Kamasi Washington in Los Angeles

Kamasi Washington is an American tenor saxophonist, composer and bandleader born in Los Angeles in 1981. He is known for expansive contemporary and spiritual jazz on albums including The Epic, Heaven and Earth and Fearless Movement, as well as his work on Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp a Butterfly. Kamasi Washington brought his band to Coachella and Glastonbury in 2016 after the release of The Epic. In 2019, he joined Herbie Hancock for a co-headlining North American tour that included the Hollywood Bowl. He performs as a bandleader on tenor saxophone, presenting extended compositions through a large ensemble. His touring bands have included trombonist Ryan Porter and drummer Tony Austin, fellow members of the West Coast Get Down collective.

The Los Angeles Philharmonic is an American symphony orchestra founded in Los Angeles in 1919 by William Andrews Clark Jr. Its programs encompass the classical repertory and new orchestral music; it commissioned John Adams’s City Noir, which Gustavo Dudamel conducted at his inaugural concert as music director. The orchestra gave its first concert at Trinity Auditorium in 1919. It made Dorothy Chandler Pavilion its home in 1964, then opened Walt Disney Concert Hall in 2003 and established the venue as the center of its subscription season. The orchestra first performed at the Hollywood Bowl during its inaugural 1922 season and has long used the amphitheatre for summer programs. Touring engagements have also brought the ensemble to Carnegie Hall.