Kamasi Washington Announces New album & tour, Shares Video For New Song 'Prologue'
Fearless Movement Out May 3 via Young
06 March 2024
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Contemporary jazz icon Kamasi Washington has announced a new album. Fearless Movement, and shared a new song from it, “Prologue,” via a music video. He has also announced some tour dates. Fearless Movement will be released on May 3 via Young. AG Rojas directed the “Prologue” video, which was choreographed by Samantha Blake Goodman. Check it out below, followed by the tracklist and album art, as well as the Washington tour dates.
Fearless Movement features a number of collaborators, including flute-playing André 3000; Various musicians also contribute vocals to the album, including George Clinton, BJ The Chicago Kid, Inglewood rapper D-Smoke, and Coast Contra's Taj and Ras Austin (the twin sons of California rapper Ras Kass). The album also features regular Thundercat collaborators Terrace Martin, Patrice Quinn, Brandon Coleman and DJ Battlecat.
Washington says Fearless Movement is his dance album, but that doesn't mean he's turned to electronic music. “It's not literal,” Washington says in a press release. “Dance is movement and expression, and in a way it's the same thing as music—expressing your spirit through your body. That's what drives this album.”
Another big influence on this album was the birth of Washington's daughter a few years ago. He is even featured on the album as he wrote the melody to the album's “Asha the First” when he was first experimenting with the piano.
“Being a father means that the horizon of your life suddenly appears,” says Washington. “My mortality became more apparent to me, but so did my immortality – realizing that my daughter will live on and see things I will never see. I had to get comfortable with that and that affected the music I was making.”
Fearless Movement features “The Garden Path,” a new song she shared in 2022. The day after the song was shared, Washington performed it for the first time on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, which was also his television debut. “The Garden Path” was one of the songs of the week.
Washington's last album was the acclaimed double album, HEAVEN and earthreleased in 2018. It was our #1 album of 2018. Read our 2018 cover interview with Washington.
Washington was also one of the cover artists for our 20th anniversary issue (Issue 69).
He is also in the supergroup Dinner Party, along with Terrace Martin and Robert Glasper, and has released a new album, Enigmatic Societyin 2023.
Fearless Movement Track List:
1. Lesanou
2. Asha The First with Thundercat, Taj Austin, Ras Austin
3. Computer Love with Patrice Quinn, DJ Battlecat, Brandon Coleman
4. The Visionary with Terrace Martin
5. Get Lit with George Clinton
6. Dream State with André 3000
7. Along with BJ the Chicago Kid
8. The Garden Path
9. Interstellar Peace (The Last Stance)
10. Road to Self (KO)
11. Lines in the Sand
12. Preface
Kamasi Washington tour Dates: May 4 — New York, NY — Beacon Theatre
May 5—Philadelphia, PA—Union Transportation
May 7 — Toronto, QC — History
May 8 — Cincinnati, Ohio — Ludlow Garage
May 9 — Detroit, MI — St. Andrews Hall
May 10 — Chicago, IL — Thalia Hall
May 11 — Minneapolis, MN — Fitzgerald Theatre
May 12 — Omaha, NB — Slowdown
May 14—Houston, TX—House of Blues Houston
May 15 — Dallas, TX — House of Blues Dallas
May 16 — San Antonio, Texas — Empire Theatre
May 17 — Austin, Texas — Empire Garage
May 30 — Vancouver, BC — Vogue
May 31 — Seattle, Washington — The Showbox
June 1 — Eugene, OR — McDonald Theater
June 2 — Portland, OR — Crystal Ballroom
June 5 — Sacramento, CA — Crest Theatre
June 6 — Monterey, CA — Golden State Theatre
June 7 — San Francisco, CA — Warfield
June 8 — Santa Cruz, CA — The Catalyst
June 9 — San Diego, CA — Belly Up
June 11—Mesa, AZ—Mesa Arts Center
June 16 – Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Jazz festival
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