View basket “Demon’s Dance: Blue Note Tone Poet Series” 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 Tony Bennett and Diana Krall Love is Here to Stay Jazz | Verve | 1LP Released 12th September 2018 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Tony Bennett and Diana Krall Love is Here to Stay £20.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Verve SKU: 6778127 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 12th September 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Les McCann Ltd But Not Really Jazz | Speakers Corner | 180g, 1LP Released 18th February 2013 £34.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Les McCann Ltd But Not Really £34.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Speakers Corner SKU: LS86016 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 18th February 2013 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Antonio Pinto & Ed Côrtes City Of God OST Jazz | Warner Jazz | 180g, 1LP Released 15th September 2014 £16.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Antonio Pinto & Ed Côrtes City Of God OST £16.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Warner Jazz SKU: 3299039958827 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 15th September 2014 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Lou Donaldson Say It Loud Jazz | Blue Note | Miscellaneous Released 12th August 2009 £13.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Lou Donaldson Say It Loud £13.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Blue Note SKU: BLP4299 Formats: Miscellaneous Released Date: 12th August 2009 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Charles Mingus Oh Yeah (Atlantic 75 Series) Jazz | Analogue Productions (Atlantic 75 Series) | 180g, 2LP, 45rpm Released 25th December 2025 £75.00 Pre Order View Pre/Back Orders Charles Mingus Oh Yeah (Atlantic 75 Series) £75.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Analogue Productions (Atlantic 75 Series) SKU: AAPA 039-45 Formats: 180g, 2LP, 45rpm Released Date: 25th December 2025 Read More Pre Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Dorothy Ashby The Rubáiyát Of Dorothy Ashby (Verve By Request) Jazz | Blue Note | 180g, 1LP Released 12th May 2023 £26.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Dorothy Ashby The Rubáiyát Of Dorothy Ashby (Verve By Request) £26.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Blue Note SKU: 4899071 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 12th May 2023 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Nils Okland & Sigbjorn Apeland Glimmer Jazz | ECM | 1LP Released 17th November 2023 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Nils Okland & Sigbjorn Apeland Glimmer £22.00 Genre: Jazz Label: ECM SKU: 5573175 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 17th November 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Stanley Turrentine Sugar (Remastered) Jazz | Music On Vinyl | 180g, 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released 22nd March 2024 £31.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Stanley Turrentine Sugar (Remastered) £31.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Music On Vinyl SKU: MOVLP212C Formats: 180g, 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 22nd March 2024 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Melody Gardot The Absence Jazz | Decca (UMO) [GB] | Jazz | Decca Records | 1LP Released 7th June 2024 £30.00 Pre Order View Pre/Back Orders Melody Gardot The Absence £30.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Decca (UMO) [GB] | Jazz | Decca Records SKU: 6523639 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 7th June 2024 Read More Pre Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Booker Ervin The Song Book (Stereo) Jazz | Analogue Productions (Prestige) | 180g, 1LP Released 22nd September 2023 £45.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Booker Ervin The Song Book (Stereo) £45.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Analogue Productions (Prestige) SKU: APRJ7318 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 22nd September 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders See more in Jazz Start again
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