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Kamasi Washington: Fearless Movement review – the sax star dials up the tempos
Input from George Clinton, André 3000 and Washington’s toddler daughter feature on his virtuosic, richly varied latest
As one of the premier jazz crossover stars of the past decade, the LA saxophonist’s fiercely exuberant output has spread far outside the genre’s confines. For this third studio LP, clocking in at a brisk (for him) 86 minutes, he and his ensemble dial up the tempos and funk up the rhythms, recalling a time when jazz was dance music. More featured artists appear than previously: bassist Thundercat rips off a gnarly solo on Asha the First, a track based around a piano figure written by Washington’s three-year-old daughter.
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