Home » Search Center » Results: Yazz Ahmed
Results for "Yazz Ahmed"
Results for pages tagged "Yazz Ahmed"...
Yazz Ahmed
Yazz Ahmed is a British-Bahraini trumpet player and composer who seeks to blur the lines between jazz, electronic sound design, bringing together the sounds of her mixed heritage. Her music has been described as ‘psychedelic Arabic jazz, intoxicating and compelling’.
In recent years she has led her various ensembles in concerts around the UK and abroad, including performances in New York, Toronto, Kuwait, Algiers, Berlin, Köln, Paris, Istanbul, Tunis and Amsterdam, and at major festivals such as WOMAD, Molde Jazz, Pori Jazz and Love Supreme.
Yazz has also recorded and performed with Radiohead, Lee Scratch Perry, Nile Rodgers, ABC, Swing Out Sister, Joan as Police Woman, Tarek Yamani, Amel Zen and toured the world with These New Puritans. She recently appeared as a guest soloist/composer with Arturo O’Farrill’s Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra.
Yazz Ahmed, Jeong Lim Yang, and Neil Ardley
by Jerome Wilson
This episode features recent releases by Yazz Ahmed, Jeong Lim Yang, and Judy Wexler alongside older music from Neil Ardley, Art Tatum, and Bruno Raberg. Playlist Henry Threadgill Sextett “I Can't Wait Till I Get Home" from The Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings of Henry Threadgill & Air (Mosaic) 00:00 Art Tatum “I Cover ...
Muriel Grossman, Yazz Ahmed, Kaisa Mäensivu
by David Brown
Welcome friends and neighbors to The Jazz Continuum. Old, new, in, out... wherever the music takes us. Each week, we will explore the elements of jazz from a historical perspective. This week, we'll explore new and recent releases from Europe, including the spiritual jazz grooves of Muriel Grossmann, the psychedelic Arabic jazz of Yazz Ahmed, the ...
Kinan Azmeh, Yazz Ahmed, Arturo O'Farrill, Mortelle Randonnée & More
by Ludovico Granvassu
Enjoy a playlist featuring heartfelt and original tributes to Carla Bley, and projects enriched by Arabic, West-African and Indian traditions.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Mortelle Randonnée “Musique Mecanique I" La reine uphone (Mr. Morezon) 0:16 Host talks 5:28 Arturo O'Farrill & The Afro ...
Trumpeters Yazz Ahmed and Rachel Therrien, Guitarists Wes Montgomery and Nels Cline and AACM and PAPA artist Maia the Artiste
by Hobart Taylor
New Music from Yazz Ahmed, Nels Cline, Rachel Therrien and music and interview with AACM and PAPA artist Maia the Artiste.Playlist Wes Montgomery “Four on Six" from The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery (Concord) 0:00 Nels Cline “ The Returning Angel" from Consentrik Quartet (Blue Note) 6:17 Host Speaks 11:37 Yazz Ahmed “Al ...
Moment Of Departure
By Tim Garland
Label: Ubuntu Music
Released: 2024
Track listing: Winds Of Hope; Trails; No Horizon; The Impossible Self; Sub Vita; Moment of Departure; Moment
Of Arrival; Approaching Winter; The Forever Seed Part I--Fruit; The Forever Seed Part II--Made
Beautiful; The Forever Seed Part III--Harbinger; The Forever Seed Part IV--Nascency; The Forever
Seed Part V--Praise.
Ilario Ferrari Trio: Above the Clouds
by Neil Duggan
Ilario Ferrari is certainly a busy man. A highly accomplished pianist and vocalist, he is also adept on the guitar. He has been involved with an array of diverse music projects for various ensembles from the world of pop and rock to add to his orchestral collaborations and arrangements. Ferrari is a UK resident of Italian ...
Unapologetic Expression: The Inside Story Of The UK Jazz Explosion
by Ian Patterson
Unapologetic Expression: The Inside Story Of The UK Jazz Explosion André Marmot 424 Pages ISBN: 978-0-571-37448-9 Faber & Faber 2024 Anyone who has kept half an eye on the UK/jny:London jazz scene since the turn of the century will likely be aware that jazz there has gone from being ...
Johanna Burnheart: Bär
by Chris May
German-born London-based violinist, singer and composer Johanna Burnheart made a big impact fast on the Britain's underground jazz scene. After graduating from Guildhall School of Music & Drama in 2018, and before the pandemic shut things down, she played on three significant albums: spiritual-jazz band Maisha's There Is A Place (Brownswood, 2018), trombonist Rosie Turton's 5ive ...
Tim Garland: Moment Of Departure
by Neil Duggan
For Tim Garland, the title, Moment of Departure, describes the “dive into the fresh unknown as improvisors, leaving the solid ground of what has been composed." Many of the tracks were inspired by the free-flowing artwork of Turkish painter Esra Kizir Gokcen. Her own migrant narrative provides the alternative meaning for the title. This ...
