Released: 2015
Label: Brainfeeder
Genre: Jazz
What The Epic does come to sound like, over the course of its significant running time, is a generational intervention – an educational tool that widens the definition of styles that fall under “jazz classicism.” With his writing for string sections and chorus, Washington even flirts with that most dreaded of appellations: smooth. But these specific choices also wind up paying dividends: The calmly spiritual voices and Washington’s wailing playing during the back half of “Askim” feels novel. Pitchfork
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