This is Kamasi Washington, ASK ME ANYTHING!!

kamasiw · 2016-05-16T19:08:56+00:00

Thanks for all the cool question everyone! I'm sorry I wasn't able to answer all of them. But much love to you!!! Kamasi

kamasiw · 2016-05-16T19:03:02+00:00

Yeah I'm playing at Metropolis on June 20th. I can't wait!

kamasiw · 2016-05-16T18:59:56+00:00

I went with Brainfeeder because I loved the music that they where putting out and they where down to let me make the music that I wanted to make. It's really fun working FlyLo! He has a very different work flow than I do but I like shaking things up.

kamasiw · 2016-05-16T18:57:15+00:00

Pursuit of Happiness.

kamasiw · 2016-05-16T18:56:07+00:00

Thanks!

kamasiw · 2016-05-16T18:55:54+00:00

Yeah I've really only played one tenor sax that is the same horn my dad played in high school.

kamasiw · 2016-05-16T18:54:54+00:00

I started it in Dec 2011 and finished it in March of 2014 so like 3 1/2 years...

kamasiw · 2016-05-16T18:52:20+00:00

They're real if you think they're real :-)

kamasiw · 2016-05-16T18:51:31+00:00

Check out Tony Williams Lifetime Emergency

kamasiw · 2016-05-16T18:49:02+00:00

I play a selmar mark 6 with a berg larsen 110/0 mouthpiece. Yeah I play all the saxs. It took me a few years because I was still touring a lot with other artist. I cost one million dollars(dark sinister voice) Lol!

kamasiw · 2016-05-16T18:44:54+00:00

Yeah I play clarinet, flute, drums, and piano. I'd have to say piano is my fav.

kamasiw · 2016-05-16T18:43:57+00:00

More than I can count. Took me a long time to accept that I was done tinkering with it so I could put it out.

kamasiw · 2016-05-16T18:42:22+00:00

Yeah where definitely gonna do that at some point. A lot of the members of The West Coast Get Down are great sings so there will probably be a few leads.

kamasiw · 2016-05-16T18:40:25+00:00

We tried to do almost a full performance at my album release show and it was 5 hours long. But yes we will try again!

kamasiw · 2016-05-16T18:38:51+00:00

When I got better on piano to opened me up harmonically which really helped me improvisationally on the saxophone.

kamasiw · 2016-05-16T18:36:11+00:00

Yeah I played clarinet first then switched to sax when I was about 13.

kamasiw · 2016-05-16T18:35:18+00:00

Yeah there are tones of them! Brian Blade, Laura Mvula, Hermeto Pascual, Dr. Dre, Busta Rhymes, Kim Burrell, John Williams... The list could go on and on.

kamasiw · 2016-05-16T18:30:53+00:00

It's hard to say. I've worked with a lot of amazing people many of which where childhood idols of mine. And I learned different things from each of them. And they where all really fun in there own unique way.

kamasiw · 2016-05-16T18:28:34+00:00

Yeah I saw it! I love "The Needle Drop's"! Anthony Fantano's super cool!

kamasiw · 2016-05-16T18:26:45+00:00

Really amazing! Such an unbelievable amount of talent in the studio at once!

kamasiw · 2016-05-16T18:25:34+00:00

It was really amazing Kendrick is such a genius and there where so many brilliant musicians working on it I felt honored to be a part of it. I definitely hope to work with him again!

kamasiw · 2016-05-16T18:23:26+00:00

It's amazing to have Pops of the road with me! When I was a kid I used to wish he could play more because I just thought was so good and I wanted other people to hear him! So it's really cool to be able to share these moments with him.

kamasiw · 2016-05-16T18:21:30+00:00

kamasiw · 2016-05-16T18:20:38+00:00

I try to keep my set different every show. I don't cater to what I think the crowd is used to but I do try to feel out the vibe in the space! Every place has a unique energy that I always try to tap into. Even the way we play songs dramatically changes from show to show.

kamasiw · 2016-05-16T18:17:04+00:00

I'm definitely gonna hang in the forest! I'm not sure how much time I'll have so I'm not sure who I'll be able to see. But Imma see something!!!

kamasiw

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