Fearless Movement

Kamasi Washington calls his latest Fearless Movement his dance album. “It’s not literal,” Washington says. “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 this album is pushing.” Where previous albums dealt with cosmic ideas and existential concepts, Fearless Movement focuses in on the everyday, an exploration of life on earth. This change in scope is due in large part to the birth of Washington’s first child a few years ago. “Being a father means the horizon of your life all of a sudden shows up,” says Washington. “My mortality became more apparent to me, but also my immortality—realizing that my daughter is going to live on and see things that I’m never going to see. I had to become comfortable with this, and that affected the music that I was making.” The album features Washington’s daughter, who wrote the melody to 'Asha The First'. It has a host of collaborators new and old. André 3000 appears on flute, George Clinton lends his voice, as do BJ The Chicago Kid, Inglewood rapper D-Smoke and Taj and Ras Austin of Coast Contra, the twin sons of West Coast legend Ras Kass. Washington further enlisted lifelong friends and collaborators Thundercat, Terrace Martin, Patrice Quinn, Brandon Coleman, DJ Battlecat and more. Kamasi Washington is a multi-instrumentalist, composer and bandleader born and raised in Los Angeles. His three bodies of work to date—The Epic; Harmony of Difference, an EP origin

Tracks

1~1~Lesanu
1~2~Asha The First
1~3~Computer Love
1~4~The Visionary
1~5~Get Lit
1~6~Dream State
1~7~Together
1~8~The Garden Path
1~9~Road To Self (Ko)
1~10~Interstellar Peace (The Last Stance)
1~11~Lines In The Sand
1~12~Prologue

Details

Format: CD
Artist: Kamasi Washington
Release Date: 03 May 2024
Genre: Jazz
Label: Young
Distributor: Inertia Music