Phil Dawson Quintet - Don't Waste Your Ancestors' Time

Don't Waste Your Ancestors' Time' creates a new blend of Afro- and Afro-Brazilian grooves, high-level 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 contexts he's not been heard in before; progressive UK tenor player John Martin; Ruby Rushton's Nick Walterson 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 Soyinkain 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....