West Coast Get Down

West Coast Get Down
West Coast Get Down
	From left: Miles Mosley, Terrace Martin, Ronald Bruner Jr., Kamasi Washington, and Ryan Porter, performing at BRIC JazzFest in Brooklyn in 2015
Background information
Origin	Los Angeles, California
Genres	Jazz; hip hop; funk;
Years active	2009–present
Members	Miles Mosley; Kamasi Washington; Terrace Martin; Ryan Porter; Stephen "Thundercat" Bruner; Ronald Bruner Jr.; Tony Austin; Cameron Graves; Brandon Coleman; Patrice Quinn;

The West Coast Get Down is an American jazz collective formed in Los Angeles in 2006. Its members include saxophonist Kamasi Washington, bassists Miles Mosley and Stephen "Thundercat" Bruner, drummers Ronald Bruner Jr. and Tony Austin, pianists Cameron Graves and Brandon Coleman, trombonist Ryan Porter, and multi-instrumentalist Terrace Martin. Most of the members of the group gained prominence for their contributions to Kendrick Lamar's critically acclaimed album To Pimp a Butterfly (2015).^[2]

Described as the "Wu-Tang Clan of jazz,"^[3] the collective has been hailed for "revitalizing jazz for younger audiences."^[1]^[4]^[5]

^ ^a ^b Valente, Sarah (August 31, 2022). "Vail Jazz Workshop alumnus Ryan Porter: 'The music chose me'". VailDaily. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
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^ Kinos-Goodin, Jesse (May 17, 2017). "Everything you need to know about the West Coast Get Down". CBC Radio. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
^ Newcomb, Ming Lee (August 17, 2017). "PREMIERE: Jazz Bassist Miles Mosley Shares New Music Video For "Shadow Of Doubt"". Live for Live Music. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
^ Waring, Charles (April 8, 2019). "Bassist Miles Mosley On Jazz's "Nutrient-Dense" Past, Present And Future". uDiscover Music. Retrieved January 10, 2023.