Kamasi Washington - 'Clair de Lune'

Taken from 'The Epic', released 4th May 2015 on Brainfeeder.
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Composed by Claude Debussy. Arranged and Produced by Kamasi Washington. Engineered by Tony Austin and Chris Constable. Mixed by Benjamin Tierney. Mastered by Stephen Marcussen at Marcussen Mastering. Recorded at King Size Sound Labs.
Kamasi Washington - Tenor Saxophone
Ryan Porter - Trombone
Cameron Graves - Piano
Brandon Coleman - Organ
Miles Mosley - Acoustic Bass
Tony Austin- Drums
Neel Hammond - Violin
Tylana Renga Enomoto - Violin
Paul Cartwright - Violin
Jennifer Simone - Violin
Lucia Micarelli - Violin
Molly Rodgers - Viola
Andrea Whitt - Viola
Artyom Manukyan - Cello
Ginger Murphy - Cello
Dawn Norfleet - Choir Vocal
Thalma de Freitas - Choir Vocal
Maiya Sykes - Choir Vocal
Gina Manziello - Choir Vocal
Patrice Quinn - Choir Vocal
Natasha F Agrama - Choir Vocal
Dwight Trible - Choir Vocal
Steven Wayne - Choir Vocal
Taylor Graves - Choir Vocal
Charles Jones - Choir Vocal
Jason Morales - Choir Vocal
Dexter Story - Choir Vocal
Cameron Graves - Choir Vocal
Tracy Carter - Choir Vocal

[@ronaldstrange8981]

My young grandson Monty, 22, has recommended this to his 87 year old grandfather. Thank you Monty. I love it. Grandpops. August 2023, England.

[@hoobearcouch6085]

I never smoked a blunt at this level of elegance

[@ricecreaminal9699]

nice

[@redboneshoneypot2960]

That's what's up!😊

[@_steven.-]

Your comment has 420 likes, it's not a coincidence, mate Edit: had*

[@qcole469]

Bruh I felt this on so many levels

[@jakethehuman4174]

I’m smoking with a classic pipe so I feel double the elegance

[@danielgaliciacetina2576]

I like reading the comments because it makes me feel conected with people I don't know. Like being in a timeless never ending concert with a million other beings.

[@screechingcosby]

Well put, I echo this sentiment

[@marknardone6017]

I met the man on a Saturday night at a brimming Blue Whale in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles... I have been playing sax for a year now and I like to talk to all the saxophonists I hear live. I had no idea who the man was and as he left the stage and headed over to the bar, he was using a very small wooden cane to walk and he seemed much different from the rest of the quintet he was with, as he didn’t seem as untouchable as I find most musicians of his caliber - though, I suppose it’s easy to think that when most people at that venue are always waiting to approach the musicians. He had this sort of slow, steady saunter, an impenetrable calm about him that was quite out of place in a city like Los Angeles. He seemed impervious to the bustle and chatter around him, like he walked around with his own quiet force field. His slow approach felt like a freight train bound for collision, yet, very much graceful and almost ethereal. Nervous and reluctant, I stopped him on his way to the bar and I asked him if it was alright if I trouble him for some advice. He said, "Of course, man!", with a warmth that felt like we’d known each other for years! He told me that all it took to get to where he was, was to just keep playing our horn. I was floored that it was that simple. It took me a moment to process the sheer simplicity of what he’d told me - it was something absolutely forlorn to me, being the confused, anxiety-ridden, overtly cerebral, and pedantic twenty-two-year-old that I was at the time! I told him that I would be on that stage one day and he looked deep into my eyes, offering his hand, and asked me what my name was. I shook his hand and told him my name, as a smile I hadn’t felt in months slowly crept over my face. He said it was nice to meet me and gave a short bow of his head. After I returned the gesture, we both went our separate ways. Walking back to my seat, I felt an inescapable calm come over me, a peaceful surety I’d never had throughout the short span of my entire music career. I like to think it was the knowledge felt from him that life didn’t have to be so complicated, that all would happen as it should, so long as I did what I could. Or maybe it wouldn’t. It’s amazing what the mere presence of a person can do. The essence of who he was could be felt almost immediately! And I had no idea who he was, I was just floored by his insane modal solo! I’ll never forget that day. It’s crazy to think about how terrified I was upon first approaching him, but, looking back, I’m really glad that I did. It sure helped that he was quite tender and sincere, and It boggles my mind how he stays so humble with the level of notoriety he has in the music sphere. I’ve always looked up to the likes of John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and Miles Davis since I started playing the saxophone. I can now say, sincerely, that I look up to Kamasi Washington - a revelation on the saxophone and a pioneer for music as a whole, but, moreover, an astounding human being!

