SOUL of Jazz Flashback: Yuseff Dayes

British drummer Yussef Dayes came to the WCLK studios last year and hung out with me before his sold out show at Variety Playhouse. Show had the entire audience in a trance. Probably my favorite young drummer of these times. He's like a mix of Carlton Barrett, Harvey Mason and Elvin Jones. We hit it off immediately as soon as he walked into the studio and he said "we're definitely brothers because I have a brother named Jamal and a brother named Ahmad" (along with another brother named Kareem). When he told me that, I had to agree that we were definitely brothers lol. After the interview, I took him and his road manager to my favorite ital vegan spot, Healthful Essence and it was definitely a pleasure reasoning with the brethren whilst getting him to the venue. If you've never heard his album Black Classical Music, you are sorely missing out. Still a favorite of mine when I need to clear my head.