{"id":160623,"date":"2026-06-29T17:53:25","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T21:53:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/panm360.com\/?post_type=gig_review&#038;p=160623"},"modified":"2026-06-29T18:36:02","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T22:36:02","slug":"fijm-2026-i-kamasi-washington-brings-us-to-space","status":"publish","type":"gig_review","link":"https:\/\/panm360.com\/en\/gig_review\/fijm-2026-i-kamasi-washington-brings-us-to-space\/","title":{"rendered":"FIJM 2026 I Kamasi Washington Brings Us to Space"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">After an absolutely stellar performance from St. Vincent with the Montreal Symphony in the Salle-Wilfrid Pelletier, I raced outside to witness my first-ever Kamasi Washington performance at the Sc\u00e8ne TD. It was kind of a big moment for me as I&#8217;ve missed Kamasi Washington every time he has played Jazzfest and his solo Montreal shows for the last five years, and I listen to his cosmic jazz epics while writing quite frequently. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The 45-year-old jazz saxophone god was dripping in style, wearing a black kimono, and clutching his tenor saxophone like a child in awe while watching singer Patrice Quinn absolutely belt out some vocals about space and the universe. She was finishing up the 12-minute song, which really stretched into 15, &#8220;Askim,&#8221; from the 2015 album <em>The Epic<\/em>. Washington led the song to a close with a spirited saxophone squeal, which seemed to stretch out for minutes. The lungs on this man are insane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Next was &#8220;The Pslamnist,&#8221; from my personal favourite album, <em>Heaven and Earth<\/em>, which featured live solos on trumpet by Ryan Porter, thundering Double bass from Miles Mosley, and rapid drum work by Ronald Bruner Jr. (brother of Stephen Bruner aka Thundercat). Washington&#8217;s saxophone mastery is a marvel in itself to witness, but his not-so-secret weapon is his band. Every player could easily lead their own band. Take Cameron Graves&#8217; beat-to-beat keyboard opening with Bruner. You could joke that this is just as good as Domi and JD Beck, honestly. &#8220;Any anime fans out there?&#8221; Washington asks the crowd of 10s of thousands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/panm360.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/fijm2026\u00a9victordiazlamich-936762.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-160633\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The track is &#8220;Lazarus,&#8221; a song that Washington hoped would be the opening to the newer anime by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?sca_esv=4f07fa085205f4a4&amp;biw=1470&amp;bih=713&amp;sxsrf=APpeQnuWNOE3vRQ5plFll1OIfCGv1w-B_g:1782768891545&amp;q=Shinichir%C5%8D+Watanabe&amp;si=APenkKlisoOXLiCMwraINHtdqOQii4CK9kOlkQc8Apn-pS60yXBZVQTcW-5XK36zKa2IJ7LymJvqVd6gsyYNA2jQnsTFvXayfGHPxpRyEOILEZZ2AoRGKF74C5wg4aVAkYQO9ztOz5OasOQtAaitfAFGEAL9iojf2b2rilJ30W0Z9OlTGD49XJiAB8BArztdQraQ1wiNqg1DnsezSjt6zKdjJfUEQXdk6w%3D%3D&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwiS0vzTs62VAxWa3PACHU0LLXAQmxN6BAgaEAI\">Shinichir\u014d Watanabe<\/a><em>, Lazarus<\/em>. Instead, Watanabe chose &#8220;Vortex,&#8221; but we are feeling the monolithic &#8220;Lazarus.&#8221; The backing vocals, led by Quinn, are this track&#8217;s true formula for success. Washington&#8217;s otherworldly saxophone is also, again, unreal. Mosely also unleashed a fierce bass solo on his double bass, his fingers moving like frenzied airplanes as he switched on a phaser pedal. I&#8217;ve never seen a double bass solo actually rival one of the electric bass. Mosley is another god of his craft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">After a wonderful and extended cover of &#8220;Prologue&#8221; by the Argentinian Tango composer, Astor Piazzolla, Kamasi said he will be back in Montreal soon. This was Washington&#8217;s third Jazz Fest performance, so I have no doubt we will see him again. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Photos by Victor Diaz Lamich<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After an absolutely stellar performance from St. Vincent with the Montreal Symphony in the Salle-Wilfrid Pelletier, I raced outside to witness my first-ever Kamasi Washington performance at the Sc\u00e8ne TD. It was kind of a big moment for me as I&#8217;ve missed Kamasi Washington every time he has played Jazzfest and his solo Montreal shows [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1197,"featured_media":160631,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"categories":[8152],"tags":[],"genre":[6693,4162],"salle":[],"ville":[7246],"class_list":["post-160623","gig_review","type-gig_review","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-critiques-de-concerts-en","genre-cosmic-jazz-2","genre-jazz-en-2","ville-montreal-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>FIJM 2026 I Kamasi Washington Brings Us to Space - PAN M 360<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/panm360.com\/en\/gig_review\/fijm-2026-i-kamasi-washington-brings-us-to-space\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"FIJM 2026 I Kamasi Washington Brings Us to Space - PAN M 360\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"After an absolutely stellar performance from St. Vincent with the Montreal Symphony in the Salle-Wilfrid Pelletier, I raced outside to witness my first-ever Kamasi Washington performance at the Sc\u00e8ne TD. It was kind of a big moment for me as I&#8217;ve missed Kamasi Washington every time he has played Jazzfest and his solo Montreal shows [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/panm360.com\/en\/gig_review\/fijm-2026-i-kamasi-washington-brings-us-to-space\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"PAN M 360\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/panm360\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-06-29T22:36:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/panm360.