[@childpleaz85]

Cool story bro....seriously, thats a dope ass story lol

[@marknardone6017]

What I find to be most astounding and, actually, quite funny, is that it was PAINFULLY obvious I had no idea who the man was and, looking back, I can say with conviction he was completely aware of the aforementioned circumstance. He didn’t seem to mind at all. A curious warmth about him betrays the stoic look upon his resting face. It baffles me how he stays so humble despite his status in the music industry. I will never forget that day. Remember, folks, according to him, all it takes to be successful in music is to “Just keep playing, man.”

[@Jrivera11893]

Mark Nardone Jazz is lame 😴

[@KindredSpirit9]

YOU are The LAME. and have identified YOURSELF, as such......

[@gregsparks4402]

ur lame

[@hannahh2504]

Anybody that could play this would without a doubt be getting Debussy

[@jorgeantjr1026]

YOU HANNA, DESERVE A GOLD STAR.

[@whatuppicalo]

hannah herbold *claps slowly*

[@abelaberdeen3757]

I see what you did there. 😄

[@victorcostaespanhol6684]

Well played, m8, well played

[@davidb5205]

The fact that Lisa Simpson is your profile pic makes this comment 10x better.

[@juanpadilla3203]

Took some balls to fuck w the classic, then took some brilliance to make it this fuckn good. Bravo man... leveled up

[@shou7310]

I never thought I needed a Jazzy Clair De Lune but now I acknowledge what I was missing.

[@brucelee42069]

Debussy is jazzy as fuck man

[@blackness974]

​ Neither of you are wrong.

[@not.aghost]

Some say jazz came from impressionism... Some say it came from baroque... 🤷

[@Bahimo3154]

@@not.aghost Like all the modes textures ? Modal system

[@not.aghost]

almost, but way before.

[@torimonique6607]

You know it’s MAGIC when the back of your brain gets tingly, you’re eyes begin to water and you can visualize the journey the song is taking you through.

[@jesusisthewaythetruth274]

No friend, that's a serious medical condition

[@liddaberkley7478]

Ooooh... U felt it, huh?

[@neogenzim1995]

yessssssssssssssssssssssssssssss tingles from the head down your spine to your arms and torso too absolutely delicious

[@myboy576]

"back of the brain gets tingly" yeah we all like this version if we're here, no need to do shit like that to get stupid likes

[@ggockma20]

Damn y’all hating on someone enjoying the music 🎶. Mayb y’all need a massage 💆‍♂️

[@cellokid5104]

This gave me depression and than cured it all at the same time

[@Erebo_ent]

same bro

[@1MarkKeller]

That hit hard, too hard.

[@Patrick-vq7ut]

never related to a random youtube comment more bro, lol unreal journey

[@Brickinasock]

Sounds like you grew up bruh

[@Davidzxcv1]

thas often art

[@Odin_Limaye]

So fucking beautiful! Really well written arrangement, and the church organ and bass are just other-worldly. Who knew Debussy could be turned into a jazz ballad?

[@ianmoore5502]

I never thought I'd find a version I might like more than the original... I played Clair De Lune at the funerals of two of my family members, mother and grandfather. When I heard this, I wept into my hands and stared, what felt like, back into the eyes of both of them. The moment I found this was one of the best of my life. I simply cannot describe how amazing this is to me, combining the talent of world class musicians into a splendid, moving jazz rendition of a piece I hold in such high respect. God bless you, Kamasi and friends.

