Kamaal Williams - Wu Hen

Pitchfork 73

The London jazz musician’s latest stakes out a middle ground between spiritual fire and smooth jazz.

The Guardian 0

(Black Focus Records)
The London producer is happy to foreground his collaborators on his second solo album, but doesn’t make the most of them

Coming to prominence in 2016 as one half of jazz duo Yussef Kamaal, producer and pianist Kamaal Williams spearheaded the London-based revival of the genre with his dancefloor-focused take on jazz. Yet with only one record released before the pair’s split in 2017, Williams has since struggled to establish his solo sound without the powerhouse drumming of his former partner Yussef Dayes.