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Off-Ramp

Song of the week: "Change of the Guard" by Kamasi Washington

Kamasi Washington
Kamasi Washington
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Mike Park
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About the Show

Over 11 years and 570 episodes, John Rabe and Team Off-Ramp scoured SoCal for the people, places, and ideas whose stories needed to be told, and the show became a love-letter to Los Angeles. Now, John is sharing selections from the Off-Ramp vault to help you explore this imperfect paradise.

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Corporation for Public Broadcasting

Kamasi Washington is a jazz saxophonist and a Los Angeles native. If you've listened to the latest Kendrick Lamar or Flying Lotus release, you've heard his skills put to tape. He's become a respected solo musician in his own right.

This past May, Washington released a nearly three hour long solo album called — what else? — "The Epic."

"Change of the Guard" is the first song of that record, and it's this week's Off-Ramp song of the week:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtQRBzSN9Vw