Heaven and Earth

Chris DaveChris Daveクリス・デイヴ appears on 16 albums — Black RadioBlack RadioRobert Glasper Experiment · 2012, Heaven and EarthHeaven and EarthKamasi Washington · 2018, Black MessiahBlack MessiahD'Angelo and The Vanguard · 2014. The drummer called to every genre-crossing session.

In 2015, Kamasi Washington emerged as a new voice in jazz with his triple album The Epic — but that same year he was also arranging strings on To Pimp a Butterfly, a landmark hip-hop record. He'd already left a mark outside jazz before the jazz world took notice.