17/kamasi washington/the epic
What we have here is the gospel. Beauty, the way forward, and the light. Jazz in all its forms, History in black & white. Funk, Bossa Nova, the future in technicolor, and rhapsodies in blue. AFRO-AMERICAN & CHURCH. A largely wordless exercise, that jazz made malleable. Minutes upon minutes of controlled chaos and an everything but the kitchen sink mentality that works to serve this set's ultimate goal of baptizing you in the funk. These minds, these bodies, these feelings, offering up spiritual uplift through song with bouts of improvisational flights of fancy, all coalescing together around this idea of taking you higher. Kamasi and them. He and his sax. The epicenter, bandleader, and composer. The way forward & the light. The Epic. Where ladies sing the blues, and stars shine bright. Where melodies and ideas are given the opportunity to just breathe, and layers upon layers of joyous instrumentation coexist with each other in perfect harmony, never interfering with the others' contribution to the pot. Wake up to it. Cook to it. Relax, exercise, and/or make love to it. Don't let the nearly three hour running time & three disc set deter you from basking in the glory and the light that is The Epic.
KEY TRACKS: DISC ONE: Final Thought/DISC TWO: Seven Prayers/DISC THREE: Clair de Lune
18/grimes/art angels
19/kacey musgraves/pageant material
20/shamir/ratchet
21/drake/if you’re reading this it’s too late
22/son lux/bones
23/disclosure/caracal
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