Harmony of Difference
by Kamasi Washington
- Type: EP
- Released: September聽29,聽2017
- Label: Young, Young Turks
- Country: United States
- Length: 31:54
- Community rating: 4.21/5 from 8 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Conceived as a six-movement suite, 'Harmony of Difference' is a conceptual work exploring the musical principle of counterpoint. The EP presents five distinct compositions that introduce individual melodic themes, ranging from post-bop and soul-jazz to funk. These separate ideas are then synthesized and layered in the expansive final track, "Truth," a grandly arranged piece that combines the preceding motifs into a cohesive whole, driven by a powerful dual-drummer rhythm section and featuring lush textures from horns, strings, and a choir.
Genres
Descriptors: spirituality, orchestral, suite, choral, ambitious
Tracklist
Credits
- Kamasi Washington - tenor saxophone, band leader, producer, conductor, music by
- Miles Mosley - double bass, acoustic bass
- Ronald Bruner, Jr. - drums and percussion
- Terrace Martin - alto saxophone
- Thundercat - electric bass
- Tony Austin - drums and percussion
- Brandon Coleman - keyboards
- Cameron Graves - piano
- Ryan Porter - trombone
- Igmar Thomas - trumpet
- Dontae Winslow - trumpet
- Artyom Manukyan - cello
- Peter Jacobson - cello
- Rickey Washington - flute
- Matt Haze - guitar
- Nick Mancini - vibraphone
- Andrea Whitt - viola
- Molly Rogers - viola
- Chris Woods - violin
- Jen Simone - violin
- Paul Cartwright - violin
- Tylena Renga - violin
- Doctor Dawn Norfleet - choir
- Dexter Story - choir
- Amani Washington - artwork
- Mike Park (5) - artwork [ep artwork]
- 鏌虫▊鍏夐殕* - liner notes
- Kevin "Daddy Kev" Moo* - mastered by [mastering engineer]
- Bryan Dimaio - mixed by [assistant mixing engineer]
- Russell Elevado - mixed by [mixing engineer]
- Benjamin Adamson (2) - recorded by [additional recording engineer]
- Christopher Cerullo - recorded by [assistant recording engineer]
- Michael Harris (10) - recorded by [recording engineer]