Kamasi Washington performing "Re Run Home" Live on KCRW

South Central native Kamasi Washington released one of the most critically-acclaimed albums of the year with The Epic, a three-volume set of genre-bending jazz. The saxophonist and composer leads an eight-piece band for this striking set of live music.
Watch / Listen to the full session here: www.kcrw.com/music/shows/morning-becomes-eclectic/kamasi-washington/

[@nagmalitongyawa]

After the whole 13 minutes the musucians were just cool and nodding to each other while I the distant listener on the other hand was shouting "fuuuuuuuck yesssss fuck fuuuuuck!!" and was jumping all around my couch outside th terrace, 3 am in the morning, not giving a damn bout them neighbors.

[@Jakublisowski]

Gordon Christopher Tubo lol seems legit

[@friendlier]

+Gordon Christopher Tubo I just saw them a couple of weeks ago in Sacramento, and you could say the audience was metaphorically doing the exact same, ha. And yes, KW and band just smiled and nodded. Incredible live group.

[@Julio-fg9if]

"When time has come, when work is done, and dreams come true, and day is through, we all shall know and see the road, we'll know the way we will run home."

[@reydiyohed]

this is ridiculously good is this a joke what the fuck is going on

[@pauledmonds1978]

right?

[@NewAgeEagles]

two drummers and it didnt sound cluttered WELL DONE

[@AaronAbernethy]

I have literally never seen a double bass played like that before. Amazing.

[@pseudogenesis]

Check out my dude Adam Ben Ezra. He's incredible. kzbin.info/www/bejne/Zn-VhoKuoMimbtk

[@talalahmed608]

Ah, the pure sense of joy on their faces is simply beautiful....

[@SkilledCheckmates]

A true artist, excuse me, collection of artists.

[@Baribrotzer]

One thing I hear: He's going about healing jazz, in a sense, by bridging the divide between its traditionalist past and its fusion/hip-hop-influenced present. Wynton keeps the past alive, but at the cost of insisting that most new developments are crap. Electric Miles asserted the present, but at the cost of letting the past die out. Kamasi draws from both "Kind of Blue" and "Bitches' Brew", and does so with warmth and inclusiveness.

[@saidtoney5527]

That's right.

[@ericsearcy2567]

Kamasi is a big fan of the video game “street fighter “. I feel like the melody of this song was influenced by the music from the character “Sagat’s” stage. Amazing!

[@Benelupo]

I listened to Sagat’s theme after reading your comment, and I’ll have to agree. Good ears!

[@strokesoco]

Every time I watch this it gets better and better.

[@GOLDSMITHEXILE]

I never heard of Kamasi until yesterday, but its dawned on me just how big this music is. I LOVED that piano/organ thing around the 5 minute mark, and that bass is just astounding I may be wrong, but it looks like the individual musicians are kind to each other and persistently egging each other on to new levels of creativity. The sound is just beautiful

[@SeanAustinLewis]

This is exactly what music needs!!

[@simoncaissie8404]

heard of em on the radio ... thought it was the most epic hi-hat plays in the world. Just to realize they got.two drummers !!! holy shit that was intense :-) jazz scene is taking it back a notch. really nice to see

[@kimyadarivers1668]

+Simon Caissie It's MORE INTENSE live - in person! Overwhelming, in a good way!

[@simoncaissie8404]

+Kimyada Rivers they are passing by for the montreal jazz festival in june.... 32 $ canadian the ticket..... you can count me in i almost feel like a thief. im so excited i cant wait

[@BrazillianFOsho]

OH FUCK YESSSS!!!!!!!

[@SJGP98078]

ohhhhhhhhhhh daaaammmmnnnnnn

[@lukevanlant8388]

As great as The Epic is, Kamasi's live shows are on another level...seeing him in LA was fucking electric. Jazz is alive and well...

[@kimyadarivers1668]

+Luke Van Lant AMAZING live!! I'm still having withdrawals from seeing them a week ago!

[@andreoates8405]

I don’t understand why this guy did not get airplay 🤔 thank God for KZbin mr. Washington his trio are phenomenal he is on my playlist on rotation💕😌💯

[@damookie]

best band in the galaxy !!!

