Yussef Dayes (UK)
July 9, 22:00 at Loppen
Tickets available from Friday 12/4, 10:00 A.M.
Loppen and Copenhagen Jazz Festival partner up for a new concert series of beat-driven fusion of modern jazz, soul, hiphop, dub and diy subgenres with visionary musicians and producers.
In perfect alignment of the open-minded spirit of these two Copenhagen live music institutions, you are invited to a series of late night concerts at Christiania’s central music venue Loppen during Copenhagen Jazz Festival 2019, July 5-14, featuring breakthrough artists from independent labels such as Brownswood, Stones Throw Records and their own label collectives.
July 8, 22:00: Joe Armon-Jones (UK)
July 9, 22:00: Yussef Dayes (UK)
July 10, 22:00: Sudan Archives (US)
+ more
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Yussef Dayes er en af den fremadstormende London-scenes mest ekspressive og innovative trommeslagere og producere. Han er bedst kendt som den ene halvdel af Yussef Dayes og fra kollektivet United Vibrations, og med et album på vej i 2019 bliver han fremhævet som en nøgleperson i den nye britiske bølge af spirituel jazz, afrobeat og hiphop.
Dayes er født og vokset op i en musikalske familie i den sydøstlige del af London. Hans far var bassist i 70’erne og hentede en masse jazzvinyler med hjem fra New York, som dannede en musikalsk base for Yussef og hans brødre Kareem og Ahmad, der senere udgjorde gruppen United Vibrations. Senere studerede Yussef Dayes bl.a. hos trommeikonet Billy Cobham.
På debutalbummet fra Yussef Kamaal “Black Focus” blandede Yussef Dayes og Kamaal Williams jazzinspirationerne med breakbeats og dansabel instrumentalhiphop til store anmelderroser. I 2018 udsendte Dayes den monumentale single “Love Is The Message”, som er indspillet i et rasende one take i Abbey Road-studierne, hvor den spirituelle jazz mødes med UK-scenens elektroniske subgenrer.
Den hyperaktive trommeslager/producer har et album er på vej i 2019, og det vil højest sandsynligt danne udgangspunkt for denne britiske komet og hans band, når de gæster Loppen og Copenhagen Jazz Festivals nye, progressive koncertserie tirsdag den 9. juli.
Copenhagen Jazz Festival 2019 finder sted på 120 venues den 5.-14. juli. Læs mere på www.jazz.dk
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One of the UK’s most exciting and innovative young drummers and producers, Yussef Dayes has been deeply involved in jazz as long as he can remember. Best known for work with his brothers in United Vibrations, and also as one half of electrifying duo Yussef Kamaal, he’s been developing his sound since age four when his dad bought him his first drum kit.
Born and raised in South East London, as a kid Yussef was practicing non-stop: “My parents were strict – if I was gonna do this, I had to take it seriously.” His father was a bass player in New York in the 70s, and brought home an education’s worth of jazz vinyl that the Dayes brothers all grew-up on – Yussef and his bassist brother Kareem would play along to their dad’s records for hours at a time. This was the closest he got to formal jazz lessons until, when he was ten, he studied under Billy Cobham (Miles Davies’ drummer). Yussef considers this to have been the most impactful thing for his progression.
Following 2018’s ‘Love Is The Message’ – Yussef’s transcendental first solo track, self-released on Cashmere Thoughts – 2019 is set to be his busiest and biggest year yet. With a solo album in the pipeline, Yussef says working solo allows him to be free: uncompromising in choices of sounds and collaborators. He’s running with that freedom, working on multiple projects as a producer and player with some of the key names in the UK jazz scene and beyond.
Copenhagen Jazz Festival 2019 takes place at 120 venues on July 5-14. Read more at www.jazz.dk
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