YUSSEF KAMAAL - Black Focus - Vinyl (LP)
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Cat: BWOOD 0157LP. Rel: 7 Nov 16
Jazz
Side 1 - Track 1. Black FocusSide 1 - Track 2. Strings Of LightSide 1 - Track 3. RemembranceSide 2 - Track 1. Yo ChavezSide 2 - Track 2. AylaSide 2 - Track 3. OGSide 2 - Track 4. LowriderSide 2 - Track 5. Mansur's MessageSide 2 - Track 6. Wing Tai DrumsSide 2 - Track 7. Joint 17
Brownswood Recordings has high hopes for this debut album from the previously unheralded Yussef Kamaal, which brings together hyped producer Kamaal Williams (AKA Henry Wu) and fast-rising Afrobeat drummer Yussef Dayes. With such talent to draw on, you'd expect Black Focus to be rather good. Happily, it is, with the duo delivering a typically London-centric take on jazz funk. That means that they take as much inspiration from the work of Kaidi Tatham as, say, Herbie Hancock. The key to the album's success - and, yes, it is generally as special as Gilles Peterson suggests - is the fluid combination of Dayes' brilliant drumming and Williams' superb synth solos and effortlessly groovy Rhodes playing.