[@Bocqurant]

Ian Moore Godspeed, my man

[@arlo247]

Ian Moore 😢😢😢😓😓💗💗💗💗💗💗💗 That was the best tribute ever. Thank you for sharing dear. 😢💗💗💗 miss my grandparents so much too.💗💗💗

[@redboneshoneypot2960]

Wow! Peace and Blessings friend.

[@marymargaretburke]

had the same feeling about my boyfriend who i lost a few years ago. he loved when i'd play clair de lune... instant tears when i heard this. sorry about your mom and grandfather

[@sandyrivera7686]

This is what looking back at your life at 3 a.m. feels like and saying I’m not perfect but I tried and I’m still trying feels like. Life is good...

[@dblockk522]

I hope it's better as of late for you.

[@Kid_Ikaris]

Thanks for this

[@mellowillow]

This says it perfectly.👍🏾

[@liddaberkley7478]

Woooord...

[@nagichampa9866]

...then confinement happened! Just kidding; life is mostly good (but everything covid-19 sucks!)

[@khwiik4706]

My therapist: "Jazzy clair de lune isn't real. It can't make u cry" Jazzy clair de lune:

[@sunzu3751]

lmaoooo underrated comment

[@cole5411]

Sometimes you need to be reminded that the world is not a cold, dark place. This song does just that.

[@joho14]

this bass solo is one of the coolest things I've ever heard

[@matthewclaflin6568]

the first solo does such a great job of building tension, and then at 4:46 he comes in with sax and just holds that note and releases all of it. Just a simple melody, while the choir echoes those notes. It’s so perfect to me. my favorite piece of music

[@TheZigzagman]

While it's playing you think it will never end. Once it does, you feel the weight of its absence.

[@Nantosuelta]

similar to love

[@OSIRIS1980WHS]

The horns are “heavy” almost literally. Not a dirge but not a TOWER OF POWER horn arrangement. I might include this on my requested wake playlist. And damn the singers and strings or synthesizers soar. Guy is scheduled to perform at the NEWPORT JAZZ FESTIVAL Summer 2023. I might attend to see him perform under that banner.

[@MrJohnnycampini]

Kamasi Washington. Now I know. Now I can't go back. Now is a new now. Thanks

[@myname-ur7in]

something brought me here. I was working late on a rainy night (tonight) and i heard something a couple floors down at street level. Something sweetly softly mystical. A passing car must have had their windows open (in the rain) and i could just barely make out a classical version of Clair De Lune. So I stopped working and found one of the great piano versions online and enjoyed it so well. As I was about to return to work i paused with this thought: "I wonder what would happen if Clair De Lune was covered with a haunting blues motif, so I searched for anything like that and quickly saw that there was a "jazz" version of it. So just out of curiosity i wanted to hear a few bars of that. Fatal decision. Once I began listening i was fully captured and enraptured on the beautiful journey Kamasi created for the world! I listened to it a few times, completely forgetting about work, and not caring either. So richly seductively enchanting. I felt i wanted to do something sacrilegious---rename this version. Maybe the new name is something like hearing the calming voice of the universe speaking to you and saying: "Yeah, I know......but somehow I have the feeling that things are going to be-okay." I'd like to be able to talk to the universe every day and get such rhapsodically assuring advice. Thanks Mr. and Mrs universe or whoever was speaking to me!

[@samuraix195]

Song feels like a sunset, moonrise, drifting through dreams, a slow dance and a deep hug from a loving grandparent all in one. I cried with a smile that never left my face. I need another horn. I miss the feelings I could put into music.

[@FineIChangedItYoutubeDontBeMad]

Why can’t I listen to this song in any version without crying? It always brings me to tears

[@RichardASalisbury1]

"Classical" music is my first great love, jazz my second. This is probably the best synthesis of the two I've heard: fully jazz, but captures the feeling of the original Debussy so well, even enlarges on it.

[@TheMelopeus]

I wish I could say the same. The only jazz I can listen to is Kapustin's pieces. I don't know why

[@Teeb2023]

@@TheMelopeus Try some Weather Report. They changed the game forever.

[@focusstudios1296]

Weather report absolutely!

