Jazz Articles about yaya

yaya: yaya

by Jeff Libman
September 12, 2002

It is exceptionally rare for me to like every song on an album, but such is the case with yaya3, an album doomed to relative obscurity by the anonymity of its name. One might miss the small type on the back of the CD jewel case reading “Produced by Sam Yahel, Joshua Redman, and Brian Blade.” These gentlemen play instruments, too.Yaya is Sam Yahel’s nickname, and the album features five of the organist’s fine tunes. His “Slow Orbit” ...