Album: Black Focus by Yussef Kamaal (2016)
Genre: Jazz
Format: Album

Artist Background: The borders between London's musical tribes have always been porous. For Yussef Kamaal, the sound of the capital - with its hum of jungle, grime and broken beat - has shaped a self-taught, UK-tipped approach to playing jazz. In the states, the genre's long-running to-and-fro with hip hop - from Robert Glasper to Kamasi Washington - has reimagined it within US culture. On Black Focus, Yussef Kamaal frame jazz inside the bass-saturated, pirate radio broadcasts of London. Taking inspiration from... Emerged in the classic era. Associated with Jazz movement.

Related Artists: Kamaal Williams, Alfa Mist, Yussef Dayes, Moses Boyd

Music Scene: Emerged in the classic era. Associated with Jazz movement.

Tags: Jazz, 2010s, Album


Black Focus

Yussef Kamaal

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