• Dexter Story ft. Kamasi Washington – Wejene Aola (feat Kamasi Washington)
    • Dexter Story ft. Kamasi Washington – Eastern Prayer (feat Nia Andrews
    • 1. Wejene Aola (feat Kamasi Washington)
    • 2. Eastern Prayer (feat Nia Andrews

    Los Angeles-based Dexter Story hooks up with long time friend and compatriot of music, the saxophonist, jazz composer, producer and band-leader Kamasi Washington. A fierce, rumbling electro Ethio-Funk groove provides the platform for an intense and powerful interplay between Washington on tenor sax and Todd Simon on trumpet. Recommended! 

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