Always love how Yussef drums like his life depends on it. Amazing groover.

Yussef is an incredible player. One of my favourite tracks of his is with Tom Misch - Tidal Wave. An amazing break-up song, where the drumming is so expressive and emotive. That whole album is amazing.

I think such a huge part of Yussef's sound and time feel is the way he accents his hi hat patterns -- you could almost strip everything but his right hand away and feel the groove. He kind of blends these macro movements in his arms/shoulders with the micro movements with his fingers and his drop/catch in a way that grooves so hard.

"Yussef Kamaal - Strings of Light" is the first track I heard him on - and one of the best in my opinion. Absolutely killing break beats.

Nate...there's a track you need to check out called blacked out. It's Yusef dayes and alfa mist. It has the nastiest drumming, and it's my favorite track of his.

Nice to see a feature on a UK drummer,Yussef plays many styles,amazing trio stuff with Rocco Palladino and Alfa Mist - check out the 'Welcome to the Hills' trio live album - sweet

I caught Yussef at the Newport (RI) Jazz Festival this past August. Incredible show. He can work off straight jazz beats, as well as, his signature grooves. He walked around the festival the day before he played. I was seated in front of a Jamaican food truck. He walked right by me heading for the truck. I had a chance to say hello. He was a humble, soft-spoken guy.

first time i listened to Yussef Dayes was from the album "Black Focus", freakin' love that album. and it also got me wanting to play Fusion Jazz lol.

He's easily my favourite drummer. Soooo inspirational.

Big up all the drummers from London

Those are some pretty hot beats... I especially like #6. I've been drumming for about 19 years and was once pretty good, but I haven't really improved much over the past 10 and have been slowly losing interest. Now I'm binging your videos, particularly the jazz stuff (which was always my weak point) and it's really giving me the oomph I need to get back into it. I have a lot of respect for your teaching style, your willingness to include less-than-perfect playing in your videos, and your somewhat philosophical approach to being a musician. Thank you, and keep it up man.

YES the video we've all been waiting for. Yussef Dayes' approach and groove is GOALS.

The best Yussef Dayes playing I've heard is on the strings of light live performance at the jazz cafe back in 2016, absolutely insane. Also, if you're going to check out more drummers from the UK lke this, I'd definitely reccomend Ayo Salawu and Morgan Simpson, both insane drummers with unique approaches.

Hahaha I was so happy to finally see this, great job man and thanks! Hope you get into him more, for your own sake, just such great grooves

every couple of years i see a new drummer that completely blows my mind. Youssef is that type of a drummer imo. Amazing drummer - completely fresh ideas and approach.

been watching your youtube for a long time, i really appreciate your editing / producing as of late. thanks for sharing

so happy to finally see yussef dayes on the channel. i may or may not have been one of those who suggested him to you? can't remember. had his album with tom misch on spin since last summer, ever since i heard him play on ben howard's last record i was hooked, he's quickly become one of my favorites

I love how popular Yussef is getting. I’ve been following him since the beginning. He is a god

He was recommended to me like 3 years ago. At this time he had Love Is The Message on YT and I was just hooked. I'd say his style is one I just naturally am striving for since I picked up the sticks.

my fav drum teacher covering my fav drummer. does not seem impossible to learn Yussef after this!! Thank you.

I’ve been waiting for something like this yussef dayes is one of my all Time favourite drummers

Defenitely check out the Yussef Kamaal album. Strings of Light is a haunting song and Lowrider one of the coolest four on the floor beats. What Kinda Music with Tom Misch is also a good recommendation. He is killin it without getting in the way of the songs. Thanks for making this video about him, he highly influencend and inspired me in the last years.

I love this, definitely a solid format with some potential for the future

I get so excited hearing you play cool shit, this was sick.

To me, he captures the knowledge of a lot of electronic music out as well as the sampledelic classic funk grooves, and great knowledge of various hip hop grooves coming off is hands.

This was a great reaction video because you also played it yourself. Huge props for that! Please make more.

Yussef and all the drummers you mentioned here are great players.

