yussef dayes: welcome to the hills
Francisco Espregueira
Yussef Dayes is on the verge for his legendary status. We might say that he is a legend already. His newest album, the live project Welcome To The Hills, via Cashmere Thoughts, is a definite step towards that status. Joined by the genius of Rocco Palladino and Charlie Stacey, to form the Yussef Dayes Trio, Welcome To The Hills goes directly to the top as of one the essential albums of 2020. If not, the essential album 2020. Recorded in Copenhagen last year the album documents the final show the three played together before the pandemic.
Dayes and his bandmates control the scenery completely. They present mostly new tracks - all of them no short of incredible -, they revamp known ones and they let their instincts come to the stage in free forms of jazz, psychedelic adventures and groove. Loads of groove. There’s a raw energy, a determination in making fantastic music, a freedom and a talent that make this record very special. The Yussef Dayes Trio provides the absolute prime in sonic quality - Welcome To The Hills might be one of those albums that will have its cover instantly recognized in 20, 30, 40 years. Available on vinyl.
Yussef Dayes ~ Drums
Rocco Palladino ~ Bass
Charlie Stacey ~ Keys//Synthesiser
“These songs just the spirituals I swam against them waves with”