Kamasi Washington performs at the Warfield in San Francisco on June 7, 2024. Aaron Lee/STAFF. SAN FRANCISCO — “What up, Frisco?” saxophonist Kamasi Washington asked the crowd before delivering a marathon set with his eight-member band Friday night at the Warfield. Stretching the nine songs, all of which were…

Kamasi Washington performs at August Hall in San Francisco on Dec. 18, 2021. Sean Liming/STAFF. SAN FRANCISCO —Whale sounds are almost always the sign of a really good jazz show. When the horns take on an otherworldly, aquatic twang in the chaotic roar of the musical maelstrom, when the…