Kamasi Washington

Famed jazz saxophonist Kamasi Washington is a multi-instrumentalist, composer and bandleader born and raised in Los Angeles and a founding member of the jazz collective West Coast Get Down.

His bodies of work are among the most acclaimed jazz albums of this century and in 2020, Washington scored the Michelle Obama documentary Becoming, earning Emmy and Grammy nominations.

Also in 2020, Washington co-founded the supergroup Dinner Party with long-time 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, with his 2024 album featuring a host of collaborators new and old. André 3000 appears on flute, George Clinton lends his voice, as do BJ The Chicago Kid, Inglewood rapper D-Smoke and Taj and Ras Austin of Coast Contra, the twin sons of West Coast legend Ras Kass, while lifelong friends and collaborators Thundercat, Terrace Martin, Patrice Quinn, Brandon Coleman, DJ Battlecat and more also appear.