Hun har samarbejdet med stjerner som indie-ikonerne Radiohead og dub-pioner Lee ”Scratch” Perry. Hendes album La Saboteuse har modtaget pris efter pris, og det prestigefyldte jazzmagasin ’Downbeat´ har udråbt Yazz Ahmed som en af de ”25 artists who can define the coming decades of jazz”. En unik kunstner i en unik venue. Sydhavnen byder Yazz Ahmed velkommen til Dansepavillonen under sommerens Copenhagen Jazz Festival.

Gennem sin musik søger den britisk-bahrainske trompetist, komponist og producer, Yazz Ahmed, at udviske grænserne mellem jazz og elektronisk musik, og smelte de to verdener, der udgør hendes kulturarv, sammen i én ’sound’, der er beskrevet som ‘psychedelic Arabic jazz’.

Hendes album, La Saboteuse (Naim Records, 2017), vandt prisen som ’Jazz Album of the Year’ i magasinet The Wire og fik stor opmærksomhed - også langt ud over den traditionelle ”jazzverden”. Yazz Ahmeds efterfølgende album Polyhymnia (2019) blev ligeledes storrost og fik Downbeat Magazine til at udråbe hende som en af de ”25 artists who can define the coming decades of jazz”.

Yazz Ahmed har i løbet af hendes karriere samarbejdet og spillet med en række højt profilerede musikere og bands som Radiohead, Lee ”Scratch” Perry, Transglobal Underground, Susheela Raman, Tarek Yamani, Amel Zen samt These New Puritans.

Hun har spillet og touret i det meste af Europa såvel som en stor del af verden, herunder Rusland, Ukraine, Tyrkiet, Tunesien, Algeriet, Bahrain, Kuwait, USA og Canada, ligesom hun også har fortryllet publikum på store festivaler som WOMAD, Love Supreme, NYC Winter Jazz Fest & Pori Jazz.

Senest vandt hun to priser ved Jazz FM Awards 2020 – ’UK Artist of the Year’ og ’Jazz Album of the Year’ (for Polyhymnia), og i november 2020 fik hun overrakt den prestigefyldte pris ’Ivor Novello Award for Innovation in Composition’.

Yazz Ahmed er en sand pioner og frontløber, når det kommer til at bryde grænser, om det er musikalske, indenfor ligestilling eller kulturelle skel i det hele taget. Eller som hun beskedent udtrykker det:

“I hope that through my music I can bring people together, building bridges between cultures, and changing perceptions about women in jazz and people of Muslim heritage”

Koncerten er en del af Copenhagen Jazz Festival 2023

Døre kl. 18.30 // Koncert kl. 19.00

Venue: Dansepavillonen

Photo: John Jarrett

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Through her music, British-Bahraini trumpet player, composer and producer, Yazz Ahmed, seeks to blur the lines between jazz and electronic sound design, bringing together the sounds of her mixed heritage in what has been described as ‘psychedelic Arabic jazz, intoxicating and compelling’.

Her album, La Saboteuse (Naim Records, 2017), scooped Jazz Album of the Year in The Wire magazine and achieved attention beyond the jazz world. Polyhymnia (2019) won multiple rave reviews, leading Downbeat Magazine to name her as one of the artists set to shape the future of jazz over the next decade.

Yazz has led her ensembles in performances across the UK & Europe, and further afield including Russia, Ukraine, Turkey, Tunisia, Algeria, Bahrain, Kuwait, USA & Canada. She has also enchanted audiences at major festivals such as WOMAD, Love Supreme, NYC Winter Jazz Fest & Pori Jazz.

Her career is studded with high profile collaborations, which have seen her record and perform with the likes of Radiohead, Lee Scratch Perry, Transglobal Underground, Susheela Raman, Tarek Yamani, Amel Zen, including a world tour with These New Puritans.

Yazz has been nominated for Downbeat Magazine’s ‘Trumpet Artist of The Year' and featured in the 'Rising Star Trumpet' category in the 2020 Downbeat critics’ poll. And at the close of 2020, she won the Jazz FM Award for UK Jazz Act of the Year, Jazz FM Album of The Year, and the highly prestigious Ivor Novello Award for Innovation.

A true innovator and frontrunner in breaking boundaries in both music, gender equality as well as culture in a whole. Or as she modestly puts it:

“I hope that through my music I can bring people together, building bridges between cultures, and changing perceptions about women in jazz and people of Muslim heritage”