KAMASI WASHINGTON’S NPR MUSIC “TINY DESK CONCERT” PREMIERES TODAY

FEARLESS MOVEMENT FEATURING COLLABORATIONS WITH ANDRÉ 3000, THUNDERCAT, BJ THE CHICAGO KID AND MORE OUT NOW TO CRITICAL ACLAIM

October 21, 2024—Multi-instrumentalist, composer and bandleader Kamasi Washington’s performance for NPR Music’s acclaimed “Tiny Desk Concert” series premieres today—watch HERE.

Joined by Brandon Coleman (keys), Patrice Quinn (vocals), Miles Mosley (upright bass), Tony Austin (drums), DJ Battlecat (percussion), Rickey Washington (saxophone, flute) and Ryan Porter (trombone), Washington performs a selection of tracks from across his discography, including “Street Fighter Mas” from Heaven and Earth, “Rhythm Changes” from The Epic and “Lesanu” and “Asha The First” from his latest album, Fearless Movement.

Released this past May via Young, Fearless Movement continues to receive widespread critical acclaim and features collaborations with André 3000, Thundercat, BJ The Chicago Kid, funk icon George Clinton, Inglewood rapper D Smoke, Taj and Ras Austin of Coast Contra, Terrace Martin, Patrice Quinn, Brandon Coleman, DJ Battlecat and more. The album features singles “Get Lit” with George Clinton and D Smoke, “Prologue” and “Dream State” with André 3000, as well as “The Garden Path,” which Washington performed for the first time on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.”

Critical praise for Fearless Movement…

“The saxophone colossus of our time”—NPR Music

“Overall, it finds Washington, 43, adhering to his longstanding vision, presenting sprawling, eclectic tracks—12 in just shy of 90 minutes—that refute any notion of jazz as a cloistered musical zone and showcase the chemistry of his core musical crew, a decades-strong friend group that started taking shape in early childhood.”—The New York Times

“These days, Washington is one of the most ambitious bandleaders out there, and his playing is as forceful as his vision.”—The New Yorker

“Fearless Movement, the Los Angeles artist's third full-length project, takes his existential talents to new heights with exuberant configurations of his four-dimensional sound.”—The FADER

“Fearless Movement is the sound of Washington digging deeper into his signature style while broadening his horizons; his tone is tight as ever, but he remains loose as he listens and levitates along with his closest collaborators. Clocking in at almost ninety minutes, it’s a true journey and no onslaught of adjectives can hope to truly conjure its scope and strength.”—WXPN

Washington celebrated the release of Fearless Movement with an extensive North American tour that included stops in New York, Chicago, Houston, San Francisco, Newport Jazz Festival and the Hollywood Bowl Jazz Festival in Los Angeles, which he co-curated with Herbie Hancock for the second year in a row. Additionally, he will embark on a European tour in March 2025—see full routing below and get tickets HERE.

Kamasi Washington is a multi-instrumentalist, composer and bandleader born and raised in Los Angeles. His four bodies of work to date—The Epic, Harmony of Difference, an EP originally commissioned for the 2017 Whitney Biennial, Heaven and Earth and Fearless Movement—are among the most acclaimed of this century. As Told To G/D Thyself, his short film companion to Heaven and Earth, debuted at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival to widespread acclaim. In 2020, Washington scored the Michelle Obama documentary Becoming, earning Emmy and Grammy nominations for his work. Also in 2020, Washington co-founded the supergroup Dinner Party with longtime friends and collaborators Terrace Martin, Robert Glasper and 9th Wonder—their EP Dinner Party (Dessert) was subsequently nominated for a Grammy for Best Progressive R&B Album. In 2021, he contributed a cover of Metallica’s “My Friend of Misery” to the band’s Metallica Blacklist covers project. Washington has toured the world over and collaborated and shared stages with Kendrick Lamar, Florence + the Machine, Herbie Hancock and many more.

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KAMASI WASHINGTON—FEARLESS MOVEMENT
1. Lesanu
2. Asha The First (featuring Thundercat, Taj Austin, Ras Austin)
3. Computer Love (featuring Patrice Quinn, DJ Battlecat, Brandon Coleman)
4. The Visionary (featuring Terrace Martin)
5. Get Lit (featuring George Clinton, D Smoke)
6. Dream State (featuring André 3000)
7. Together (featuring BJ the Chicago Kid)
8. The Garden Path
9. Interstellar Peace (The Last Stance)
10. Road to Self (KO)
11. Lines in the Sand
12. Prologue

KAMASI WASHINGTON LIVE
March 12 /// Stockholm, SE /// Fållan
March 14 /// Malmo, SE /// Moriska Paviljongen
March 15 /// Oslo, NO /// Den Norske Opera & Ballet
March 17 /// Berlin, E /// Theater des Westens
March 18 /// Brno, CZ /// JAZZFESTBRNO at Sono Centrum
March 19 /// Warsaw, PL /// Stodola
March 21 /// Munich, DE /// Theaterfabrik
March 23 /// Barcelona, ES /// Barcelona Jazz Festival at Razzmatazz
March 24 /// Madrid, ES /// Sala Riviera
March 25 /// Porto, PT /// Hard Club
March 26 /// Lisbon, PT /// Coliseu
March 28 /// Bordeaux, FR /// Rocher de Palmer
March 30 /// Zurich, CH /// X-TRA
March 31 /// Lausanne, CH /// Les Docks / Jazz Onze+
April 1 /// Paris, FR /// Salle Pleyel
April 3 /// Cardiff, UK /// Great Hall
April 4 /// Manchester, UK /// Albert Hall
April 5 /// Gateshead, UK /// Glasshouse International Centre for Music
April 6 /// Glasgow, UK /// Barrowland Ballroom
April 8 /// Dublin, IE /// 3Olympia Theatre
April 9 /// Cork, IE /// Guinness Cork Jazz Festival @ Cork Opera House
April 11 /// Leeds, UK /// Project House
April 13 /// London, UK /// O2 Academy Brixton
April 14 /// Brighton, UK /// Corn Exchange
April 15 /// Brussels, BE /// Bozar
April 17 /// Cologne, DE /// Carlswerk Victoria
April 20 /// Amsterdam, NL /// Paradiso
April 22 /// Milan, IT /// Alcatraz / JAZZMI
April 23 /// Rome, IT /// Auditorium Parco Della Musica
April 24 /// Bologna, IT /// Estragon
April 26 /// Groningen, NL /// Rockit – De Oosterpoort