Yussef Dayes

Biography

South London drummer Yussef Dayes grew up in a musical family, studied with *Billy Cobham* as a child, and first recorded with family band United Vibrations. As half of Yussef Kamaal with *Kamaal Williams* he made 'Black Focus', a defining record of the 2010s London jazz revival. After the top five collaboration 'What Kinda Music' with *Tom Misch* on #Blue Note Records#, his expansive solo debut 'Black Classical Music' arrived in 2023, blending jazz, funk, reggae and grime influences into a personal rhythmic language.