Don't Waste Your Ancestors' Time by Phil Dawson Quintet - Funkiwala [FWDR019] FLAC download included with physical items

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Don't Waste Your Ancestors' Time

Phil Dawson Quintet

A 6 track world fusion album (37m 58s) — released November 29th 2024 on Funkiwala

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Phil Dawson, UK guitarist and producer, learned his trade with legends like South African jazz trumpet giant Hugh Masekela, Nigerian Afrobeat co-creator Tony Allen, Ethio- jazz pioneer Mulatu Astatke, and Ghanaian afro-rock dons Osibisa as well as a large handful of Brit Jazz and cultural fusion projects.

'Don't Waste Your Ancestors' Time' creates a new blend of Afro- and Afro-Brazilian grooves, high-level 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 contexts he's not been heard in before; 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....

Track listing and info

Ghanaba

A tribute to master drummer and cultural fusion pioneer Kofi Ghanaba (Guy Warren) that spans Ghana highlife, hints of William Onyeabor, Joao Donato-style keys, and sections of both Elvinesque polyrhythm and baiao... featuring Tony Kofi on tenor sax doing his Pharaoh thing, and Rowland Sutherland with a dazzling flute solo.

Tony Kofi - tenor sax; Rowland Sutherland - flutes; Maurizio Ravalico - percussion; Matheus Nova - bass; Marius Rodrigues - drums; Phil Dawson - guitar, synth, Hohner clavinet

Ile (part 1)

Yoruba multi-vocals from Dele Sosimi and Biola Dosunmu, together with mind-bending solos from Sam Leak (piano), John Martin (tenor sax) and Rowland Sutherland (flute) in a Kamasi-meets-late Coltrane mode, morphing into a vintage bossa stew and dedicated to the gods of abundance.

Dele Sosimi and Biola Dosunmu - vocals; Rowland Sutherland - flute; John Martin - tenor sax; Justin Thurgur - trombone; Tom Allan - trumpet; Sam Leak - piano; Phil Dawson: guitars, electric piano, fx; Maurizio Ravalico - percussion; Basile Petit - double bass; Marius Rodrigues - drums

Pralaya

Cosmic interlude with a hint of 'He loved him Madly' that tectonically moves into electro- samba vibes.

Phil Dawson: guitars, electric piano, fx; Basile Petit: double bass; Maurizio Ravalico: percusssion; Marius Rodrigues: drums

Shifting Sands (Mainline)

A poem by Khadijatou, philosophising from her immediate surroundings in a backdrop of warped highlife guitar and 'Filles de Kilimanjaro'-inspired Fender Rhodes with flute commentary from Rowland.

Khadijatou Doyneh - vocals; Rowland Sutherland - flute; Basile Petit - double bass; Phil Dawson: guitar, Rhodes; Maurizio Ravalico - percussion; Marius Rodrigues - drums

Now Rise Up

Bikutsi meets dub, building to a joyous cacophony of flute and percussion.

Nick Walters - trumpet; Rowland Sutherland: flute; Maurizio Ravalico - percussion; Phil Dawson - guitar, fx, electric piano; Matheus Nova - bass; Marius Rodrigues - drums

Ile (part 2) a.k.a Ile (Iyesa)

A unique blend of Afro-brazilian ijexa (iyesa) groove and Yoruba vocal from Dele and Biola, with a lyric on the spiritual side of hard work...

Dele Sosimi, Biola Dosunmu - vocals; Phil Dawson - electric piano, guitar, fx; Rowland Sutherland - flute; Maurizio Ravalico - percussion; Matheus Nova - bass; Marius Rodrigues - drums
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