Yussef Dayes
Biography
Yussef Dayes (born 12 December 1992) is an English jazz drummer, composer, and record producer. He is known for his work with keyboardist Kamaal Williams, releasing the 2016 album Black Focus as the duo Yussef Kamaal and with English singer and guitarist Tom Misch, releasing the 2020 collaborative album What Kinda Music. Dayes released his debut solo album Black Classical Music on 8 September 2023.
Bio from Wikipedia
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Black Classical Music
2023
Black Focus
2016
Lotus
2025
What Kinda Music
2020
Lahai
2023
Collections From The Whiteout
2021
Not Waving, But Drowning
2019
Mt. Fuji FM Hosted By Gilles Peterson
2025
Alive In The East?
2018
Journey To The Mountain Of Forever
2017
HAN
2019
Love Is The Message (Live At Abbey Road Studios)
2018
Two For Joy
2015
Credited work
112 releases · 34 albums · active 2013–2026
- Performance · 559
- Production · 86
- Other credits · 15
- Engineering · 11
Studios: Unwound Studios · Echo Zoo Studios · Quatermass Studio · Konk Studios
Frequent collaborators
- The Yussef Dayes Experience
- Toshio Matsuura Group
- Eric Clapton
- Yussef Dayes Trio
- Ben Howard (2)
- Binker ∞ Moses
- Pa Salieu
- Ruby Rushton