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Matthew Ruddick

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Author of Funny Valentine, an acclaimed new biography of the jazz trumpet player and singer, Chet Baker.
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Friday, 30 September 2022 17:29

Blue Note Re:imagined II - Various Artists

Jazz history reimagined by the class of 2022.

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Friday, 11 October 2019 16:14

Yazz Ahmed – Polyhymnia

Yazz Ahmed celebrates the power of women on Polyhymnia.

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Since releasing Finding My Way Home in 2011, British-Bahraini trumpet player, Yazz Ahmed, has emerged as a distinctive voice on the UK Jazz scene, both as a soloist and composer. In recent years she has lead her quartet and her seven-piece, Ahmed Family Hafla, in concerts around the UK and abroad, including Kuwait, Ukraine, Algeria and at the 2016 Berlin Jazz festival. She has played alongside Toshiko Akiyoshi, Steve Williamson, Courtney Pine, Troyk-estra, Jazz Jamaica, The Human Revolution Orchestra, and Arun Ghosh. Yazz has also recorded and performed with Radiohead, Max Romeo, Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry, ABC, Swing Out Sister, Joan as Police Woman, Amel Zen and has toured the world with art-rock band, These New Puritans, as a soloist and member of their septet and quintet. Her new album, La Saboteuse, is a deep exploration of her mixed heritage and her growing interest in sound design and electronic effects. The album has been described as ‘intoxicating, compelling and sonically outstanding’, and transforming what jazz means in the 21st century.

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Sunday, 21 May 2017 12:10

Yazz Ahmed - La Saboteuse

Yazz Ahmed takes us on an exotic, extraordinary journey on her second album.

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