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Kamasi Washington is a jazz musician, saxophonist and record producer, born on February 18, 1981 in Los Angeles, California, United States. As of 2026, Kamasi Washington is 45 years old. Recorded honors include Libera Award for Record of the Year.
My Take
Kamasi Washington is, to my ears, one of the people who cracked modern jazz open for a new generation. As a founding member of the West Coast Get Down collective out of Los Angeles, he made the genre feel expansive and urgent rather than museum-bound. His sound has a cinematic, almost cosmic scale that pulls in listeners raised on hip-hop and classical alike. What I admire most is his refusal to compromise that vision, building sprawling, ambitious records on his own terms. He is an artist I will keep following closely, because he treats the saxophone like a landscape.
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Kamasi Washington
- Name (Japanese)
- カマシ・ワシントン
- Reading
- かまし・わしんとん
- Born
- February 18, 1981 (age 45)
- Origin
- Los Angeles, California, United States
- Occupation
- jazz musician / saxophonist / record producer / composer / musician
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aquarius / Rooster
2. Background
Awards & achievements
- Libera Award for Record of the Year
3. Links
- Official sitehttps://www.kamasiwashington.com/
- Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/kamasiwashington/
- Xhttps://x.com/KamasiW
- Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamasi%20Washington
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AB%E3%83%9E%E3%82%B7%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AF%E3%82%B7%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88%E3%83%B3
- Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16221677
4. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.
Frequently asked questions
When was Kamasi Washington born?
Kamasi Washington was born on February 18, 1981 and is 45 years old.
Where is Kamasi Washington from?
Kamasi Washington is from Los Angeles, California, United States.
What does Kamasi Washington do?
Kamasi Washington works as jazz musician, saxophonist, record producer, composer, musician.
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