Have an adult autistic son whose life revolves around music. Whenever he is out of sorts and rolling with his dad, I usually play some Monk or Eric Dolphy; the dissonance acts as a calming mechanism. Played this album on the way to the gym with him this morning. As soon as the music started he began his bouncing, then started his rapping and happy gesticulations, feeling and embracing the music. Therapy of the highest order. Merci beaucoup Brother Dayes!
This album is the past, present, and future at once. I got in the first two minutes of the first track and decided I had to listen on a better system than my laptop. This is unreal. This was the perfect soundtrack to cleaning and organizing my artist studio while fueling the drive of the jazz singer that has been bored with music as of late. Thank you for this offereing. The ancestors are truly elated and you should be proud. This jazz auntie has danced, cried, sobbed, undulated, winded, and pranced to this masterpiece. Your name will be among the greats one day. I proclaim it on your behalf as an elder. Congrats!
For anyone wanting to play along the tracks, here's a breakdown. 0:00 D 5:19 D 8:00 C 12:34 E 16:34 D 19:46 B 25:25 C# 29:15 E 30:52 C 31:27 C 37:06 C 41:15 B 46:02 D# 50:45 D# 53:19 D 56:01 E 58:40 D# 1:02:38 E 1:10:06 F
I was in a place in life where I need prayer on clarity this past Friday (9-9-2023). I went home lit some candles and played this entire album. The clarity that I needed revealed itself to me the following morning. This is one of the best albums I have listened to from beginning to end since John Coltrane's A Love Supreme. May everyone reading this and listening to this album be blessed with excellent health and wealth. Bless
Damn - this is so nice. Sitting on the balcony, plugged in and smoking one on a balmy Barbados night with the frogs chirping in the background makes it even better. Black Classical Music in Black Rock....❤💚🖤
I have been immersed in jazz, rumba, soukous, hip-hop since I was little. I admit that this album is out of the ordinary. I've been waiting for this album. Yussef Dayes, you are one of the best. From Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo 🇨🇩.
Awesome Yussef..at 70 years old it's so nice to hear real music when so much is a rehash of the same sound or just uninventive. So refreshing and soulful. Thank You!!!
Sometimes I was listening to this kind of genres, but was not too much into it. You guys just stole my heart! It is something I cannot explain and I really love what you do! Please, don't ever stop! ❤
@@malcolmbenjamin28 😂 Malcolm Benjamin aka Mr. Hebrew Israelite. Don't you have some colonizing to do? Since you wanna buck tho, let's setup a ZOOM call. Since I'm actually out here doing the work and not just on the internet, I have access to all types of stuff to get the ball rolling. I ain't hard to find. I would love to dismantle the nonsense.
@@malcolmbenjamin28 Malcolm Benjamin. Where are you? How come everytime I ask someone to meet over a Zoom call for a discussion, they go silent? As a member of the Black Alliance for Peace we seek to recapture and redevelop the historic anti-war, anti-imperialist, and pro-peace positions of the radical black movement. Through educational activities, organizing and movement support, we work to oppose both militarized domestic state repression, and the policies of de-stabilization, subversion and the permanent war agenda of the U.S. state globally. If all of this frightens you then I understand. 😂 smh
True music knows no time, place or trend. This is timeless, a universal sound for those who really hear. 10 billion years into the past or future, this album will talk to those who listen ❤💛💚
This is my favorite album of 2023, and I love it even more now that I just caught an Easter egg. At 53:00, "Mantra" by Makaya McCraven is playing in the background! What a great shoutout to another talented percussionist and producer 🥺
THIS IS SO GOOOOD!!! Idk the last time I said “wth THIS ALBUM IS SO GOOD” this many times out loud to myself. I’m literally talking to myself about how good this is. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
This album is fantastic. What is old is new again. Reminds me of Jazz of the 60's and 70's, but especially of Kamasi Washington's 2015 release: "Changing of the Guard", among the greatest Jazz albums ever released.
I didn't realize how much I needed this album, until I listened to it. From the organized chaos in the opening track that takes you on a journey thru what can be considered the Diaspora of musical influences that Yussef taps into. What a sonic masterpiece. This is indeed Black Classical Music.
I’ve listened to this album so many times now and already it’s had a profound impact on my life, my creativity, the way I listen and I am eternally grateful. Thank you so so much
Just discovered the album after listening to the live @ Joshua Tree which I listen to regularly. Outstanding. Touched also by how involved Jamaicans from the island and the diaspora are featuring here. This young generation has talent, as I am already a fan of Chronixx & Masego. Outstanding musicianship. Thank you for this gem on Tuesday morning in Addis Ababa.
Since I’ve started listening to Alfa Mist, Yussef Dayes, Rocco Paladino, I can’t listen to rap music. Only Jazz, Techno and Classic music. Magnificent work Yussef, many congratulations. Cheers
I had a friend whose daughter was autistic and they were having trouble calming her down then one day I noticed that when a piano was going namely James booker she was just took somewhere else by the sound . So I really love to hear other stories that further proves music is truly healing and therapeutic.
instantly removes all of the stress, tension and anxiety brought on by the exercises of "modern living" ....thank you for recording and sharing this medicine
