Yazz Ahmed Quartet

Yazz Ahmed Quartet (GB)

If we had to summarize the British-Bahraini trumpeter Yazz Ahmed’s myriad musical forays and shifts into a short descriptive framework, we could say that her work combines jazz, Arabic traditions and electronic sounds into a fascinating assemblage, which has been described as “psychedelic Arabic jazz”. Her versatility is reflected in the richly varied collaborations that have seen her perform with the likes of Radiohead, Lee Scratch Perry, Transglobal Underground, Arturo O’Farrill, Natacha Atlas, Obongjayar, etc. A prominent protagonist of the exciting “London’s new jazz” scene, Yazz released her debut album, Finding My Way Home, in 2011. It was her second album, La Saboteuse that truly made a major impact, clocking up multiple rave reviews, including Jazz Album of the Year in The Wire magazine. The result of a long-standing collaboration with Tomorrow’s Warriors, a key initiative of the bedrock of British music, Ahmed’s third album Polyhymnia was a hugely ambitious project, featuring an extended ensemble of 25 musicians while “celebrating female courage and determination”. The newly released A Paradise In The Hold is perhaps Yazz’s most accomplished album to date, a thrilling fusion of Arabic classical music and jazz takes with echoes of UK’s contemporary scene.

Friday, 4 July at 21.00
Park Main Stage
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