The album Black Focus by Yussef Kamaal is the most classic of classic recordings i think

Love your consistent content

By far, this guys is my favorite drummer!

theres a lot of strings of light which is great, but i wanna mention gully side and love is the message as my fav tunes with yussef playing drums on it🤝

13:50 Prince/The Time's 777-9311

Have you heard about some Israelis drummers? Amir bresler, ofri nehemya, dan mayo.... You should check them out ..

Damn Oli Bernatchez haven't heard that name in years I wonder if he's still uploading

Great show Nate thank you, we like to hear what you think about things because we like you and your thoughts about drumming. I do like yuseff too and have enjoyed his unique style. I have heard him say that he hates to play the same thing twice which i can hear in his playing as its not a groove he plays as such its an organic groove which seems to breath as he is playing it. His drumming on the track " what kind of music " is a good example of this and has a great start and build up to when he puts his hands deep into his pocket. ( metaphor metaphor ) Does listening to him make you want tk mic up to get some sounds going for your kit? Your the best Nate, keep it up.

You should return back to Yussef now he's put out his debut record! I also love the simple groove on The Real by Tom Misch, harder than it sounds. Love your videos- been a subscriber for yeaaaaars

just saw him live last night!! amazing performance

Guys…he did it 😊 I know I wasn’t the only one asking for Yussef beats

I love YD!! Thanks!

My introduction to Yussef Dayes came by way of the KZfaq rabbit trail while chasing down videos that came from another 80/20 analysis that mentioned Hiatus Kaiyote, which is weird stuff in the coolest way. I like it. 👍

Just noticed something interesting , having the mic stand right in front of you , forces your hands into specfic movements, this might be a great way to train peoples hands to keep strokes down and hands not interfering with each other !! Just a thought !!

I've listened to What Kinda Music too many times, I think his drumming on Festival is great. But his solo stuff with Rocco and Stacey and Alfa is unreal, check out For The Ladies for sure. Great video

This is funny as shit, great content and great showcase of yussef!

The Wes Watkins shout-out was sick. Love Corey and Mason too.

Yussef is by far my favourite groover

Man you fong inside you too😁🦋🐝

you need to make a lot ore of these this is great content

gotta check out his playing on Some Kinda Music with Tom Misch. made me fall in love with his playing and want to learn every groove. i failed spectacularly.

Nice! Hadn't heard of Yussef - thanks for introducing me.

I like that snare.

Nate, this was much cooler than a typical reaction video (which are usually pretty boring). If you wanted to go deeper you could maybe turn each groove (or select grooves) into mini lessons. Nice one tho!

I think it's cool from the pov of u like catching some stuff that I might miss w my novice eyes

Hi, I follow the channel, thanks for everything that you share here. I wanted to ask you the difference between licks, fills and grooves. I think you mention licks more when talking about jazz, and fills for rock. I understand the groove to be the main rhythmic theme of a song, and fills as features or changes that mark structure points of the song. Licks is where I am a bit lost, in how are they different from fills.

Best Video Ever :)))

Yes! Wes Watkins!

I love Yussef Dayes. Self taught and innovative as f**k, too!!!!

Can you do a video about Mike Mitchell, his grooving and some licks pls ?

I'd love to see you talk about Adam Deitch. His musicality is top top top tier shelf and my current personal favourite artist out there. I would also encourage anyone to listen to his solo album "Egyptian Secrets" or John Scofield's " Up all night".

othello, strings of light, wingtai drums, strange habits-mixed, love is the message. oh totally do one of these for wes watkins