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/fijm2026\u00a9victordiazlamich-6701-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@PANM360\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/panm360.com\\\/en\\\/gig_review\\\/fijm-2026-i-kamasi-washington-brings-us-to-space\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/panm360.com\\\/en\\\/gig_review\\\/fijm-2026-i-kamasi-washington-brings-us-to-space\\\/\",\"name\":\"FIJM 2026 I Kamasi Washington Brings Us to Space - PAN M 360\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/panm360.com\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/panm360.com\\\/en\\\/gig_review\\\/fijm-2026-i-kamasi-washington-brings-us-to-space\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/panm360.com\\\/en\\\/gig_review\\\/fijm-2026-i-kamasi-washington-brings-us-to-space\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/panm360.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/fijm2026\u00a9victordiazlamich-6701-scaled.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-06-29T21:53:25+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-06-29T22:36:02+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/panm360.com\\\/en\\\/gig_review\\\/fijm-2026-i-kamasi-washington-brings-us-to-space\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/panm360.com\\\/en\\\/gig_review\\\/fijm-2026-i-kamasi-washington-brings-us-to-space\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/panm360.com\\\/en\\\/gig_review\\\/fijm-2026-i-kamasi-washington-brings-us-to-space\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/panm360.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/fijm2026\u00a9victordiazlamich-6701-scaled.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/panm360.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/fijm2026\u00a9victordiazlamich-6701-scaled.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":800},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/panm360.com\\\/en\\\/gig_review\\\/fijm-2026-i-kamasi-washington-brings-us-to-space\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Accueil\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/panm360.com\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Concert review\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/panm360.com\\\/en\\\/gig_review\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"FIJM 2026 I Kamasi Washington Brings Us to Space\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/panm360.com\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/panm360.com\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"PAN M 360\",\"description\":\"Le m\u00e9dia num\u00e9rique de la musique !\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/panm360.com\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/panm360.com\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/panm360.com\\\/en\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"PAN M 360\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/panm360.com\\\/en\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/panm360.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/panm360.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/12\\\/PAN-M360_Logo_RGB.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/panm360.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/12\\\/PAN-M360_Logo_RGB.jpg\",\"width\":1663,\"height\":631,\"caption\":\"PAN M 360\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/panm360.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/panm360\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/PANM360\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/panm360\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/company\\\/panm360\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/channel\\\/UCHEFHd3UhIrV6EJ3ltzVKOA?view_as=subscriber\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"FIJM 2026 I Kamasi Washington Brings Us to Space - PAN M 360","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/panm360.com\/en\/gig_review\/fijm-2026-i-kamasi-washington-brings-us-to-space\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"FIJM 2026 I Kamasi Washington Brings Us to Space - PAN M 360","og_description":"After an absolutely stellar performance from St. Vincent with the Montreal Symphony in the Salle-Wilfrid Pelletier, I raced outside to witness my first-ever Kamasi Washington performance at the Sc\u00e8ne TD. It was kind of a big moment for me as I&#8217;ve missed Kamasi Washington every time he has played Jazzfest and his solo Montreal shows [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/panm360.com\/en\/gig_review\/fijm-2026-i-kamasi-washington-brings-us-to-space\/","og_site_name":"PAN M 360","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/panm360\/","article_modified_time":"2026-06-29T22:36:02+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":800,"url":"https:\/\/panm360.