View basket “Plenty, Plenty Soul” 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 Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong Ella & Louis Again (Acoustic Sounds Series) Jazz | Verve | 180g, 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released 16th September 2022 £50.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong Ella & Louis Again (Acoustic Sounds Series) £50.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Verve SKU: 3597198 Formats: 180g, 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 16th September 2022 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Miles Davies The Legendary Prestige Quintet Sessions Jazz | Craft Recordings | 6LP, Box Set Released 8th November 2019 £200.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Miles Davies The Legendary Prestige Quintet Sessions £200.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Craft Recordings SKU: 7209705 Formats: 6LP, Box Set Released Date: 8th November 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Lee Ritenour Lee Ritenours 6 String Theory Blues | Universal Play 33 1/3 Series | 180g, 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released 11th September 2017 £48.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Lee Ritenour Lee Ritenours 6 String Theory £48.00 Genre: Blues Label: Universal Play 33 1/3 Series SKU: LP43034 Formats: 180g, 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 11th September 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Curtis Counce You Get More Bounce With Curtis Counce (Acoustic Sounds Series) Jazz | Contemporary Records (Acoustic Sounds Series) | 180g, 1LP Released 13th October 2023 £36.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Curtis Counce You Get More Bounce With Curtis Counce (Acoustic Sounds Series) £36.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Contemporary Records (Acoustic Sounds Series) SKU: 7245374 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 13th October 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Billie Holiday Body And Soul Jazz | Verve | 180g, 1LP Released 22nd February 2019 £21.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Billie Holiday Body And Soul £21.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Verve SKU: 7708965 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 22nd February 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Marcus Miller Laid Black Jazz | Blue Note | 2LP Released 28th September 2018 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Marcus Miller Laid Black £22.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Blue Note SKU: 6765388 Formats: 2LP Released Date: 28th September 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Miles Davis The Essential Jazz | Sony Music | 2LP Released 7th October 2016 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Miles Davis The Essential £22.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Sony Music SKU: 88985357741 Formats: 2LP Released Date: 7th October 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Pharoah Sanders Moon Child Jazz | Music On Vinyl | 180g, 1LP Released 21st July 2023 £28.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Pharoah Sanders Moon Child £28.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Music On Vinyl SKU: MOVLP2949 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 21st July 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Bill Evans Trio Sunday At The Village Vanguard Jazz | Concord Craft Recordings (OJC Series) | 180g, 1LP Released 17th November 2023 £43.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Bill Evans Trio Sunday At The Village Vanguard £43.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Concord Craft Recordings (OJC Series) SKU: CR609 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 17th November 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Jackie McLean Demon’s Dance: Blue Note Tone Poet Series Jazz | Blue Note Tone Poet | 180g, 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released 6th October 2023 £36.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Jackie McLean Demon’s Dance: Blue Note Tone Poet Series £36.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Blue Note Tone Poet SKU: 3896334 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 6th October 2023 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket See more in Jazz Start again
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