Light of the World

Jazz · 2008 · 7 tracks · 1h 5m

Light of the World

Kamasi Washington

Seventy minutes of raw, independent spiritual jazz. A deeply personal, gospel-infused precursor to his later cinematic masterpieces.

Gospel-jazz roots

Thick organ chords and a bruising tenor sax collide in a basement-warm room. Long before the giant orchestras, this is the sound of a young giant finding his faith through raw, sweaty prayer.

Light of the World · vs · Kamasi Washington

Gentle+1.6σ

The vocals lean notably further into gentle than the rest of the catalogue.

Tracklist · 7 Tracks · 1h 5m

01

Going Up Yonder

12:57

02

The Way, the Truth, and the Light

3:48

03

Give Thanks

13:29

04

The Lord’s Prayer

4:27

05

Amazing Grace

9:03

06

Listen Closely

13:51

07

When I Think About Jesus

7:45

Moments Worth Waiting For

01Going Up YonderThe opening track 'Going Up Yonder' transforms the traditional gospel hymn into a soaring, modal jazz vehicle driven by an intense, searching horn solo.

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