[@noahmaillouxmusic]

This is unreal. I just about lost my mind as soon as those saxophones came in. Just beautiful

[@renren2740]

same!!!!!!

[@mu1288]

The base came in and guided my soul to the sax. The symbol crashed and my heart flash froze and melted in the same moment.

[@kilbo1860]

Bass*

[@mu1288]

Jacob Kilby Using text to speech sucks :/.

[@annewanjiru5569]

I cried a little ...just a little ...

[@anotherfancyname7989]

I had 40 spine shivers in the last 30 seconds and the song still has more than a minute left

[@TheStudioexpresso]

"The soul which has seen most of truth shall come to birth as a philosopher, or beauty lover, or fervent musician." --Plato, Phaedrus Thank you Mr Washington

[@BREAKOUT444]

This is what falling in love with that last person feels like.

[@omarhussein5650]

so youre still falling in love with the last person?

[@BREAKOUT444]

Omar Hussein I wish, Omar. I wish.

[@Amyizdabestpink]

James Montegomery can confirm. falling in love rn.

[@BREAKOUT444]

***** That's beautiful.

[@chrystalmckinney9519]

do you have a crush on him?

[@JOURNEYAMISHU]

I'm in the capital city of Kenya, Nairobi right now. Its 53 minutes past 5 am and its Raining, I'm all tucked in and relaxed while listening to this. Man, This must be what heaven sounds like. This right here is just Everything 🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤 This Piece has literally made Love to Me, artistically and I'm so Happy I came across this, right now.

[@giacomodanna3599]

Greetings from Italy 🎶 :)

[@FeelGreatMusic]

Listen to it again, now ! 🌞

[@danielbevan8858]

As soon I heard that beautiful sax come in I immediately paused it, grabbed my best headphones & a joint.

[@cristofermunozchacano2277]

This is so good!

[@kerenkares6109]

👏👏👏👏😂😂💨💨

[@saulgoode9561]

You did the right thing.

[@spencercook4857]

and when the choir comes in behind the trombone solo is when it starts to hit.

[@mehrabnury3976]

Same dude

[@Loozmee]

I just met this dude at the Couleur Café Festival in Brussels, Belgium. Man he was so nice, just chilling around with calm and modesty, looking for rings if I remember well, bref. It's kinda unusual to see an artist that you've a lot of estime for walking around first. But then ! I spoke to him for a minute and man, that minute just confirmed my thoughts and emotions from the simple complexity of his music, so smooth and beautiful. Thank you Mr Kamasi and keep it up

[@yourjunes]

It's a cold saturday in autumn of 2019, let's gather 'round this sax to keep ourselves warm.

[@alejandrobarragan5820]

This song is a blanket for my brain

[@Navezceru]

There's something liberating about hearing a jazz version of Clair de Lune.

[@robertlonergan9401]

You have absolutely destroyed a beautiful piece of classical music and turned it into a jazz masterpiece! I hope you are proud of yourselves. You should be! Top notch!!!

[@WellwhynotMars]

This is what accepting a broken heart sounds like.

[@nothingleft4911]

Beautiful.

[@Talk2WandaVision]

i had the very same thought

[@severinseverin7773]

Perfect description.

[@desmondbarrett3575]

damn

[@AceTheKid]

A tear rolling down through my cheek when i red this

[@rosh_lal_music]

That trombone solo tells the greatest story. Resigned but defiant.

[@taojer52]

I didn’t think I would like this, almost didn’t want to. Clair de Lune is, after all, one of those timeless classics you don’t mess with. But after listening to this adaptation, I came away not only liking what KW did here, but also having my mind opened and expanded to new musical possibilities. And for that i thank KW. Well done, sir.

[@adambell3615]

Clair De Lune itself reminds me of that melancholy of life passing you by, that you can’t retrieve anything from the past and that you wish it’ll keep being as beautiful as it has been I didn’t know i needed this version but in truth, it’s poignantly arrived in a beautiful phrase of my life This one is for a girl in Sweden ÄJ

[@angelreed2276]

this is what ascending into heaven is gonna sound like

[@sumayah7908]

Love your profile pic!

