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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.

We Are Surging Waters

By Rosa Brunello

Label: Domanda Music
Released: 2026
Track listing: Hearts Beat For Freedom; Line Unbroken; We Are Surging Waters; Fish Without A Bicycle; When The River Remembered Its Name; Living Upstream; No Bass Frills; Witching Hour; Memory In The Making.

Dylan Jones: Statue

by Andrew Hunter
July 14, 2026

Like so many talented young musicians in London, Dylan Jones spent some time developing his skills with Tomorrow's Warriors, a talent development organization without which we might never have heard Courtney Pine, Steve Williamson, Yazz Ahmed, Nubya Garcia, Soweto Kinch... The London scene would be very different without them. Jones played in Ezra Collective ...

New Music from Lakecia Benjamin, Yazz Ahmed, New Jazz Underground and Brad Goode with Ernie Watts

by Hobart Taylor
June 3, 2026

Loads of new releases and Sonny Rollins answers the question, “Why was I Born?"Playlist Host Speaks 00:00 Claudia Acuña “Meditation in Two Chords" from Ave de Luz (Delfin) 00:11 Okan “Ajé (Owo Nla Nla)" from (Single) (Lulaworld) 05:33 Julian Muro “Ay (feat. Bergamot Quartet, Ethan Cohn)" from Apfus, Vol.1 (ears&eyes) 08:30 Host Speaks 14:15 ...

Yazz Ahmed: Bridging Worlds Through Sound

by Marco Iacoboni
May 22, 2026

Yazz Ahmed is one of the most compelling and innovative voices in contemporary jazz, an Anglo-Bahraini trumpeter and composer acclaimed for her fusion of jazz, avant-garde electronics and Middle Eastern musical traditions. Her music creates soundscapes that feel at once ancient and futuristic, deeply rooted yet constantly searching for new directions. Rather than using ...

Black Nile, Bria Skonberg, Arturo Sandoval and an interview with Jeff Lederer and Mary LaRose

by Hobart Taylor
May 6, 2026

This week's show features an interview with Jeff Lederer and Mary LaRose about their new release in conjunction with the Wildebeest Wind Quintet, “There's A Yearnin.'" The album consists of newly resurfaced scores by Ornette Coleman, Eric Dolphy and Oliver Nelson with new lyrics by Mary LaRose.Playlist Host Speaks 00:00 Yazz Ahmed “Dawn Patrol" ...

I Dischi del 2025 secondo Ludovico Granvassu

by Ludovico Granvassu
January 5, 2026

Immortalare la bellezza e la varietà del jazz pubblicato nel 2025 attraverso una “top ten" appare tanto arduo, vano--e alla fine deludente--quanto cercare di fotografare un tramonto sulla costiera amalfitana usando una rudimentale fotocamera digitale e facendo un forellino sul copriobiettivo. Certo, una foto verrà scattata. Potrebbe persino dimostrare che eri lì, in quel momento, quando ...

George Wallington, Oscar Peterson, Yazz Ahmed, Harry Connick, Jr.& Gordon Goodwin

by Joe Dimino
January 4, 2026

We open one of the final episodes of 2025 by tipping our hat to a true jazz giant we recently lost--Los Angeles-based big band titan Gordon Goodwin. Taken from us by complications from cancer, he leaves behind a deep and dazzling legacy of swing, fire, and fearless creativity. As a tribute, we drop the needle on ...

Ludovico Granvassu's Garden Of Jazzy Delights 2025

by Ludovico Granvassu
January 3, 2026

Capturing the breathtaking beauty, range, and diversity of jazz released in 2025 through a list of “10 best albums" feels as challenging, vain--and ultimately disappointing--as trying to photograph the Grand Canyon at sunset by placing a pinhole in front of a rudimentary digital camera's lens. Sure, a picture will be taken. It might even prove you ...

A Paradise In The Hold

By Yazz Ahmed

Label: Night Time Stories
Released: 2025
Track listing: She Stands On The Shore; A Paradise In The Hold; Mermaids' Tears; Her Light; Al Naddaha; Dancing Barefoot; Into The Night; Though My Eyes Go To Sleep, My Heart Does Not Forget You; To The Lonely Sea; Waiting For The Dawn.