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Albumism’s 50 Best Albums of 2018 | #48: Kamasi Washington’s ‘Heaven and Earth’

November 27, 2018 Albumism Staff

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#48
Kamasi Washington
| Heaven and Earth
Young Turks

According to Sonya Alexander: “Tenor saxophonist Kamasi Washington has a bold, fresh sound, like sunlight breaking through the blinds early Sunday morning, as most recently evidenced throughout the Los Angeles native’s new double-album Heaven and Earth, a worthy follow-up to his 2015 magnum opus, the triple-album The Epic.

While The Epic covered a lot of ground and was massive in scope, Heaven and Earth is a more tightly wound mechanism, encapsulating Washington's imagination and emotion in finely packaged ethereal harmonies.”

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