To say that jazz saxophonist Kamasi Washington is a fan of Los Angeles is an understatement. “I love how big L.A. is and how it’s like 10 different cities in one,” said the Grammy-nominated Washington, who released his third full-length album, “Fearless Movement,” earlier this year. Some group members, including Washington, went on to play on rapper Kendrick Lamar’s 2015 …
Kamasi Washington: Tiny Desk Concert Grammy-nominated saxophonist Kamasi Washington brought down the house at his Tiny Desk Concert. The DJ is responsible for mixing in a little sample of the rapper Kendrick Lamar shouting out the saxophonist — “keep a horn on me / that Kamasi” — at the top of “Street Fighter Mas.” Also accompanying Washington are his father, …
Terrace Martin, the Grammy-nominated multi-instrumentalist, rapper, singer, engineer and producer known for his genre-bending prowess rooted in hip-hop and jazz. “So instead of taking up a.45, it was like, ‘I’m gonna use this horn.’” Martin grew up an only child in South L.A. in a middle-class household that cultivated expression and oozed music. On “Devil’s Advocate” from the recently released …
