Kamasi Washinton – Fearless Movement (sealed 2 LP European import)

Fearless Movement is the fifth studio album by American jazz saxophonist Kamasi Washington. It was released on May 3, 2024, through Young. Fearless Movement showcases members of Washington’s collective West Coast Get Down like Thundercat, Patrice Quinn, Brandon Coleman, and Terrace Martin. It also features contributions from Taj Austin, Ras Austin, DJ Battlecat, George Clinton, D Smoke, André 3000, and BJ the Chicago Kid.The album runs for nearly one and a half hour.

Fearless Movement was met with universal acclaim from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 81, based on fifteen reviews. The aggregator AnyDecentMusic? has the critical consensus of the album at a 8.1 out of 10, based on seventeen reviews.

Evan Haga of Spin found the album “bolsters Washington’s prowess as a jazz bandleader engaged in cultural and musical curation. Rather than transforming the actual language of composition or harmony or improvisation, he stacks his influences and relationships to form an ensemble sound that is monumental, and thoroughly his own. In or out of jazz, that means so much”. Liam Casci of The Skinny praised the album, saying “on this latest opus, Washington and company are a tightened-drum of an ensemble that effortlessly flit between an intense focus and a playful freedom, and the results are stunning”.

Vinyl is sealed.