日期/Date：2017年9月22日

入场时间/Door Time：6:00 PM

演出时间/Show Time：7:30PM

地址/Add：前门东大街23号 Blue Note Beijing

23 Qianmen East Street. Dongcheng District. Beijing

电话Tel：170-0000-0288 188-BLUE-NOTE

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500（边座）/600（主座）RMB

（餐饮低消：60RMB） 

在音乐行业中，Kamasi Washington是*酷的家伙

爵士萨克斯管演奏家和Kendrick Lamar合作者谈论过去一年成名的感觉。Washington是一块磁铁，无论是他的身材还是他的演奏，你都会不由自主地注意到他。——《FADER》

KAMASI WASHINGTON IS THE CHILLEST DUDE IN MUSIC

The jazz saxophonist and Kendrick Lamar collaborator talks about his past year in the spotlight. Washington is a magnet — whether it’s his stature or his playing, you can’t help but notice him.----FADER

Kamasi Washington将政治注入爵士

在英国巡演的前夕，萨克斯管吹奏者讨论了音乐在促进美国种族平等方面的关键作用。如今被称为“第二次民权运动”的活动正在展开，他坚信*像*次那样，音乐将会发挥更大作用。——FT

KAMASI WASHINGTON AND THE NEW POLITICALLY INFUSED JAZZ

On the eve of a UK tour that takes in Glastonbury and the Proms, the saxophonist discusses music’s pivotal role in promoting racial equality in the US. What has been dubbed “the second civil rights movement” is unfolding, like the first, against a backdrop of music.------FT

Kamasi Washington：天空是极限

“这不是一个的时刻，这是一个运动”这一句话在许多人的自制海报上写着。丝印标语如“解除武装的警察” 和“我是下一个吗？”在T恤上写着。人们在鼓掌、唱歌、游行、反击，为司法改革而共同努力。

KAMASI WASHINGTON: THE SKY’S THE LIMIT

The words ‘This Is Not A Moment, This Is A Movement’ adorn hoisted homemade placards. Screen printed slogans such as ‘Demilitarise the Police’ and ‘Am I Next?’ are emblazoned on t-shirts. People are clapping, singing, marching, fighting back in a united endeavour for judicial reform.----C

Alabama Shakes，Kamasi Washington被Libera评委奖提名

Alabama Shakes和Kamasi Washington是今年的第五年Libera奖项的主要提名者，这个奖项旨在庆祝独立音乐现场表演。Libera的奖项于6月16日在纽约曼哈顿中心的大宴会厅举行。

ALABAMA SHAKES, KAMASI WASHINGTON, ATO LEAD LIBERA AWARDS NOMINATIONS——BILLBOARD

Alabama Shakes and Kamasi Washington are among the leading nominees for this year's 5th Annual Libera Awards, a celebration of the independent music scene that caps A2IM's Indie Week conference held this summer in New York City. The Libera Awards will be held at Manhattan Center's Grand Ballroom in NYC on June 16.-----BILLBOARD

Kamasi Washington十三岁的时候，他开始了毕生的探索，发现了音乐的美妙之处。*晚上，他的父亲把萨克斯放在了钢琴上。Kamasi充满了对乐器里发出的美妙的好奇心，于是他自己拿起了萨克斯。实际上Kamasi完全不知道怎么吹甚至从未碰过，却自然的吹了他*喜欢的一首曲子：Wayne Shorter的“Sleeping Dancer Sleep On”。

At the age of 13, Kamasi Washington started a lifelong quest discovering the many wonders of music. One night, his father left his soprano saxophone lying on the piano. Kamasi, filled with curiosity for all the beauty he heard from the instrument, picked up his father’s horn. Even though he didn’t know anything about the saxophone – in fact, never even touched one – he played Wayne Shorter’s composition “Sleeping Dancer Sleep On,” his favorite song at the time.

