Phil Dawson Quintet – Don’t Waste Your Ancestors’ Time (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 38:01 minutes | 480 MB | Genre: Jazz
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Don’t Waste Your Ancestors’ Time’ creates a new blend of Afro- and Afro-Brazilian grooves, improv and dub, and boasts an array of collaborators that push the music in new directions – spoken word artist Khadijatou Doyneh (Heliocentrics); saxophonist Tony Kofi (Abdullah Ibrahim, Jazz Jamaica, Cymande etc), top pianist Sam Leak (Aquarium), Afrobeat maestro Dele Sosimi, who vocalises in a completely new context; progressive UK tenor player John Martin; Ruby Rushton’s Nick Walters on trumpet; Nigerian singer Biola Dosunmu (Estuary 17); Bellowhead and Dele’s horn arranger, trombonist Justin Thurgur, as well as a cameo from Tamar Collocutor. The album’s title paraphrases novelist Wole Soyinka in a plea to all not to throw away what their ancestors fought for – whether that’s through ignoring spiritual heritages, allowing ourselves to be divided and conquered, or turning a blind eye to contemporary injustices….
Tracklist:
1-1. Phil Dawson Quintet – Ghanaba (10:39)
1-2. Phil Dawson Quintet – Ile (Part 1) (07:52)
1-3. Phil Dawson Quintet – Pralaya (04:30)
1-4. Phil Dawson Quintet – Shifting Sands (Mainline) (05:19)
1-5. Phil Dawson Quintet – Now Rise Up (05:46)
1-6. Phil Dawson Quintet – ILE (IYESÅ) (03:52)