agaetisbyrjun Posted April 12, 2017 Share Posted April 12, 2017 (edited) Out this Summer via Young Turks Throughout the EP, Washington explores the musical technique of counterpoint, which the avant-garde jazz player defines as "the art of balancing similarity and difference to create harmony between separate melodies." Edited April 12, 2017 by agaetisbyrjun Darnoc, sinatra.45, tetsuodaironman and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timsimmons Posted April 12, 2017 Share Posted April 12, 2017 On Young Turks now? Interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monastic_mike Posted April 12, 2017 Share Posted April 12, 2017 The new track is next level. And the Epic was already a few levels above everything else. Holy shit. This guy could be one of the most important musicians in modern music. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faaip de oiad Posted April 12, 2017 Share Posted April 12, 2017 Really like this guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DecayToDeath Posted April 12, 2017 Share Posted April 12, 2017 In for this, which reminds me I've been meaning to get a copy of The Epic since it came out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneThreeOneTwo Posted April 12, 2017 Share Posted April 12, 2017 I think it's brilliant to follow a debut 3LP with an EP, and on a great UK label, too. Monastic_mike 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexicondevil Posted April 12, 2017 Share Posted April 12, 2017 I appreciate the fact that Kamasi is influenced by a lot of the great spiritual jazz from the 60's and 70's. I mean The Epic was such an appropriate title for that record. I was a little bored at first with this newest song until the choral voices kicked in, then everything reached a higher level. I'm just glad that he is getting younger fans interested in jazz. There is so much to explore. If you haven't heard it yet, this one by Donald Byrd is a great example of early spiritual jazz with voices. Monastic_mike 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monastic_mike Posted April 12, 2017 Share Posted April 12, 2017 4 minutes ago, lexicondevil said: I appreciate the fact that Kamasi is influenced by a lot of the great spiritual jazz from the 60's and 70's. I mean The Epic was such an appropriate title for that record. I was a little bored at first with this newest song until the choral voices kicked in, then everything reached a higher level. I'm just glad that he is getting younger fans interested in jazz. There is so much to explore. If you haven't heard it yet, this one by Donald Byrd is a great example of early spiritual jazz with voices. Can I safely assume the rest of this album is just as good? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexicondevil Posted April 12, 2017 Share Posted April 12, 2017 2 minutes ago, Monastic_mike said: Can I safely assume the rest of this album is just as good? The Donald Byrd? Yes, it's very different from his other stuff, which is also amazing. I remember when I first listened to it I wasn't sure about it. I was used to his bop and soul jazz records. Monastic_mike 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monastic_mike Posted April 12, 2017 Share Posted April 12, 2017 7 minutes ago, lexicondevil said: The Donald Byrd? Yes, it's very different from his other stuff, which is also amazing. I remember when I first listened to it I wasn't sure about it. I was used to his bop and soul jazz records. I'll give it a listen. I had a record someone gave to me of his and it was pretty janky, very 80's sounding production and I really never got past a single listen through. I feel bad now like I missed out on something. But I'll give this a whirl. Thanks! lexicondevil 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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