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Polyhymnia
  1. Lahan al-Mansour
  2. Ruby Bridges
  3. One Girl Among Many
  4. 2857
  5. Deeds Not Words
  6. Barbara

Yazz Ahmed

Polyhymnia

Ropeadope
  • CD

    Released: 11th Oct 2019

    £16.99
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Composer, trumpeter, and flugelhorn player Yazz Ahmed has performed with Radiohead and The New Puritans and here she’s managed to take the disparate ends of her rock experience and spiritual jazz leanings to make something seriously special.

Her maternal grandfather, Terry Brown, was a jazz trumpeter and record producer in the 50s, and when Ahmed was given the choice of taking up an instrument at her new school, she chose the trumpet. while Yazz continues to blend Jazz with traditional Arabic rhythms and melodies, she brings her message with the music. ‘Polyhymnia’ is a celebration of female courage and determination. It is a suite of six compositions, each dedicated to women of outstanding qualities, whom Yazz finds to be inspirational role models.