[@vSilverXXProduction]

Seconded to sumayah, top tier profile pic

[@maxiapalucci2511]

only to those cool people who will appreciate it

[@SadieSativa]

Profile pic Joshua Reed...Hiatus Kiayote album cover? ☺ Great album.

[@d_exiled_1arisen385]

I see we have a Hiatus Kiayote fan on deck. Lung is one of my favorite songs on that album.

[@Littleflower176]

Thank you Homeland for making me curious about Kamasi Washington. Without it, I would have never found this masterpiece. Alright imma cry now.

[@djwsam575]

merci pour ce moment....

[@kimmacquarrie3621]

THIS IS EARGASMIC

[@futureCadet]

I've been a fan of jazz...always loved Coltrane. For all the old legends who have since passed and usually live only live on in audio recordings, its always super cool to come across a live video performance. I hope you all know what I mean. I say all that to say...I truly feel like this man will be that for jazz lovers one day. Somebody you wish you could have saw in living color. I feel special that he is showcasing his gift during my young adulthood lol. Gotta see him live yo...much love.

[@AceTheKid]

futureCadet he doesn't need to be a legend for everybody, i feel like this song is going to be a legend itself and that is a true gift for an artist, i mean to be capable to create this masterpiece

[@seandeegan2067]

This is a feeling within us. It wasn't until this piece was created that the feeling had a way to express itself. This is revolutionary

[@joshuachavez9658]

I could cry myself to sleep with this masterpiece.

[@shapaco89]

Joshua Chavez lol so funny

[@avacx]

I might tonight

[@bigkilo4194]

lol i almost cried reading this

[@wolfborn666]

Same

[@arlo247]

Joshua Chavez right?! So true. This piece always brings the tears, relaxes the heart and opens it.. ugh, a blessing.

[@NoNo-fz2kw]

This shit is life changing.

[@sweetsatin24]

My boyfriend sent me this. He's about to be upgraded to husband accordingly.

[@tayzatun6351]

wow, that's wholesome ❤

[@sweetsatin24]

@@tayzatun6351 thanks. We will be moving in together in April and then we go from there☺️

[@mahalatucker3535]

Your boyfriend or Kamasi

[@sweetsatin24]

@@mahalatucker3535 both

[@BrandonCuringtonOfficial]

He sure be getting Debussy tho 😳

[@daknox3653]

This reminds me of the jazz crusaders.. Wilton and Wayne duo, Joe on keys, Stix on drums, and this arrangement is awesome. My soul has traveled on an ascendant journey..

[@TheHomeTeamNYCNewYork]

VERY much Crusader energy for sure!

[@POVShotgun]

this shit on the right headphones... I could live in a dungeon and still think I am in a classy jazz bar.

[@filitico]

i was just thinking this while sitting in my dungeon!

[@Jenrockerlml]

Lol great, so accurate

[@gregconway3942]

Completely agree.

[@1000lino]

What about the left headphone?

[@klcoronel]

This is too good to be true. My favorite piano composition renditioned by one of the best jazz players today.

[@hillsxx5967]

Gonna smoke to this and lose track of what dimension I’m in brb

[@michael-solomon]

This is so beautiful 💕

[@JazzVideoGuy]

Epic is aptly titled.

[@eileenwalker8916]

I feel honored to have listened to this most beautiful music. My heart is so full right now. No words. Thank you God for the gifts you have put in these humans.

[@liddaberkley7478]

Devine gifts indeed. Amen

[@dancewomyn1]

Good lord....I've ascended into the stratosphere!!!!!

[@princesadosanos90]

Too bad Debussy didnt live enough to hear this. It would bring him to tears! So much beauty

[@derekmurrey9655]

bruh how can anyone not like this

[@typingreallyfast]

Cornell Wes cold-hearted snake-ass mfs that's who #smdhrealslowly

[@mithy1018]

Did you type that fast?

[@bacicinvatteneaca]

Cornell Wes People who are not into very melodic and romantic ballads.

