Name: The Return
Brand: Kamaal Williams

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CD-BFR-001

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Limited edition

Release date

2018-05-25

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Supplier US

Redeye

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Sales:8.875

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5060384613420

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Kamaal Williams

Genre US

Jazz

Label US

Black Focus Records

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Kamaal Williams is a British jazz keyboard player based in London, UK. He is known for his innovative and unique approach to music, blending elements of jazz, funk, and electronic music. With his distinct sound and captivating performances, Kamaal has gained a loyal following around the world.
In addition to his solo work, Kamaal also founded his own record label where he showcases talented artists and releases their music. His label has become a platform for emerging musicians to share their art with the world.
With his passion for pushing boundaries and creating genre-defying music, Kamaal Williams continues to captivate audiences with his mesmerizing compositions and energetic live shows.

Kamaal Williams' The Return. Available here on LP and CD.

The Return is a natural evolution from the Yussef Kamaal project, mining the influence of visionary jazz but blended with all kinds of texture, sounds and signals from the over-saturated London streets. At times the keyboard work evokes the classic 70s fusion work of Lonnie Liston Smith or Roy Ayers, but underpinned by rhythms more reminiscent of blunted hip-hop and arrangements subliminally laced with the cut-ups of pirate radio. Progressive, funky, cosmic, exploratory and effortlessly musical, this is the sound of a musician honing their craft into thrilling new shapes. In the US the like of Kamasi Washington and Thundercat have made great strides in opening a whole new dialogue between jazz and hip-hop, drawing in a young, highly engaged new audience in the process. Kamaal Williams mine a similar seam on the other side of the Atlantic alongside other exciting London talents such as Ezra Collective, Ruby Rushton and Shabaka Hutchings. The Return is exactly that: a return and refinement to the sound Yussef Kamaal were progenitors of, and first set the scene for one of the most exciting musical movements London has had in years. Notable tracks for old and new listeners are Slow', 'Situations', 'Medina', 'London Shuffle' which features Mansur Brown (of Mansur's Message) and for those die hard Yussef Kamaal fans - they should hear the interpolated roots of 'Strings of Light' in the title track 'The Return. And that signature Wu Funk can be heard on Broken Theme, and High Roller.

The Return

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