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/fijm2026\u00a9victordiazlamich-6701-scaled.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@PANM360","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/panm360.com\/en\/gig_review\/fijm-2026-i-kamasi-washington-brings-us-to-space\/","url":"https:\/\/panm360.com\/en\/gig_review\/fijm-2026-i-kamasi-washington-brings-us-to-space\/","name":"FIJM 2026 I Kamasi Washington Brings Us to Space - PAN M 360","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/panm360.com\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/panm360.com\/en\/gig_review\/fijm-2026-i-kamasi-washington-brings-us-to-space\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/panm360.com\/en\/gig_review\/fijm-2026-i-kamasi-washington-brings-us-to-space\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/panm360.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/fijm2026\u00a9victordiazlamich-6701-scaled.jpg","datePublished":"2026-06-29T21:53:25+00:00","dateModified":"2026-06-29T22:36:02+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/panm360.com\/en\/gig_review\/fijm-2026-i-kamasi-washington-brings-us-to-space\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/panm360.com\/en\/gig_review\/fijm-2026-i-kamasi-washington-brings-us-to-space\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/panm360.com\/en\/gig_review\/fijm-2026-i-kamasi-washington-brings-us-to-space\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/panm360.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/fijm2026\u00a9victordiazlamich-6701-scaled.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/panm360.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/fijm2026\u00a9victordiazlamich-6701-scaled.jpg","width":1200,"height":800},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/panm360.com\/en\/gig_review\/fijm-2026-i-kamasi-washington-brings-us-to-space\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Accueil","item":"https:\/\/panm360.com\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Concert review","item":"https:\/\/panm360.com\/en\/gig_review\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"FIJM 2026 I Kamasi Washington Brings Us to Space"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/panm360.com\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/panm360.com\/en\/","name":"PAN M 360","description":"Le m\u00e9dia num\u00e9rique de la musique !","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/panm360.com\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/panm360.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/panm360.com\/en\/#organization","name":"PAN M 360","url":"https:\/\/panm360.com\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/panm360.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/panm360.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/PAN-M360_Logo_RGB.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/panm360.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/PAN-M360_Logo_RGB.jpg","width":1663,"height":631,"caption":"PAN M 360"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/panm360.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/panm360\/","https:\/\/x.com\/PANM360","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/panm360\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/panm360\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCHEFHd3UhIrV6EJ3ltzVKOA?view_as=subscriber"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/panm360.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gig_review\/160623","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/panm360.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gig_review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/panm360.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/gig_review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/panm360.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1197"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/panm360.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/160631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/panm360.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=160623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/panm360.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=160623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/panm360.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=160623"},{"taxonomy":"genre","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/panm360.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/genre?post=160623"},{"taxonomy":"salle","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/panm360.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/salle?post=160623"},{"taxonomy":"ville","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/panm360.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ville?post=160623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}