Kamasi Washington - Harmony of Difference [Digipak] * - CD

Personnel: Kamasi Washington (tenor saxophone); Dontae Winslow (trumpet); Ryan Porter (trombone); Cameron Graves (piano); Brandon Coleman (keyboards); Miles Mosley (upright bass); Tony Austin (drums, percussion); Ronald Bruner, Jr. (drums).Recording information: Electro-Vox Recording Studios.It's tempting to hear Kamasi Washington's six-track Harmony of Difference suite as a follow-up to his sprawling, justifiably acclaimed three-hour debut The Epic. But this EP, at just over half-an-hour, is, in many ways, a standalone work. It was performed in New York at The Whitney Biennial as part of a show that included a film by director A.G. Rojas and paintings by Washington's sister Amani. According to the artist, it was composed to explore "the philosophical possibilities of the musical technique known as 'counterpoint.'" Washington defines it as "the art of balancing similarity and difference to create harmony between separate melodies." That description is, at least in this setting, akin to