Kamasi Washington Confirms Summer Tour with Herbie Hancock

Kamasi Washington is set to embark on a co-headline tour of North America this summer with legendary pianist and composer Herbie Hancock. Kicking off July 30 in Vienna, VA the tour will take the celebrated musicians to Philadelphia, Toronto, Seattle and more through August-see below for complete details. Tickets go on sale to the public this Friday, April 12 at 10am local.

American Express Card Members can purchase tickets in select markets before the general public beginning Wednesday, April 10 at 10am local time through Thursday, April 11 at 10pm local time, in Toronto before the general public on Thursday, April 11 from 10am through 10pm EDT, and in New York before the general public beginning Wednesday, April 17 at 10am EDT through Thursday, April 18 at 10pm EDT.

Since the 2018 release of Heaven and Earth and its counterpart The Choice, Washington has toured the world over with sold-out shows in North America and Europe, including New York'sApollo Theater and London's Brixton Academy. Washington recently debuted his short filmAs Told To G/D Thyself which originally premiered at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival.

Kamasi Washington is a multi-instrumentalist and producer born and raised in Los Angeles. Forming his first band, the Young Jazz Giants, with Stephen "Thundercat" Bruner, Ronald Bruner, Jr. and Cameron Graves in high school, Washington went on to study ethnomusicology at UCLA and play with Snoop Dogg, Raphael Saadiq and more. His debut album, The Epic, was released in 2015 to rapturous critical reception, embraced as one of the best of the year and awarded the inaugural American Music Prize. Heaven and Earth follows The Epic as well as Washington's 2017 EP Harmony of Difference, an exploration of the musical concept of counterpoint that debuted as an original work for the 2017 Whitney Museum of Art Biennial.

KAMASI WASHINGTON AND HERBIE HANCOCK TOUR

July 30

Vienna, VA

Wolf Trap

August 2-3

Newport, RI

Newport Jazz Festival

August 4

Philadelphia, PA

The Met

August 6

Toronto, ON

Roy Thompson Hall

August 7

Huber Heights, OH

Rose Music Center at the Heights

August 8

Detroit, MI

Aretha Franklin Amphitheatre

August 9/10 TBC

Chicago, IL

Huntington Bank Pavilion

August 14

Denver, CO

Mission Ballroom

August 16

Seattle, WA

Marymoor

August 17

Portland, OR

Oregon Zoo

August 23

Berkeley, CA

The Greek

Photo Credit: Durimel

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