Kamasi WashingtonBest Kamasi Washington Albums Ranked
8.0
Avg Score
25
Opinions
7
Albums
11
Reviewers
Summary from 25 ratings
On Wavelength, fans have rated Kamasi Washington's catalog across 7 albums from 25 opinions, with an overall average of 8.0/10. The top-rated Kamasi Washington album is The Epic (2015) with a 8.3/10 average from 7 ratings, followed by Heaven and Earth and Fearless Movement. The discography on Wavelength spans 2015 to 2024. Truth ranks as the highest-rated Kamasi Washington song on Wavelength with a 9.1/10 average.
The Epic
“Running just short of three hours in length, this new Kamasi Washington album lives up to its name.”
Heaven and Earth
“The latest from the saxophonist and bandleader is a multi-genre feast of musical ideas, his most sweeping and complete statement yet.”
The Epic
“Kamasi Washington, a member of the studio band that composed To Pimp a Butterfly, has released a triple-album set that functions as an extravagant love letter to (among other things): soul jazz, John Coltrane (various periods), and 1970s fusion leaders like Miles Davis and Weather Report. It’s a large and generous canvas, with the feel of a generational intervention.”
Fearless Movement
“Kamasi Washington says that, first and foremost, this sixth full-length album is is paean to flexibility. It’s a topic that few musicians of his generation are better placed to discuss. Since making his breakthrough with ‘The Epic’ in 2015, the saxophonist has become one of the more unlikely crossover success stories of recent years by taking staple jazz influences and reshaping them so adventurou”
Fearless Movement
“Kamasi Washington stretches out to fresh territory on Fearless Movement”
Harmony of Difference - EP
“Kamasi Washington explores the human condition through music and movement”
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