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Jazz saxophonist Kamasi Washington's latest album, Fearless Movement, inspires motion and emotion by combining contemporary jazz with pop, soul, and rap.

Release Day Picks this week highlight new albums by Kamasi Washington, Mdou Moctar, Jessica Pratt, Camera Obscura, Adeem the Artist, Amy Aileen Wood, Ibibio Sound Machine, WILLOW, Sia and Brian Thomas.

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For his first album in six years, Kamasi Washington - the most influential jazz musician of the 21st century - offers an immense, multilayered work that could be described as the aural equivalent of Los Angeles

While Fearless Movement would hardly be mistaken for a hip-hop or dance record, the first half of the album especially feels distinctly reluctant to stay in any one musical pen.

Welcome to the twelfth Songs of the Week of 2024. We didn’t do a Songs of the Week last week because we were working on other projects, so this week’s Songs of the Week covers the last two weeks.

Kamasi Washington has shared the collaboration with André 3000 which is set to feature on his new album Fearless Movement, due on May 3rd.

Saxophonist Kamasi Washington released "Dream State," a sprawling instrumental featuring André 3000 on flute from the saxophonist's forthcoming new album, 'Fearless Movement.'

'Dream State is a celebration of life and the opportunity it gives us to explore new possibilities. We created this song together instantaneously as we improvised off the music we made in the moment. It was such an honor to work on this song with ...

Masta Ace teams up with Hip Hop quartet Coast Contra on a new song produced by Marco Polo from their Richmond Hill album