KCCK’s Featured CD for September 2018

The KCCK Featured CD for September is “Heaven and Earth” from Kamasi Washington, the follow-up to his critically acclaimed 2015 set “The Epic.” Once again, the saxophonist utilizes a choir and orchestra to augment his 10-piece band for what the All Music Guide calls “a major dose of Afro-Futurism, establishing Washington as a composer and arranger of dizzying potential.” Critic Nate Chinen calls it Washington’s “strongest musical statement of his career,” adding “Washington remains enamored of the jazz tradition even as he insists on reshaping it.” “Heaven and Earth” is from Beggars Group/Young Turks Records. Purchase the CD.