“The latest from the saxophonist and bandleader is a multi-genre feast of musical ideas, his most sweeping and complete statement yet.”
“The proverbial advice on how to eat an elephant (“one mouthful at a time”) could easily be adapted for Kamasi Washington’s cosmic jazz behemoths. His latest, comprising two suites (‘Earth’, first, then ‘Heaven’) of well over 70 minutes each, might not be as protracted as his three-hour debut, but it remains a foreboding prospect to try and finish in a single sitting nonetheless. Accordingly, ther”
“By adhering so much to its grand formula, Heaven and Earth comes off as even more cumbersome than The Epic.”
