Kamasi Washington - Heaven & Earth Avantgarde " both from 1969's Aoxomoxoa

" both from 1969's Aoxomoxoa

and in 2016

lyrically a little deeper and sonically a bit richer

Kurtis Blow could almost be called rap's first breakout solo artist

Kamasi Washington - Heaven & Earth Avantgarde " both from 1969's AoxomoxoaKamasi Washington arrived on the international jazz scene from Los Angeles with a bang after the release of 2015's three disc, three hour The Epic. While he'd been around for a decade, playing with Snoop Dogg, Kendrick Lamar whose To Pimp a Butterfly he arranged and played on the mammoth project turned him into jazz's perceived savior almost overnight. But he understood his own mission remarkably well and has remained undaunted by the hype. His