Malcolm’s Themeby Kamasi Washington

Honoring Malcolm X on his birthday! “The common goal of 22 million Afro-Americans is respect as human beings, the God-given right to be a human being. Our common goal is to obtain the human rights that America has been denying us. We can never get civil rights in America until our human rights are first restored. We will never be recognized as citizens there until we are first recognized as humans.” — “Racism: the Cancer that is Destroying America,” in Egyptian Gazette (Aug. 25 1964). Honoring Malcolm X - Kamasi Washington on his epic project 'The Epic', which Pitchfork described as: "a generational intervention—an educational tool that widens the definition of styles that fall under 'jazz classicism.'" The lyrics here are from Ossie Davis' eulogy for Malcolm X. and from Malcolm X's "The Last Message." -- Here is Davis' 1965 eulogy: www.malcolmx.com Check out an epic 2016 in-studio from Kamasi Washington: youtu.be kamasiwashington.bandcamp.com www.kamasiwashington.com

Honoring Malcolm X on his birthday! “The common goal of 22 million Afro-Americans is respect as human beings, the God-given right to be a human being. Our common goal is to obtain the human rights that America has been denying us. We can never get civil rights in America until our human rights are first restored. We will never be recognized as citizens there until we are first recognized as humans.” — “Racism: the Cancer that is Destroying America,” in Egyptian Gazette (Aug. 25 1964). Honoring Malcolm X - Kamasi Washington on his epic project 'The Epic', which Pitchfork described as: "a generational intervention—an educational tool that widens the definition of styles that fall under 'jazz classicism.'" The lyrics here are from Ossie Davis' eulogy for Malcolm X. and from Malcolm X's "The Last Message." -- Here is Davis' 1965 eulogy: www.malcolmx.com Check out an epic 2016 in-studio from Kamasi Washington: youtu.be kamasiwashington.bandcamp.com www.kamasiwashington.com

The lyrics here are from Ossie Davis' eulogy for Malcolm X. and from Malcolm X's "The Last Message." -- Here is Davis' 1965 eulogy: www.malcolmx.com

“The common goal of 22 million Afro-Americans is respect as human beings, the God-given right to be a human being. Our common goal is to obtain the human rights that America has been denying us. We can never get civil rights in America until our human rights are first restored. We will never be recognized as citizens there until we are first recognized as humans.” — “Racism: the Cancer that is Destroying America,” in Egyptian Gazette (Aug. 25 1964). Honoring Malcolm X - Kamasi Washington on his epic project 'The Epic', which Pitchfork described as: "a generational intervention—an educational tool that widens the definition of styles that fall under 'jazz classicism.'" Check out an epic 2016 in-studio from Kamasi Washington: youtu.be kamasiwashington.bandcamp.com