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Yazz Ahmed: un suono che unisce mondi
by Marco Iacoboni
La compositrice e trombettista anglo-bahreinita Yazz Ahmed è una delle voci più affascinanti e innovative del jazz contemporaneo, acclamata per la sua efficace fusione di jazz, elettronica d'avanguardia e tradizioni musicali del Medio Oriente, creatrice di paesaggi sonori allo stesso tempo ancestrali e futuristici. Attraverso la sua musica, Yazz Ahmed non cerca solo di esibirsi, ma di costruire ponti tra culture differenti e trasformarne le percezioni, con un approccio che privilegia la leadership collettiva e l'emozione rispetto al ...
Continue ReadingYazz Ahmed: A Paradise In The Hold
by Don Ball
Yazz Ahmed's music has focused on combining her love of jazz with her Bahrani heritage since her first recording in 2011, and with her release, A Paradise in the Hold (Night Time Stories, 2025), she adds a new component: voice. With lyrics in both English and Arabic, Ahmed uses stories and music from her childhood in Bahrain as the seed for this collection of songs, originating about a decade ago when she traveled back to Bahrain to complete a commissioned ...
Continue ReadingYazz 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 The Waterfront" from Jewels in the Treasure Box (Resonance) 00:55 Laszlo Gardony “Three Minute Mile" from Dig Deep (Sunnyside) 5:31 Vardan Ovsepian “Glass Figures" ...
Continue ReadingTrumpeters 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 Naddaha" from A Paradise In The Hold (Night Time Stories) 14:57 Artemis “ Footprints" from Arboresque (Blue Note) 22:54 The Hemphill Stringtet “Revue" from ...
Continue ReadingTim 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 combination of musical control and liberty has been at the heart of the Lighthouse Trio, who will mark their 20th anniversary in 2024. The ...
Continue ReadingTalking The Groove: Jazz Words From The Morning Star
by Chris May
Talking The Groove: Jazz Words From The Morning Star Chris Searle 394 Pages ISBN: 978-1-9163206-7-3 Jazz In Britain 2024 Although Marxist-Leninist theory itself has proved to be, at best, a blind alley--and, at worst, in practice the enemy of the freedoms it claims to champion--writers from the Left have contributed much to the study of jazz, an art form which has ideas of freedom, both artistic and societal, at its core. The ...
Continue ReadingA Fanfare of Trumpets from Yazz Ahmed to Bubber Miley + Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Band
by David Brown
This week on the Jazz Continuum we get ready for Philly Shows with Helen Sung, Fieldwork and Craig Taborn. Live from Haverford College with Marian McPartland and Sun Ra. A fanfare of trumpets gather with Ruby Braff, Bubber Miley, Freddie Hubbard, Roy Eldridge, Yazz Ahmed and International Sweetheart of Rhythm Clora Bryant. We dig into a pile of Lp's from The Kenny Clarke / Francy Boland Big Band.Playlist Thelonious Monk “Esistrophy (Theme)" from Live at the It Club-Complete ...
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