{"id":803775,"date":"2020-02-03T19:00:05","date_gmt":"2020-02-04T02:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=947322"},"modified":"2020-02-03T19:00:05","modified_gmt":"2020-02-04T02:00:05","slug":"kamasi-washington-preps-new-concert-film-live-at-the-apollo-theater","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/music-news\/kamasi-washington-preps-new-concert-film-live-at-the-apollo-theater\/","title":{"rendered":"Kamasi Washington Preps New Concert Film \u2018Live at the Apollo Theater\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/shutterstock_editorial_10227773ej.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/kamasi-washington\/\" id=\"auto-tag_kamasi-washington\" data-tag=\"kamasi-washington\">Kamasi Washington<\/a> announced a new concert film, <i>Live at the Apollo Theater<\/i>, out February 6th via Amazon Prime Video. Michael Garber directed the project, which documents the jazz<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span>saxophonist\u2019s headlining February 2019 show at the famed New York venue.<\/p>\n<p>Washington paired the announcement by issuing \u201cThe Bombshell\u2019s Waltz,\u201d a previously unheard track recorded for his self-released 2007 LP, <em>The Proclamation<\/em>. The reflective piece stretches out to over 12 minutes, peaking midway through with a cacophonous sax solo.<\/p>\n<p><em>Live at the Apollo Theater<\/em> features Washington\u2019s massive band the Next Step, along with guests DJ Battlecat and vocalist Dwight Trible. In a trailer for the film, Washington praises the Apollo Theater before the gig as \u201cone of the greatest stages there is.\u201d He adds, \u201cI have to tap into this energy \u2026 Everything we\u2019re gonna play tonight is getting pulled from this energy that we\u2019re in because this is so rich and so sacred.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, Washington praised the gig as achieving \u201cone of the greatest honors that a musician can have.\u201d He continued, \u201cWhen I walked down 125th Street from my hotel in Harlem and saw my name on the marquee, I almost couldn\u2019t believe it. To be a part of that prestigious group of brilliant musical minds was truly humbling for me. To say that night was one of the most amazingly special nights of my life is a grave understatement. I\u2019m so happy and thankful to be able to share this moment with people all over the world. I hope you all enjoy it as much as I did!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Washington is currently on a North American tour that continues February 14th in Charlotte, North Carolina. His film follows&nbsp; four LPs, including two major-label albums; in 2018, he released the double-disc <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-album-reviews\/review-kamasi-washingtons-new-heaven-and-earth-is-another-sprawling-style-hopping-epic-666052\/\"><i>Heaven and Earth<\/i><\/a> and companion EP, <i>The Choice<\/i>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-contextual-player\">\n<h3> Popular on Rolling Stone <\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/kamasi-washington-film-live-at-the-apollo-theater-947322\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kamasi Washington announced a new concert film, Live at the Apollo Theater, out February 6th via Amazon Prime Video. Michael Garber directed the project, which documents the jazz&nbsp;saxophonist\u2019s headlining February 2019 show at the famed New York venue. Washington paired the announcement by issuing \u201cThe Bombshell\u2019s Waltz,\u201d a previously unheard track recorded for his self-released [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-803775","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-23 20:50:36","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSMT The Mountain","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/803775","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=803775"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/803775\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=803775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=803775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=803775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}