Phil Dawson Quintet - Don't Waste Your Ancestors' Time (2024) [Official Digital Download]

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. Phil Dawson Quintet - Ghanaba
2. Phil Dawson Quintet - Ile (Part 1)
3. Phil Dawson Quintet - Pralaya
4. Phil Dawson Quintet - Shifting Sands (Mainline)
5. Phil Dawson Quintet - Now Rise Up
6. Phil Dawson Quintet - ILE (IYESÅ)



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