funk'. Piotor Orlov of NPR said that "[Williams'] 'jazz' is grounded in post-Mwandishi Herbie Hancock, Bob James' "Nautilus" and J Dilla productions." Williams has also listed Jamiroquai, Roy Ayers, Donald Byrd, the 2001 album Execute by Oxide & Neutrino, and his home city of London as influences on his music. Williams said that The Return represents all of London, in that the various contributors came from a diverse cross-section of the city's areas. When playing live, Williams said that he with his own band "completely improvise with the base of the song. On the night we don’t know how it’s going to sound. Spontaneous and loose in the structure, it allows us to express ourselves. We just let it roll out." When Williams performed with Dayes in Yussef Kamaal, Jochan Embley wrote in a 2017 gig review that "When you see the south London duo play together, with that preternatural ability to predict and effortlessly follow whichever direction the other is about to fly off into, you’d think they had been playing together for a lifetime." Instruments On his album The Return, Williams has used a Nord Electro keyboard, a Roland Juno 106 and a Wurlitzer piano. Personal life Williams adopted the name Kamaal (meaning "perfect") upon converting to Islam in 2011, and stringed it with his father's surname. According to a 2018 interview, Williams said that religion has played a key role in his career, reminding him to remain humble and grateful in the face of success. The doctrinal principles of Islam are the "foundations" of Williams' beliefs, and, according to the artist, "translate into his music". In a 2018 interview, Williams said on the topic of changing his name: "...as a creative it just allows you to express yourself in a different way. Henry Wu is my ethnic background, and Kamaal is my spiritual background." In another interview with The Indian Express, Williams stated: "Kamaal Williams is more like a conceptual band, and Henry Wu is the DJ, the producer, the mastermind". Discography As Henry Wu Stir Fry Beats (2012) Natural Complexion (2014) Negotiate EP (2015) Good Morning Peckham (2015) Motions Of Wu Vol. 1 (2015) 27 Karat Years (with Tito Wun) (2016) Henry Wu & Banton (2016) Deep in the Mud (with Banton (2017) Projections EP (with Earl Jeffers) (2018) Shades Of Wu: The Anthology (2020) Phone Call (2022) With Yussef Kamaal Black Focus (2016) As Kamaal