Kamaal Kamasi

This diarist was gutted that he couldn't attend the Kamasi Washington gig at Royal Opera House earlier this week. And we were even more crestfallen when sources told us that it was the best gig this year in the city so far. The modern jazz saxophonist hit the ball out of the park. He started off slow, warming the audience up. But then the compositions took such twists and turns that people felt like they were Alice walking into a musical Wonderland. What's more? Washington called a special guest up on stage two songs in — his father, Rickey, who plays wind instruments like the flute and clarinet too.