Eight Gig: Kamasi Washington

You don't often see much interest in the release of a jazz record outside the jazz community, but Kamasi Washington has earned buzz since his incredible saxophone and arrangement work on Kendrick Lamar's To Pimp a Butterfly. Washington released his massive three-disc debut solo record, The Epic, not on a jazz label, but on Flying Lotus' experimental Brainfeeder imprint. These moves have given Washington a lot of attention from a non-jazz crowd—and yet The Epic is thoroughly jazz, bouncing between '70s jazz fusion and John Coltrane-era bebop. It pays homage to the jazz of yesteryear without getting stuck in it. 2708 J Street, http://www.kamasiwashington.com.