a Butterfly” album), Florence + the Machine and others. He also has performed at multiple nights of BRIC JazzFest in years past.

Kendrick Lamar has surprise released a brand new album ‘GNX’ – listen in full below.The Compton rapper posted a link to the album on his social media pages at 5pm UK time on Friday (November 22), with the 12-track, 44-minute release now on all major music streaming platforms.It is Lamar’s sixth studio album and first since 2022’s ‘Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers’, and features production from Jack Antonoff, Kamasi Washington, Mustard, Terrace Martin and Sounwave.

Richard Russell has announced ‘Temporary’, the new album from his collaborative music project Everything Is Recorded.It marks the third album from Everything Is Recorded, and will be released on February 28 next year via XL Recordings. Pre-order here.‘Temporary’ was created over the span of four years and features a host of collaborators, including Bill Callahan, Noah Cyrus, Florence Welch, Maddy Prior, Berwyn, Alabaster Deplume, Jah Wobble, Kamasi Washington, Rickey Washington, Roses Gabor, Jack Peňate, Samantha Morton, Clari Freeman-Taylor, Nourished By Time and more.Alongside the album announcement, Everything Is Recorded has shared a new single ‘Losing You’, featuring Sampha, Laura Groves and British-Bahraini composer and trumpeter Yazz Ahmed. The soul-imbued track comes with an Ed Morris-directed music video that sees the musicians perform in the back of a black cab while driving through London at night.

Kamasi Washington has enlisted funk icon George Clinton and rapper D Smoke for a new track, ‘Get Lit’.The suave new track is taken from his forthcoming album ‘Fearless Movement’, which will land on Friday (May 3).It follows previous singles ‘Prologue’, ‘Dream State’ (featuring André 3000) and ‘The Garden Path’, which Washington performed for the first time ever in 2022 while making his late-night television debut on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.Check out ‘Get Lit’ below:Speaking about his forthcoming seventh album in a press release, Washington has referred to ‘Fearless Movement’ as his dance album. “It’s not literal.

Kamasi Washington has announced a 2024 UK, Ireland and European headline tour – find all the details below.The LA jazz multi-instrumentalist will hit the road in Europe this autumn in support of his new studio album ‘Fearless Movement’, which is due for release on May 3 via Young (pre-order here).Kicking off in Rome on October 3, that leg also includes stop-offs in Milan, Barcelona, Madrid, Lisbon, Porto, Bordeaux and Paris in the first half of the month.From there, Washington will head to the UK and Ireland for shows in Manchester, London, Cardiff, Gateshead, Leeds, Glasgow and Dublin.An additional run of European gigs is scheduled to take place between October 28 and November 17, including stops in Brussels, Warsaw, Krakow, Amsterdam, Berlin and Oslo.Tickets go on general sale at 10am BST this Friday (April 19) – you’ll be able to buy yours here (UK and Ireland) and here (Europe). Alternatively, fans can access a pre-sale at the same time tomorrow (Thursday, April 18) by pre-ordering ‘Fearless Movement’ here before 6pm BST today (17).You can see the full list of shows in the announcement post below.Europe, coming your way soon! Pre-order my album “Fearless Movement” from my web store before 6pm on Wednesday April 17th to receive pre-sale access to my Europe tour! Pre-sale opens at 10am (local times) on Thursday April 18th.

Kamasi Washington has announced his new album ‘Fearless Movement’ and has shared its lead single ‘Prologue’. Check it out below.The cinematic track sees the Los Angeles jazz multi-instrumentalist create upbeat instrumentation featuring pounding drums and a glorious trumpet at the forefront.

Lazarus, a new series from Cowboy Bebop creator Shinichirō Watanabe.Per a report from Variety, Lazarus has been picked up for released on Toonami, though a release date has yet to be announced. The upcoming animated series is currently in production with MAPPA (Attack On Titan, Chainsaw Man, Jujutsu Kaisen) on animation duties.Also contributing to the series is John Wick series director Chad Stahelski, who Variety reports has “designed several action sequences for the series”.

Kamasi Washington has made his late night television debut with a performance of his new single ‘The Garden Path’ on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.The saxophonist appeared on the show earlier this week, performing the track live with an impressive accompanying ensemble. The lineup included a flutist, trumpeter, trombonist, various drummers, singers, pianist, and more, helping bring Washington’s ‘The Garden Path’ to life.Watch the feverish performance below.Speaking of the new song in a press release, Washington said: “The world feels turned upside down.”“There’s so much push and pull in every direction, from everyone you meet—no one knows what to think, who to believe, or how to approach life right now.

Kamasi Washington has shared new song "The Garden Path." Washington will perform the song, his first new solo material in over a year, on Wednesday evening's Tonight Show. Check it out below.

ESSENCE’s The Playlist being one of them—and I want to salute everyone who has been reading this page and playing the music with a new idea I have.Dinner Party, a new supergroup featuring Terrace Martin, Robert Glasper, Kamasi Washington and 9th Wonder, has been in my rotation before their single “Freeze Tag” hit DSPs all over the World Wide Web. To add some extra flavor to this week’s edition, the fellas and I are co-curating The Playlist under the theme of “art and good music as soul food.”“Soul food is eternal,” producer 9th Wonder says.