Ahead of the release of his latest studio album Fearless Movement on May 3rd, American Jazz saxophonist Kamasi Washington has announced details of the Fearless Movement European Tour, which includes a show in the 3Olympia Theatre on 23rd October 2024.
Tickets from €45.70 including booking fees on sale Friday 19th April at 10AM
Kamasi Washington is a multi-instrumentalist, composer and bandleader born and raised in Los Angeles. His three bodies of work to date—The Epic; Harmony of Difference, an EP originally commissioned for the 2017 Whitney Biennial; andHeaven and Earth—are among the most acclaimed of this century.
As Told To G/D Thyself, his short film companion toHeaven and Earth, debuted at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival to widespread acclaim.
In 2020, Washington scored the Michelle Obama documentary Becoming, earning Emmy and Grammy nominations for his work. Also in 2020, Washington co-founded the supergroup Dinner Party with longtime friends and collaborators Terrace Martin, Robert Glasper and 9th Wonder—their EP Dinner Party (Dessert) was subsequently nominated for a Grammy for Best Progressive R&B Album.
In 2021, Washington contributed a cover of Metallica’s “My Friend of Misery” to the band’sMetallica Blacklist covers project.
Washington has toured the world over and collaborated and shared stages with Kendrick Lamar, Florence + the Machine, Herbie Hancock—with whom he will curate the Hollywood Bowl Jazz Fest for the second year in a row—and many more.
His new album Fearless Movement, inspired by dance and the birth of his first daughter, is out May 3rd on Young.