Kamasi Washington‘s powerful band closed out Afropunk’s Gold Stage on Sunday, 25 August, which was once again held in Commodore Barry Park. His blistering saxophone really connected with the audience. I hadn’t seen him perform in a couple of years at least — I had caught his first NYC shows at Blue Note four years prior — so I raptly watched the entirety of his set which included the transcendent “Truth” from his Harmony of Difference EP. Each member of his band took a solo too, including his pops, Rickey Washington, on flute and Miles Mosley on upright bass.
FROM THE POPMATTERS ARCHIVES