05/05/2015 | Happy Release Day 2015 | Kamasi Washington - The Epic Brainfeeder #kamasiwashington #brainfeeder #brainfeederrecords @kamasiwashington @brainfeederrecords Pitchfork: „…a triple-album set that functions as an extravagant love letter to (among other things)“ „What The Epic does come to sound like, over the course of its significant running time, is a generational intervention—an educational tool that widens the definition of styles that fall under "jazz classicism.“ The Guardian: „…The Epic, wasn’t only massive in scale and scope, it also sounded unlike anything else released in 2015“ All About Jazz: „From start to finish Washington's 172 minute release is appropriately titled and among 2015's best jazz releases.“ Uncut: „There's some filler among three hours of material but the instrumentals are staggering, pulsating pieces that breathe life into soul-jazz.“ NPR: „The Epic swims in rhythmic crosscurrents, with two bassists, two keyboard players, two drummers. It's made tall and wide by the presence of strings and voices, made forceful and direct by horn solos and singer Patrice Quinn“ „They execute these ideas with such bigness, and such a wide color palette, and a mission to remake the word "jazz" in the image of their own generation.“ Jazzwise: „…this is an album of progressive present day thinking that willfully acknowledges its debt to the past, as befits the ongoing relationship between the two“ Rolling Stone: „A magnum opus of 21st-century jazz from a Kendrick Lamar pal“ Sputnik Music: „While I could go on and on about how the length of this album affects the music, the experience, and all that, I feel that the one word that captures the essence of this album, flaws and all, is the album title itself: epic.“ Allmusic: „The Epic isn't fusion, retro, or remotely academic. It's 21st century jazz as accessible as it is virtuosic -- feel matters to Washington.“ The Quietus: „Spanning hard bop and spiritual jazz, R&B and fusion, The Epic is a powerfully contemporary engagement with the African-American tradition.“ https://www.instagram.com/p/CdLvao3MzNQ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
