Kamasi Washington Heaven & EarthKamasi Washington arrived on the international jazz scene from Los Angeles with a bang after the release of 2015's three disc, three hour The Epic. While he'd been around for a decade, playing with Snoop Dogg, Kendrick Lamar whose To Pimp a Butterfly he arranged and played on the mammoth project turned him into jazz's perceived savior almost overnight. But he understood his own mission remarkably well and has remained undaunted by the hype. His

"Hypnotize" was nominated for a 1988 Grammy Award for Best Rap Solo Performance

the filler on Bottle It In happens in the more compact numbers

It was here that Takuya met vocalist José James

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psychedelic artwork of Theo Ellsworth you know you're in for a treat

Sheldon Ancel (vocals)

The result was an album of breezy love songs ("Rocket Love")

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Billboard charting “I Was Made For Lovin’ You

so perhaps it was inevitable that they would work together

and Polachek's showy warbling also don't usually get in the way