在*的汉密尔顿高中音乐学院，Kamasi两年之内成为了萨克斯首席。同时，Kamasi加入了Multi School Jazz Band（MSJB）。在那里，他跟许多爱音乐的老朋友一起演奏。他在高中*后一年，Kamasi和他儿时的朋友Ronald Bruner、Stephen Bruner和Cameron Graves组建了他的*个乐队“The Young Jazz giants”。

At the prestigious Hamilton High School Music Academy, within two years, Kamasi earned the lead tenor saxophone chair in the top jazz ensemble. At the same time, Kamasi joined the Multi School Jazz Band (MSJB) where he reunited with several childhood friends who were pursuing their passion for music. During his senior year of high school, Kamasi formed his first band, “The Young Jazz Giants,” with childhood friends including Ronald Bruner, Stephen Bruner and Cameron Graves.

高中毕业后，Kamasi获得了加州大学洛杉矶分校（UCLA）研究民族音乐学的全额奖学金。在那里，他探索了世界上许多非西方的音乐文化。在大学一年后的暑假期间，Kamasi录制了他的*张专辑《The Young Jazz Giants（年轻的爵士巨人）》，并在全国各地传播爵士乐的新声音。他在UCLA的第二年，Kamasi与西海岸嘻哈传奇Snoop Dogg进行了*次全国巡演。同年晚些时候，Kamasi加入了他*崇拜的英雄之一Gerald Wilson的管弦乐队，随后他与R&B传奇人物Raphael Saadiq进行了*次国际巡演。

After high school, Kamasi received a full scholarship to study ethnomusicology at UCLA, where he explored many of the non-western musical cultures around the world. During the summer after his freshman year, Kamasi recorded his first album with “The Young Jazz Giants” to spread new sounds of jazz all around the country. In his second year at UCLA, Kamasi went on his first national tour with the west coast hip-hop legend Snoop Dogg. Later that year, Kamasi joined the orchestra of one of his biggest heroes, Gerald Wilson, and later went on his first international tour with R&B legend Raphael Saadiq.

多年来，Kamasi已经跟他的许多英雄一同表演过了，包括Gerald Wilson，Mccoy Tyner，Freddie Hubbard，Kenny Burrell，George Duke，Lauryn Hill，Jeffrey Osborne，Mos Def，Quincy Jones，Stanley Clark，Harvey Mason和Chaka Khan。Kamasi自己的乐队，“The Next Step”，是一个现代化的爵士大乐队，包括两个鼓手、两个贝司手、键盘手、三个小号手，一个钢琴和提个歌手。此外，Kamasi还是西海岸音乐团体“West Coast Get Down”的一员。

Over the years, Kamasi has performed and recorded with many of his musical heroes from various genres, including Gerald Wilson, McCoy Tyner, Freddie Hubbard, Kenny Burrell, George Duke, Lauryn Hill, Jeffrey Osborne, Mos Def, Quincy Jones, Stanley Clark, Harvey Mason and Chaka Khan. Kamasi’s own band “The Next Step” is a modern spin on a big band, which includes two drummers, two upright bass players, keyboard players, three horns players, a pianist, and a vocalist. In addition, Kamasi is part of a west coast musical collective called the “West Coast Get Down.”

*近，Kamasi参与制作了Kendrick Lamar的广受好评的专辑《To Pimp A Butterfly》。今年，5月5日，Kamasi发布了他的开创性的专辑《The Epic》（Brainfeeder Records）。《The Epic》是一部时长172分钟的三盘杰作，由Kamasi的十人乐队“The Next Step”和一个全弦乐团和一个合唱团共同参与录制的。《The Epic》在iTunes爵士排行榜包括美国、加拿大、澳大利亚、俄罗斯和英国上，都拿到*的排名。
Most recently, Kamasi worked on Kendrick Lamar’s acclaimed 2015 album “To Pimp A Butterfly.” On May 5th, Kamasi released his groundbreaking solo album “The Epic” on the trend-setting record label Brainfeeder. “The Epic” is a 172-minute, triple-disc masterpiece, featuring Kamasi’s ten-piece band “The Next Step” along with a full string orchestra and full choir. “The Epic” debuted #1 on several iTunes Jazz charts, including the US, Canada, Australia, Russia and UK.