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Kamasi Washington: Heaven and Earth

Nick Hasted, The Independent, 20 June 2018

THE CHAIN REACTION from Kendrick Lamar's To Pimp A Butterfly was explosive enough to blow a hole in America's musical ghettos. Hip hop's newly anointed king's vast audience were introduced to crucial collaborators including L.A.'s previously unknown jazz lynchpin, Kamasi Washington.

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