[@tsholofelosedumedi7023]

soothing👌

[@cleomagoolando]

That's easy. (a.) they prefer better jazz artists, of which there are thousands, (b.) they think this is shitty take on Debussy's piece, or (c.) both. For me, it's (c.).

[@MrKdnas]

Just saw this live in Bristol. Pure magic....

[@wendywilson-fall3230]

lucky

[@EhrenSkate]

one of my all time favourite pieces of classical music, and this version does not disappoint at all. At first I was worried as I didn't want such a special song to be ruined, but secretly knew that Kamasi would do the job perfectly. Excellent

[@MW-ih1xb]

You have opened a part of me I’ve never experienced before.

[@penelopejoann]

I feel that too. Thank God for music. Thank God for Jazz.

[@jesusisthewaythetruth274]

Good, now go in peace.

[@robertalouise]

at 0:59, my heart stops - the feeling of something huge coming comanding every part of my soul - and then, it reaches it. it's so emotional. thanks for that, kamasi washington. cheers from brazil

[@lilymulligan8180]

Wow, wow, wow. I thought I loved the original version of Clair de Lune... This took it up another notch. Thank you.

[@streetwise8707]

I’ve had this on repeat for the last 3 hours.....brings healing to a fragmented soul and tormented mind right now🦋🦋🦋

[@user-ig4co8ss1o]

Hang in there. Hope you are better.

[@YiannisAnton]

One of the greatest albums of 2015

[@gilleschiasson4485]

It's got that New York City cool vibe to the piece. An amazing rendition!

[@wendywilson-fall3230]

agreed!

[@JesusLovesEVERYTHING]

4:26 i swear i thought i was trippen when i started to hear angelic singing.. Marvelous ✨

[@audreymaxwell-brown5096]

Absolutely Amazing

[@bvaldary1]

Feels like winter in New York during the Harlem Renaissance. Note: I never even been.

[@waddy3389]

Idk why but that note made me laugh

[@kristiry7964]

Beautiful visual in my head of this

[@nxbis]

Well that would be several years ago lol but indeed

[@JackieLastrada]

Word.

[@headleygrange6205]

Yes, word. ❤❤❤

[@mylesschmidt941]

my grandfather and i both played trumpet and love to compare jazz classical and all kinds of music. our road trip game was going thru sirius XM decades cahnels and see who could guess the name fo the song and the group that played it first... This is my first time hearing this and i instantly felt his hands on my shoulders.. Music like this will always bring him to me.. RIP papa.

[@AyG]

The intro has such a grand demeanor, full of possibilities. When the piano dwindles and the lofty bass and drums settle into the horns it feels like you're floating. ~

[@alexandernagel5994]

Just for the fact: the intro is completely out of the Debussys original piece.

[@Gabrielillaxd]

I am so happy that I will be able to hear his beautiful music live this night at Vilnius, Lithuania... :)

[@cristinacristache9205]

I just love how it begins and it ends with the same musical motif. The piano just closes the circle of this marvelous creation. Just like the moon (lune) :X

[@divinefallfromgrace]

One of the definitions of 'genius'.

[@andrewcockburn3227]

I thought this piece of music was sacred and untouchable in modern music. This proves that it can be done tastefully and with style. Beautiful stuff!

[@vanessakcustodio6255]

now, crying listening to this awesome song I forget the reason why my eyes are full of tears. Thank you so much!

[@leonghchan]

Listening to this staring at the moon tripping balls on LSD was a majestic experience. Listening to this sober and it's still magic. This is one of my favourite pieces of music of all time.

[@naomilee6014]

this makes me want to cry

[@GerardBeaubrun]

this beatiful version of claire de lune incorporate the eclectic creativity of jazz, gospel with off course, Greek like chorus which add to those impressionistic colors

[@kyletomlinson5365]

yeah what's an off course greek like chorus?

[@madamechaos7481]

maybe it's "with of course, greek like chorus"....maybe..... I have little musical knowledge.

[@henryeugenedoublehockeysti1894]

couldn't have said it better myself Gerard

[@sebastiandarko901]

Can someone tell me the other samples in the song though ? Like the long sax and pianos sequence it's from a movie isn't it ?