[@Lanearndt]

Just in time to fill David S. Ware's footsteps!! Beautiful sound Kamasi!

[@devinpohl5532]

Miles would be proud.

[@Masauko1]

Incredible! There is a lot of love in this music!

[@GOLDSMITHEXILE]

that's what I felt, not too much ego, actually enjoying pushing each other further

[@ganelio]

Nice tremolo with the Nord keyboard.. I hear a lot of Woody Shaw's style here...great Blue Note Modal environment! Great Kamasi!

[@lewisarmstrong4388]

1:57 The difficulties of having an afro haha

[@lilvicfirth]

Lewis Armstrong she was struggling lolol

[@rafaelaldama2402]

Lewis Armstrong

[@ElburroE]

Good Lord. Absolutely perfect.

[@jeanjaille4225]

Extraordinarily joyful and beautifully inspiring performance

[@wirmeth]

This is too good. I shouldn't have watched it this morning.

[@elodiedazur]

Mmmmh... Que ça fait du bien ! C'est bien que des gens comme ça existent dans la musique actuelle !...

[@rounakbhattacharjee8714]

Kamasi and troop is pure magic !

[@furious444]

Kamasi got robbed for not getting nominated for a grammy.

[@terrancejohnson9108]

The Community (Us) know it was a masterpiece though. No worries.

[@jamesmarelich8504]

Chief Rocka I don't think Kamasi Washington cares about whether he was nominated for a grammy or not. He knows his music is next level and doesn't need to prove it with an artificial lump metal. Good artists don't see awards as the light at the end of the tunnel.

[@Reymono563]

- - Grammys are bullshit Tho...

[@rodrigosuarez2914]

man fuck a grammy, they aint shit

[@biggestfanofroger]

wow even greater than the album version!

[@billypilgrim1]

I love how happy they look

[@danielb8697]

Perfect

[@brucethespringsteen555]

wtf is drake doing with that upright bass

[@unlessitsmarco]

lmao

[@lorenzo3987]

legend

[@LolaFick]

With a fat version of the young Kendrick Lamar on drums

[@lewishuysmans7921]

lola fick don’t be talking shit about the bro Ronald Bruner JR lmao he kills it

[@Maffulfish]

This is the best comment of all time

[@camilopentzke55]

Kamasi Washington's music has the power to bring back Ray Charles for one last jam.

[@majorsnodgrassthethird5699]

What a drummer, the one next to the bass player!

[@nunoalmeida8997]

this is brilliant.

[@alanroche5235]

My word. But that is jolly good, what. Quite splendid!

[@arnefreymann313]

The piano player plays in other regions. This is absolutly Champions League.

[@somerandomhomeboy]

Straight Outta South Central!!!1

[@temperhollow7716]

Absolutely gorgeous!

[@njukey]

This is something!

[@Whotiquilus]

one word... Wow!

[@BoaeCH]

got blown away

[@mattokeefe]

So much joy

[@divehousestudiomusicbyyoko1641]

These Kats are not Human!!!

[@dazzjazz]

Unstoppable energy.

[@gearywimberly4783]

All my Musical heroes where dead I thought until I discovered the WestCoastGetDown. Smoke this!!

[@DJAGOJazz]

JUST AWESOME !!!!!

[@RichardStook]

This is insane!

[@cosmicviewer477]

Whew! Brilliant!

[@robatkin7580]

Every ones getting down!

[@Kbeats2020]

Bass player is killin.

[@aysikbender]

Великолепно!

[@GreatWuGallery]

Too Fresh. Too Dope.

[@winkawas]

OHYAAASSSS!!!

[@SleepFan771]

That intro was so beautiful I actually started crying. Bad-ass jam right after too. Kamasi will go down in jazz history.

[@ricksaunders]

I felt the same but almost fell out of my chair laughing, it made me soooo happy...it was a sheer joy to witness.

[@friesiamans1966]

+rick - these are the best moments - i recently was at a little local reggae festival - the last band were so damn good and then the sound was so fat and crisp and on the point, i had goosebumps several times - when i looked around i saw a girl dancing and then showing her friend the goosebumps on her arm - craaaazyyy!!!! love from germany....

