Artist: Kamasi Washington

Kamasi Washington is an American jazz  saxophonist. He is a founding member of the jazz collective West Coast Get Down. 

Washington was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. Washington enrolled in UCLA's Department of Ethnomusicology, where he began playing with faculty members such as Kenny Burrell,  Gerald Wilson, and Billy Higgins, who mentored a quartet with Washington, pianist Cameron Graves, and the brothers Stephen ("Thundercat") and Ronald Bruner. They released their debut album Young Jazz Giants in 2004 on Birdman Records. 

Washington joined the Gerald Wilson Orchestra for its 2005 album In My Time.  Washington played saxophone on Kendrick Lamar's album To Pimp a Butterfly, released on March 25, 2015. Washington's debut solo recording, The Epic, was released in May 2015. Washington contributed saxophone on the Thundercat song "Them Changes", which was released on June 18, 2015, as a single from the EP The Beyond / Where the Giants Roam; the track was later included on Thundercat's full-length album Drunk  (2017). 

Washington released the mini-album/EP Harmony of Difference in September 2017. This was followed by his second full-length studio album, Heaven and Earth, which was released in June 2018, with a companion EP titled The Choice released a week later. 

Washington has played along with a diverse group of musicians including Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Horace Tapscott, Lauryn Hill, Nas, Snoop Dogg, George Duke, Chaka Khan, Flying Lotus,  Mike Muir, Francisco Aguabella, St. Vincent, the Pan Afrikaan People's Orchestra, Run the Jewels and  Raphael Saadiq. 

On June 25, 2020, Washington, Terrace Martin,  Robert Glasper, and 9th Wonder  announced the formation of the supergroup Dinner Party. They released a single, "Freeze Tag", and their debut extended play, Dinner Party, was released on July 10, 2020.