Yussef Kamaal
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Topic: Yussef Kamaal
Posted By: Sean Trane
Subject: Yussef Kamaal
Date Posted: 29 Apr 2017 at 8:20am
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Though there is a DJ dimension to one of the two artistes (Yessef and Kammal are two different names, the latter also known as Henry Wu), this album is anything but DJ/Electronica jazz http://www.jazzmusicarchives.com/artist/yussef-kamaal From your own bio: The band's sound represents a collision of '70s jazz-funk with 21st century London bass, beat, and hip-hop. This is OK, but the album is closer to Shabaka (Hutchings) & The Ancestors , and only a tiny part of the album sounds drumm&bass up to you to see whether this needs a correction in the genre dept. ------------- my music collection increased tenfolds when I switched from drug-addicted musicians to crazy ones.... 
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Posted By: js
Date Posted: 29 Apr 2017 at 9:23am
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Its a modern groove oriented jazz record with most of the beats coming from hip-hop and drumnbass, and there is definitely way more than a "tiny part" with drumnbass beats. There is also a fair amount of looped parts, or musicians imitating loops. The only place for records like that on here is Nu Jazz or Electronica Jazz. We moved the record to Nu Jazz because of the high amount of live playing and soloing. The line between more active Nu Jazz records like this one, and modern fusion is a thin line sometimes, with the major difference being the types of rhythms being used. I would imagine that in a live situation, the musicians assembled on here would probably cut loose more and come across more like a fusion band.
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Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: 29 Apr 2017 at 4:47pm
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For having seen them live three weeks ago , this is almost the carbon copy of what we saw and what's on the album (Shabaka was up next) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WebmkZR0mDA your decision anyways ------------- my music collection increased tenfolds when I switched from drug-addicted musicians to crazy ones....
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Posted By: js
Date Posted: 29 Apr 2017 at 5:53pm
| "Nu Jazz" like this is just a modern form of fusion really, the emphasis is on the musicians and the solos, not just cool sounds as in more low key nu jazz. This music is fairly 'hot'. |