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Kamasi Washington Announces New Album Heaven and Earth
Kamasi Washington Announces New Album Heaven and Earth

Kamasi Washington Announces 'Heaven and Earth' Double Album

Kamasi Washington, Pharoah Sanders + Sun Ra Arkestra Form A Jazz Singularity In NYC Photo Credit: Ginny Suss for Okayplayer

The Kamasi Washington is back.

Last week, Kamasi Washington deleted all the posts on his Instagram and then posted a couple of cryptic videos.

We knew something was up. That something is a new album.

Kamasi has announced his first new album since 2017's Harmony of Difference EP.

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The project, which will be a double album, is called Heaven and Earth. On his Instagram and Twitter he wrote a long caption explaining the significance of the title:

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There is no release date yet. But maybe Kamasi will play a couple of cuts at Caochella next weekend.