Washington, Kamasi / Harmony Of Difference
Album: Harmony Of Difference   Collection:Jazz
Artist:Washington, Kamasi   Added:Nov 2017
Label:Amlak Music  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2017-11-26 Pull Date: 2018-01-28 Charts: Jazz
Week Ending: Jan 28 Jan 21 Jan 14 Dec 31 Dec 10
Airplays: 2 1 1 1 1

Recent Airplay
1. Feb 20, 2018: Waste FM
Humility
4. Jan 18, 2018: Sound Landscapes
Desire
2. Jan 25, 2018: Sound Landscapes
Humility
5. Jan 11, 2018: Lucid Lightning: Power Hour
Truth
3. Jan 25, 2018: A Night on the Roof
Integrity
6. Dec 28, 2017: No Cover, No Minimum
Truth

Album Review
Tom McCarter
Reviewed 2017-11-09
Reviewed: 2017-11-09
Genre: Jazz
FCCs: none
Review: a short EP with a full band expressing basic contexts with almost no solos. The band is tight. The first five tracks are short & to the point and flow into one another. Track 6 runs 13 minutes and is more typically contemporary jazz
if You Like: Tower of Power, Hank Crawford
Track review (favorites denoted by *):
*1/ Desire ( ) - bass starts> gorgeous slow tempo melody with trumpet overlay> piano solo> slow jam builds in intensity> fade & quick stop
*2/ Humility ( ) - piano starts> swings quickly uptempo with horns upfront> piano solo> horns surge & wail> quick fade
3/ Knowledge ( ) - Rhodes piano starts> slow tempo jam> trumpet solo> jam> fade
4/ Perspective ( ) - piano starts with large crescendo & slides into slow tempo jam with a bossa feel> builds in intensity> fade
*5/ Integrity ( ) - piano starts> uptempo jam> with heavy percussion> sax solo> expansive uptempo jam> fade
*6/ Truth ( ) - piano starts> midtempo subtle jam> slow build in intensity & interplay> chorus kicks in over the top> false stop> piano swings to uptempo jam> sax solo> chorus> drops to subtle midtempo jam with strings> builds in intensity> chorus carries to the end> fade


Track Listing
1. Desire   4. Perspective
2. Humility   5. Integrity
3. Knowledge   6. Truth