[@ryanphillips713]

@@sebastiandarko901 why would they use a sample

[@wercakkie]

this album is an instant classic - love it

[@evandempsey7613]

I've heard plenty of good covers, and even quite a few that bring something new to the song they're covering, but I don't think I've ever heard such a creative take on a classic as iconic as "Clair de Lune." It takes something special to make something new out of a tried and true work of genius like this.

[@cynthiaj9824]

This is what meeting the love of your life feels like. ♥️

[@tjblackmore7863]

I remember when I first heard this song I was sitting in my hotel room in Hong Kong looking out over the skyline... Hit me with so many feels.

[@wolfborn666]

Song always pulls on my heart strings. Such a beautiful song

[@goblinslayer7361]

Debussy would be proud.

[@davycsbritain1279]

+Bruce Wayne he would wanna smoke to this

[@flyingfishsurf]

+Davy Cs Britain I'm smoking some fresh Debussy as I type.

[@modifiedcontent]

+Bruce Wayne - Debussy was the greatest composer that ever lived imho. A lot of what makes this so beautiful was in the original composition - although Kamasi Washington takes it to another level. Debussy was before jazz, before atonal, before sampling and mixing sound elements in the studio, etc., but if he came back today he could pick up right where he left.

[@mandyvarda3744]

+modifiedcontent He is for sure the most influential composer of the past 100 years. If you really want to hear his creativity check out his more obscure piano works. Complete Works for Piano is a good CD. And also check out Grieg who Debussy credited as his main influence. And as far as this this version of Clair DeLune: awsome. It reminds me of Rassan Roland Kirk and Duke Ellington and his version of the Peer Gynt Suite

[@Simon-Sax]

+Bruce Wayne He hated saxophones

[@andrearitchie6464]

This was one of my mothers favorite songs to play on the piano. Makes me think of her.

[@n.randall6152]

Discovered this a couple of years ago. I was never into Jazz but this has amazed me every since. One of the best random KZbin discoveries I've heard so far.

[@thomasmendes7909]

When i die i want this playing on my funeral, such a master piece, every slow and strong part of this song remember me of experiencies and feelings i had and i'll have.

[@wednesdayapril5435]

I want this played at my wedding and funeral

[@wednesdayapril5435]

Bigtombowski hell yeah

[@J42vis]

Usually I listen to jazz I would think of mellow, light or fast peace like the bigband to even funky. But this is the first time I have ever feel beautiful though a jazz cover. Thank you.

[@dhaighy]

Just when he starts playing i feel my shoulders easing up, stress leaving my body and my soul levitating.

[@goldkette2]

What a mammoth undertaking! Masterfully connecting the magnificent dots conceived and left by Debussy, for a contemporary audience. The unmistakable elegance and beauty of the motif is re-realized here, nothing has been lost only now found by new ears.

[@angelavillela176]

Angela Villela- Brasil The moon will never be the same after to listen Mr. Kamasi Washington.

[@alfieleavy88]

This song is a hug and tells you that everything in life is going to be ok and was just the medicine I needed right now ❤️

[@phil_matic]

Hearing the opening I was like… okay what’s different… but man, I am in love

[@nadiacarveth7585]

holy shit this is the best birthday gift life could have given me today

[@momodavis1601]

Nadia Carveth happy birthday, May the wind blow your way

[@dyllandebeer5599]

Gave me the chills

[@tonyyu3998]

I literally have tears coming from my eyes reflecting back on my life and the journey taken to get to where I am right now then to be suddenly wisked away to another place in the future up in the sky sharing space with the moon. Lovely, just lovely.

[@Galeipo]

We use this song in theater class for connecting with our deepest selves and treading our characters path within us. Magical melody. A song for life.

[@Codezone4815]

This has to be played on my wedding & funeral! Amazing track!

[@CurtisL8.3066]

Wow. Man I wept listening to that while reading the comments. Great music takes you to a completely different mindspace.... this was a triumph.

[@archiemcewen1723]

A true example of collaboration between the old and the young! Inspiring and wonderful.

[@gutachaves95]

How could somebody dislike this song? How cold.