Only a visionary like jazz virtuoso Kamasi Washington could classify a 16-track, 145-minute double-LP as scaled-back. But Heaven and Earth, the sax god’s second solo endeavor, is just as cosmically adventurous as 2015’s The Epic, the freewheeling triple-platter that cemented his status as the hip figurehead of a newly flowering jazz renaissance. Here, Washington reconvenes with members of the eclectic West Coast Get Down—including bassist Thundercat and drummer Ronald Bruner Jr., both of whom lent an organic thrust to Kendrick Lamar’s genre-shattering 2015 rap masterpiece, To Pimp a Butterfly. But the saxophonist composes in a space beyond conventional “band.” Many of these lushly arranged pieces build to massive crescendos of choir and orchestra, anchored by a doubled rhythm section reminiscent of Miles Davis’ classic fusion period via Bitches Brew. On occasion, the auditory overload is almost too much of a good thing: “Can You Hear Him” builds from a sauntering Latin groove into mind-rattling chaos, with percussion clanging wildly out of time. And, of course, even the most adventurous jazz fans will have trouble sitting through the entire two and a half hours without a fullblown intermission—it’s like watching the director’s cut of a Terrence Malick movie without a pee break or therapy session. But from the dreamy fusion of “Tiffakonkae” to the symphonic space-jazz of “Vi Lua Vi Sol” (complete with vintage, Herbie Hancock-level vocoder) to the rapfunk vibes of “Street Fighter Mas,” the level of composition is unrivaled in modern jazz—or elsewhere.