[@cordeliakates6044]

So so very beautiful 🎉

[@123bluesssman]

YES!

[@earkillers1754]

Excellent!!!

[@beachmasterX]

Nice video, discovered these guys about a year ago, finally going to see them in Cincinnati, I dislike the Taft though.

[@leahinparadise]

Who is this woman..with such a clear and gorgeous voice???

[@norisknodisk3900]

halleluja! awesome!

[@audiodramatist]

Really great sound(s)...

[@elipaljas]

yes man!

[@1955drv]

Thank you All

[@gauchegaucho]

they had Coltrane and Rollins in the 60s. we got Kamasi in the millenium

[@vaporchaser6449]

And Brandon

[@rgtv5327]

We have CHAD LB

[@jrmybwedding]

FIRE

[@harrysmith5340]

WOOOOO!

[@johnwhitaker8695]

Hold on two drummers in pocket communicating with each other beautiful timing nobody is out doing no one all pocket

[@Iooftyfx]

Is that Ronald Bruner Jr on the drums?

[@Too_Much_Too_Fast]

Loofty yes indeed!

[@TLB_rollingsyncop8drumadic]

+Loofty Not Ron Bruner Jr. on this set.

[@TLB_rollingsyncop8drumadic]

+Theo Brown Two drummer set him and Tony Austin

[@ricksaunders]

They are....I have no words. As a drummer seeing that I either burn my set in tribute, or play more. Inspiring.

[@hollysoord2287]

ooohh niiiceeee

[@AlejandroElOyentePropio]

DIOS MIO. ESTO ES HERMOSO.

[@prestonhideosuga1617]

Gonna see him and Takuya Kuroda at JazzFest in Brooklyn next month!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@prestonhideosuga1617]

+Preston Hideo Suga Hopefully he brings graves and bruner

[@dgutizz]

awesome

[@lavellicious]

Dope!

[@Intubeanton]

Great!

[@garanceahran7953]

respect

[@SYLMAR56]

ça groove d'enfer!!!

[@trankgrappa]

amazinggggg! ;)

[@Isolatedcockpit13]

dayum

[@tommyuhlarik7728]

YEEEEE

[@johnwhitaker8695]

My God

[@adamcarlone]

Holy shit

[@nandiwardhanawaranugraha6002]

this is cool shit

[@davidrussell5570]

Who is the bone player, everyone sounds great

[@colincrothers4836]

His name is Ryan Porter

[@leem8887]

The the Pied Piper has arrived!

[@Maffulfish]

2:53 Ronald Bruner being naughty

[@robbromhead7098]

Fuck me! Well that's modern jazz then isn't it ? Brilliant!

[@ThexXxTrooper]

damn that shit was legendary coop. makes me question my musical skills.

[@hellvz_]

5:17 The drummer even changes drumheads while playing

[@mcniestro96]

8:30 Equinox

[@donotcallmeahipster]

That was satisfying

[@enricopaletta3453]

Intro text please. Patrice quinn is amazing

[@archiemilan]

damn! makes you wanna kick a chair over or something. LOL!! Fiya!

[@fenomozo9108]

the link to the full session doesn´t work

[@ErikGiovani]

Dank as fuck

[@olovstenlund502]

JÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ

[@kevinflo]

dam...

[@spilledsocks]

who was in his band for this set?

[@counterculture_pirvu]

1:58

[@counterculture_pirvu]

poor her.

[@jacobmaranda2431]

Anybody know what kind of sax Kamasi is using in this one?

[@CediBeMe]

+Jacob Maranda It looks like a Selmer Mark VI but can't say for certain.

[@alanroche5235]

+Cedi Ali Rajah it's a sax sent direct from God!

[@byronsigrano6849]

+Jacob Maranda Second vote for a Mark VI. It doesn't have a high F# key but that wouldn't put a date on it (serial numbers below 100,000 (1963) seem to draw more interest in the marketplace). Looks like a Berg Larsen mouthpiece too - an old skool choice.

[@Baribrotzer]

It's the only one he's ever played, and it isn't even his own horn - it belongs to his dad. Who is not on this session, but sometimes plays soprano and flute with Kamasi & Co.