Kamasi Washington announced a new concert film, Live at the Apollo Theater, out February 6th via Amazon Prime Video. Michael Garber directed the project, which documents the jazz saxophonist’s headlining February 2019 show at the famed New York venue.
Washington paired the announcement by issuing “The Bombshell’s Waltz,” a previously unheard track recorded for his self-released 2007 LP, The Proclamation. The reflective piece stretches out to over 12 minutes, peaking midway through with a cacophonous sax solo.
Live at the Apollo Theater features Washington’s massive band the Next Step, along...
Washington paired the announcement by issuing “The Bombshell’s Waltz,” a previously unheard track recorded for his self-released 2007 LP, The Proclamation. The reflective piece stretches out to over 12 minutes, peaking midway through with a cacophonous sax solo.
Live at the Apollo Theater features Washington’s massive band the Next Step, along...
- 2/4/2020
- by Ryan Reed
- Rollingstone.com
Unless you’re a hardcore jazz aficionado, you might not know the name Horace Tapscott. But to several generations of L.A. musicians — including breakout saxophone star Kamasi Washington — the late pianist and composer is a near-legendary figure.
“I grew up in Leimert Park and his footprint is all over that area,” Washington said in 2015 of Tapscott’s importance to his South L.A. neighborhood. “We all learned his music and his philosophies from the elders who played with him that are still with us. Horace is one of the...
“I grew up in Leimert Park and his footprint is all over that area,” Washington said in 2015 of Tapscott’s importance to his South L.A. neighborhood. “We all learned his music and his philosophies from the elders who played with him that are still with us. Horace is one of the...
- 5/31/2019
- by Hank Shteamer
- Rollingstone.com
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