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Kamasi Washington was born in Los Angeles to musical parents and educators and was raised in [[Inglewood, California|Inglewood]], California. He is a graduate of the Academy of Music of [[Alexander Hamilton High |
Kamasi Washington was born in Los Angeles to musical parents and educators and was raised in [[Inglewood, California|Inglewood]], California. He is a graduate of the Academy of Music of [[Alexander Hamilton High |
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[http://www.laweekly.com/2012-07-05/music/hootenanny-moonbeams-kamasi-washington/full/ Los Angeles Weekly, July 5, 2012, Music Picks Performances]</ref> Washington next enrolled in [[UCLA]]'s Department of Ethnomusicology. There, he began playing with numerous faculty members such as [[Kenny Burrell]], [[Billy Higgins]] and pianist [[Gerald Wilson]]. He has since played along with a musically diverse group of musicians including [[Wayne Shorter]], [[Herbie Hancock]], [[Horace Tapscott|Horace Tapsock]], [[Gerald Wilson]], [[Lauryn Hill]], [[Nas]], [[Snoop Dogg]], [[George Duke]], [[Chaka Khan]], [[Flying Lotus]], [[Francisco Aguabella]], the Pan Afrikaan Peoples Orchestra and [[Raphael Saadiq]]. |
[http://www.laweekly.com/2012-07-05/music/hootenanny-moonbeams-kamasi-washington/full/ Los Angeles Weekly, July 5, 2012, Music Picks Performances]</ref> Washington next enrolled in [[UCLA]]'s Department of Ethnomusicology. There, he began playing with numerous faculty members such as [[Kenny Burrell]], [[Billy Higgins]] and pianist [[Gerald Wilson]]. He has since played along with a musically diverse group of musicians including [[Wayne Shorter]], [[Herbie Hancock]], [[Horace Tapscott|Horace Tapsock]], [[Gerald Wilson]], [[Lauryn Hill]], [[Nas]], [[Snoop Dogg]], [[George Duke]], [[Chaka Khan]], [[Flying Lotus]], [[Francisco Aguabella]], the Pan Afrikaan Peoples Orchestra and [[Raphael Saadiq]]. |
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Kamasi Washington | |
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| Born | 1981 Los Angeles California |
| Genres | Jazz West Coast Jazz bebop |
Kamasi Washington (born 1981 in Los Angeles) is a Californian jazz saxophonist. composer, production editor and band leader. Kamasi is mainly known for his tenor playing.,[1] following in the traditions of John Coltrane, Ornette Coleman and Albert Ayler.
Background
Kamasi Washington was born in Los Angeles to musical parents and educators and was raised in Inglewood, California. He is a graduate of the Academy of Music of [[Alexander Hamilton High School(Los Angeles)]] in the Beverlywood neighborhood.[2] Washington next enrolled in UCLA's Department of Ethnomusicology. There, he began playing with numerous faculty members such as Kenny Burrell, Billy Higgins and pianist Gerald Wilson. He has since played along with a musically diverse group of musicians including Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Horace Tapsock, Gerald Wilson, Lauryn Hill, Nas, Snoop Dogg, George Duke, Chaka Khan, Flying Lotus, Francisco Aguabella, the Pan Afrikaan Peoples Orchestra and Raphael Saadiq.
Awards
Winner, 1999 John Coltrane Music Competition
Music Festivals and Benefits
Kamari Washington has played and arranged for the following music festivals:
- Central Avenue Jazz Festival
- Fifth Annual Leimert Park African Art and Music Festival, Sept. 1, 2013, Leimert Park, Los Angeles
- Third Annual Leimert Park African Art and Music Festival, 2011, Leimert Park, Los Angeles
- KKJZ First Annual Summer Benefit Concert, June 20, 2013, Walt Disney Concert Hall, with drummer Harvey Mason's Chameleon group.
Discography
- Young Jazz Giants (quartet with Kamasi, Cameron Graves, Stephen Bruner, Ronald Bruner), 2004, on Birdman Records
- In My Time by Gerald Wilson Orchestra (with Kamasi as guest saxophonist with Gerald's New York City band), 2005, on Mack Avenue Records
- Live At 5th Street Dick's, 2005 (2CD), on Kamasi's own self-released label
- The Proclamation, 2007, on Kamasi's own self-released label
- Light Of The World, 2008, on Kamasi's own self-released label
- Chameleon by Harvey Mason (with Kamasi as guest saxophonist on the track "Black Frost"), 2014, on Concord Records
- The Epic, 2014 (3CD), on Brainfeeder Records; release scheduled for Oct. 28, 2014.