Kamasi Washington tickets

Saxophonist, bandleader, and composer Kamasi Washington returns for his first SFJAZZ appearance in nearly a decade to bring his latest movement-inspired 2024 release Fearless Movement to his performance at the Golden Gate Theatre.

Washington’s work on hip-hop megastar Kendrick Lamar’s GRAMMY-winning landmark To Pimp a Butterfly exposed a generation to his nascent genius, and his epochal 2015 debut The Epic made a sprawling statement of purpose that catapulted his profile to that of the biggest crossover jazz artist on the scene, earning Album of the Year in the DownBeat Critics Poll and selling out concert halls over the world.

Washington earned a GRAMMY nomination for his 2020 soundtrack to the Michelle Obama documentary Becoming, and his newest album, Fearless Movement, is a small group session inspired by his recent fatherhood.