the point of Yussef is that awkward, hard, british, almost painful looking articulation. All muscle, sweat, my first impression was rigid, but I appreciate that now. While II am not on Instagram, I did see him live a few occasions. One was his band in a double bill with Glasper in a club here in Berlin. The essence of his playing can be boiled down to the audience's reaction: Glasper: slight head nodding, - despite Glasper's repeated requests - zero people dancing. And this is not to judge this or that being better. It simply shows you that Yussef comes from a british club background, the music is not complex or revolutionary jazz, its not supposed to be. He sounds and (his technique) looks to me like someone who was a kid not long time ago, loving and feeling UK club music, rigid hard stuff that lives from strict repetitions, bold statements.Having lived and worked mostly in NYC and Berlin, I would say that in Europe(and let's be generous and count the UK in for the moment), eletronic music, in all it's history, distinctions, style, form, how you dance to it etc.. - it's a lot more engrained in our culture, and serious, alive. It is a living organism, DJ's try out new sounds and textures on their shows, make or break trends. Now, out of respect for every instrumentalist's skills - I would say, this is a little less like a great horn player who burns latenight at Small's and everyone getting hip to his s***t, but electronic music is rather moving like street fashion, certain bold statements, patterns, textures - certain things becoming evidently magnetic. And while Damion Reid was certainly killing it, and is a much more refined and developed drummer, Yussef is doing a whole different thing. It's club language. He speaks that really fluently. The only guy on the US scene who understands that language who I know of would be Deantoni. Last show I saw Yussef at was the Berlin Jazz festival, sold out and people hoping to get in lining around the block.

4:11🤣 rhythm is exactly like fashion

Great video, I enjoyed watching. May I ask you to write the names of the recommended drummers down somewhere? Thank You :)

Impressive

Dude Nate sup with the hair bro

your snare sounds great! how do you get that sound?

Yussef's style (specifically on black focus) can be traced from Kaidi Tatham's productions. If Dilla has Chris Dave, Kaidi has Yussef. 😀

Can someone please tell me what the song at 0:59 is?

One of his least known songs, but his drumming after 2:00 on Julie Mangos is when I was like, ah, he is a great drummer

You gotta check out the recording of Love is The Message with him and Alfa Mist. Killing vid. Also, check out Zach Hill's playing. Especially with Hella. Been a Long Time Cousin on KZfaq.

I’m so glad I’m not the only one who looks at some of these and says “I ain’t EVEN tryin’ that”.

'blacked out' and 'tidal wave' are prob his best songs recorded in my opinion.

What hats are those? Great video as always :)

Great video ! Question off the topic though..... What is that device mounted on the mic stand while you're playing? And how do you apply that to your videos? Thanks again! 😎

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sweet

Gsus, what if my favs are Nate, Yussef and Wes, what am I doing wrong?

How do I find 1:00 on youtube?

what's the name of the first of these 3 drummers? thx in advance!

Really recommend his live season at red bull studios with Alfa mist

I think it's the sound of his recordings, weight, and size of hi hats that contribute to his sound, Nate. Your hats are pretty sloshy and your room is wide open. Can't remember if you've done a thing on Louis Cole?

never really got there with the grace notes on the snare on the E and + of the 1 on the quicker g roove around 8:00

Can someone spell the other people he was talking about that are similar to yussef

Please do JD Beck!

Some commenters have recommended the album Strings of Light with the duo Yussef Kamal. I can only second that. Not only great drumming, but great music overall, definitely a style of its own. "Not a lot of pentatonics there" as a friend said.

I'm sure that this was cool to serious drummers. .... Like, drummers that dream about drumming in their sleep. .... Cool video.

You look so scared, guy, you are producing great things

If you want another drummer suggestion, check out Max Hallet (betamax)

What is your favorite Hihat

I wanna know what kind of writing contributions Yussef puts in because he always has songwriting creds

Who’s that guy in the first video? I hear his name, but not sure how it’s spelled.

what are your thoughts on zach hill

I'm a Vocal Percussionist/Drummer!!! I freestyle rap/scream/scat/growl/beatbox/sing while playing the drums...

Chris Daddy Dave,,,Knitting Factory kind of stuff ..

it's interesting to me that you compared him to Steve Jordan since Yussef plays with Pino's son quite a bit. you must be on to something!

A big part youre missing is the buzz rolls he puts in, they make up such a huge part of his ghosts. Best example is clip 7

What was the name of the first drummer he mentioned before Richard Spaven in the intro?

Nate: I’m not a teacher… Also Nate: if you want to study with me…. Also Nate: sign up for my course…

Yussef’s left hand is very deceptive if you’re not paying attention. One of my current top 3 along with Nate Smith and Chris Dave.

What about Luke Flowers? I think he is epic.

LOL nice