Black Classical Music (feat Venna & Charlie Stacey)
Raisins Under The Sun (feat Shabaka Hutchings)
The Light (feat Bahia Dayes)
Pon Di Plaza (feat Chronixx)
Magnolia Symphony (feat Early Dayes)
Marching Band (feat Masego)
Crystal Palace Park (feat Elijah Fox)
Presidential (feat Jahaan Sweet)
Woman's Touch (feat Jamilah Barry)
Tioga Pass (feat Rocco Palladino)
Cowrie Charms (feat Leon Thomas & Barbara Hicks)
Review: Contemporary British jazz drummer-master Yussef Dayes returns with Black Classical Music, a monumental 18-track LP that not only contains collaborations with Rocco Palladino, Charlie Stacey, Alfa Mist, and Mansur Brown, but flaunt his compositional chops after the immediate fact of the studio, with the likes of 'Rust' and 'Early Dayes' laying down a heartfelt and clean foray into the nu-est expression of British jazz yet. Predominantly made in collaboration with Black artists, it's an album that aims to chart the history of an entire art form a fresh perspective, evidently tracing the line of his own personal past-present at the same time.
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