View basket “Oceanliner” has been added to your basket. La Saboteuse Yazz Ahmed SKU: NAIMLP340 Barcode: 5053760029434 31.00 £31.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Naim Absolute Released Date: 12th May 2017 Buying Format: 1LP Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info Bahraini-British performer, Yazz Ahmed, is transforming what jazz means in 2017. This trumpet and flugelhorn-playing artist has worked with Radiohead and These New Puritans, experiments with electronic effects, and combines sounds from her shared heritage to author a new narrative for the genre. Part of the new wave of artists credited with stirring up the sound, including Kamasi Washington, Yussef Kamaal, Sons of Kemet and The Comet is Coming, Yazz Ahmed is thrilled by the possibilities of making something new. “I feel like I’m a part of modernising jazz and connecting it with audiences today,” Yazz says. “It’s exciting.” Yazz spent her early childhood in Bahrain, her paternal homeland, before moving to London with her English mother at the age of nine. There, she became fascinated by her grandfather’s trumpet playing, and vowed to learn the instrument herself. Yazz’s sound is unique. Her take on jazz weaves in Arabic melodies to evocative, cinematic effect. “I love the sounds of Arabic music. The traditional folk singing is so heartfelt, elemental and passionate.” Future-facing and fascinating, Yazz Ahmed is part of a glimmering new constellation in the jazz firmament. And her next project is destined to take her further into the stars. “I’m planning to write a piece inspired by the ever-changing structures of the universe,” she concludes. Her new album ‘La Saboteuse’ is a deep exploration of both her British and Bahraini roots. Ably assisted by musicians including Lewis Wright on vibraphone, MOBO-winning new jazz kingpin Shabaka Hutchings on bass clarinet and Naadia Sherriff on Fender Rhodes keyboard, it’s composed of undulating rhythms, Middle Eastern melody and Yazz’s sonorous trumpet lines. The record sounds like the passage of a desert caravan, bathed in moonlight. The theme of ‘La Saboteuse’ is the sense of self-doubt that Yazz feels when she is creating, personified in a female saboteur, an anti-muse that spurs her into action. “Giving ‘her’ a name has really helped me to identify those negative voices we all get,” she says. “I know what it is and I know how to combat it.” Artist Yazz Ahmed Genre Jazz Label Naim Absolute Buying Options 1LP Format 1LP Condition New Country United Kingdom Track Listings Inhale Jamil Jamal Misophonia The Space Between The Fish And The Moon La Saboteuse Al Emadi Inspiration Expiration The Lost Pearl Bloom Beleille Whirling Organ Eternal Exhale Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Jazz View Product Quick View Jill Barber Chances – 10th Anniversary Jazz | Outside Music | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 25th January 2019 £28.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Jill Barber Chances – 10th Anniversary £28.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Outside Music SKU: LPOUTS9124LE Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 25th January 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Eddie Fisher The Third Cup (Verve By Request) Jazz | Decca (UMO) / Jazz / Verve | 180g, 1LP Released 29th March 2024 £33.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Eddie Fisher The Third Cup (Verve By Request) £33.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Decca (UMO) / Jazz / Verve SKU: 5849225 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 29th March 2024 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View La Clave La Clave (Verve By Request) Jazz | Decca (UMO) / Jazz / Verve | 180g, 1LP Released 13th October 2023 £33.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders La Clave La Clave (Verve By Request) £33.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Decca (UMO) / Jazz / Verve SKU: 5562437 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 13th October 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View RH Factor (Roy Hargrove), The Hard Groove Jazz | Verve Records [US] | Verve Records | Verve By Request | 180g, 2LP Released 10th November 2023 £50.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders RH Factor (Roy Hargrove), The Hard Groove £50.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Verve Records [US] | Verve Records | Verve By Request SKU: 5579858 Formats: 180g, 2LP Released Date: 10th November 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Nina Simone Nina Simone and Her Friends (2021 – Stereo Remaster) Jazz | BMG | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 29th April 2022 £19.00 - £22.00 Select options Nina Simone Nina Simone and Her Friends (2021 – Stereo Remaster) £19.00 - £22.00 Genre: Jazz Label: BMG Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 29th April 2022 Read More Select options Nearly New View Product Quick View Dave Brubeck Take Five Jazz | CBS | 1LP Released 30th November 2023 £10.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Dave Brubeck Take Five £10.00 Genre: Jazz Label: CBS SKU: nn276993 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 30th November 2023 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Jon Hassell City: Works Of Fiction Jazz | All Saints Records | 2LP, Includes Download Code Released 29th May 2014 £17.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Jon Hassell City: Works Of Fiction £17.00 Genre: Jazz Label: All Saints Records SKU: WAST008LP Formats: 2LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 29th May 2014 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Lyman Woodard Organization Don’t Stop The Groove Jazz | Pure Pleasure | 180g, 1LP Released 25th September 2020 £34.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Lyman Woodard Organization Don’t Stop The Groove £34.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Pure Pleasure SKU: LW-1353 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 25th September 2020 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Steve Lacy The Straight Horn Of Steve Lacy Jazz | Candid Records | 1LP Released 21st July 2023 £26.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Steve Lacy The Straight Horn Of Steve Lacy £26.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Candid Records SKU: LPCND32111 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 21st July 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Charles Mingus The Clown (Mono) (Atlantic 75 Series) Jazz | Analogue Productions (Atlantic 75 Series) | 180g, 2LP, 45rpm Released 28th June 2024 £75.00 Pre Order View Pre/Back Orders Charles Mingus The Clown (Mono) (Atlantic 75 Series) £75.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Analogue Productions (Atlantic 75 Series) SKU: AAPA 060-45 Formats: 180g, 2LP, 45rpm Released Date: 28th June 2024 Read More Pre Order View Pre/Back Orders See more in Jazz Start again
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