Throttle Elevator Music
Throttle Elevator Music, occasionally billed as Throttle Elevator Music feat. Kamasi Washington, was a San Francisco Bay Area jazz ensemble active from 2011 to 2021. The group is influenced by punk, funk, hip-hop, and ska, while its performers were primarily composed of classically trained jazz instrumentalists.
The group released seven albums, all under the Wide Hive label. Compositions were original — composed by bassist Matt Montgomery, drummer Mike "Lumpy" Hughes, and guitarist/Wide Hive-founder Gregory Howe — with the performances headlined by saxophonist Kamasi Washington, who remained with the group after rising to widespread fame for his collaborations with superstar rapper Kendrick Lamar following the release of 2015's To Pimp A Butterfly.
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