Talk:Kamasi Washington

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I just created this page -- I didn't name the "w" in washington as a capital. How can I change it? I'm going to go research this now. Sorry, fellow wikipedians!!

page > move pagereddogsix (talk) 01:51, 5 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Nearly two years after the publication, the disclaimer note seems now at least unnecesary if not completely superflous, as the article has, by now, a satisfactory number of references and citations to be considered reliable. Consideration, therefore, should be given to the idea of removing it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Serendipia58 (talk • contribs) 15:46, 8 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Classifying musicians by genre

It can be a contentious subject for some reason, but here's food for thought from someone who might know.

Jazztimes: Your two albums in the '90s with the band Buckshot LeFonque—mixing jazz, pop, and DJ culture—got a mixed reception. What's your take on artists like Robert Glasper and Kamasi Washington, who are now working at the crossroads of jazz and hip-hop?

Branford Marsalis: Robert Glasper has a limited jazz vocabulary, and that's not anything he would say is not true. I think it's in his best interest to do that. Kamasi's not a jazz player either. He's a sax player. But his vocabulary is not jazz. It's some jazz. This is not something I want to go to war with. But I can listen to a Lester Young record, a Dexter Gordon or Wayne Shorter record, and ask, "Do you hear that lineage in his playing?" If you don't, what makes it jazz? Improv? We're back to that illusion again. The success that Kamasi has had—it's awesome. But the people defending him as a jazz player are not jazz players. They have their own idea of what jazz is, and they are entitled to that. But so am I.
Vmavanti (talk) 18:05, 28 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]