Kamasi Washington with special guest DJ Cutler *SOLD OUT*

Kamasi Washington with special guest DJ Cutler *SOLD OUT*

Sunday, March 1

DSP Shows presents Kamasi Washington live in Asbury Hall at Babeville with special guest DJ Cutler

SOLD OUT!

Tickets: On Sale Fri 12/6 10am $35 advance, $40 day of – General Admission Seated at  Eventbrite.com, Babeville Box Office (M-F 11a-5p)

7pm Doors & DJ Cutler, 8pm Kamasi Washington

Kamasi Washington

When Kamasi Washington released his tour de force LP, The Epic , in 2015, it instantly set him on a path as our generation’s torchbearer for progressive, improvisational music that would open the door for young audiences to experience music unlike anything they had heard before. The 172-minute odyssey featuring his 10-piece band, The Next Step, was littered with elements of hip-hop, classical and R&B music, all major influences on the young saxophonist and bandleader, who exceeds any notions of what “jazz” music is.

Released to critical acclaim, The Epic won numerous awards, including the inaugural American Music Prize and the Gilles Peterson Worldwide album of the year. Washington followed that work with collaborations with other influential artists such as Kendrick Lamar, John Legend, Run the Jewels, Ibeyi and the creation of “Harmony of Difference,” a standalone multimedia installation during the prestigious 2017 Biennial at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City.

In June 2018, Washington released Heaven and Earth to wide praise. The album garnered “best of” awards from Pitchfork, NPR, Variety, GQ, MOJO, and Complex among others. Collaborating with cutting edge filmmakers Bradford Young, Jenn Nkiru, Terence Nance, and Marc Thomas, Washington helped direct AS TOLD TO G/D THYSELF , a film inspired by Heaven and Earth which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2019. The film has also screened at The Broad, Stony Island Arts Bank, The Apollo Theater, and 180 The Strand in London.

DJ Cutler welcomes the audience, starting at 7PM. Show up early, claim your seats, and listen in.

Buffalo, NY-based record collector, all-vinyl DJ & turntablist who has been performing locally, nationally, and internationally since the late 1990s. Cutler has had the honor of sharing stages with the likes of Biz Markie, Rakim, Kool G Rap, Bernard Purdie, DJ Shadow & Cut Chemist, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Roy Haynes and many others along the way.


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Date/Time
Date(s) - 03/01/2020
8:00 pm

Address
341 Delaware Avenue
Buffalo
New York
14202
United States