Yazz Ahmed - A Paradise In The Hold (2025)

Yazz Ahmed
A Paradise In The Hold
2025 - Night Time Stories: ALNCD77 / ALNLP77
https://www.nighttimestories.co.uk/products/a-paradise-in-the-hold
https://www.yazzahmed.com/album/a-paradise-in-the-hold/
https://yazzahmed.bandcamp.com/album/a-paradise-in-the-hold

* Yazz Ahmed : trumpet, flugelhorn, handclaps, programming, ululations
* Noel Langley : flugelhorn (2, 4), handclaps (7) &
additional programming (1)
* George Crowley : bass clarinet, handclaps (2, 8)
* Samy Bishai : violin (1)
* Samuel Hällkvist : guitar (2, 4, 9)
* Naadia Sheriff : Fender Rhodes electric piano (1-4, 6, 8, 10),
piano (4, 6, 9), Roland JX-03 synthesizer (1, 10),
handclaps (2, 8)
* Alcyona Mick : Fender Rhodes electric piano (4-5, 9)
* Dudley Phillips : bass (1-3, 6, 8, 10), handclaps (2, 8)
* Dave Manington : bass (4-5, 9)
* Ralph Wyld : vibraphone, marimba (1, 8), handclaps (2, 8)
* Martin France : drums, handclaps (2, 8)
* Corrina Silvester: percussion, handclaps (1-2, 7, 8)
* Natacha Atlas : voice (1, 4, 8)
* Brigitte Beraha : voice (3-6), handclaps (2, 8)
* Randolph Matthews: voice (3, 9-10)
* Alba Nacinovich : voice (6, 8)
* Jason Singh : voice (9), additional programming (2-3, 5, 8-9)
* Engineer Family : chatter (7), ululations (7)

https://www.yazzahmed.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yazz_Ahmed
https://www.allmusic.com/artist/yazz-ahmed-mn0002670862

Reviews
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By Thom Jurek
https://www.allmusic.com/album/a-paradise-in-the-hold-mw0004417536

A Paradise in the Hold is trumpeter/composer Yazz Ahmed's fourth album as a
leader. Ten years in the works, she realizes what she began on a trip to
Bahrain in 2014, resulting in 2015's commissioned suite "Alhaan Al Siduri." She
studied the work and travel songs, hymns, and chants of Bahrain's pearl divers,
the characters in the Epic of Gilgamesh, and the creative power of Arab
women. Ahmed uses elements from the earlier composition in these ten
atmospherically intense tracks that crisscross modern and electric jazz with
Eastern folk sounds and even dubby club music. She realized the project with an
invited studio band and guest vocalists including Natacha Atlas, Randolph
Matthews, Alba Nacinovich, and Birgitte Beraha, marking the first time Ahmed
has worked with singers. [...]

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By Patrick Hadfield
https://ukjazznews.com/yazz-ahmed-a-paradise-in-the-hold/

By Jeff Terich
https://www.treblezine.com/yazz-ahmed-a-paradise-in-the-hold-review/

By Ana Gavrilovska
https://www.uncut.co.uk/reviews/yazz-ahmed-a-paradise-in-the-hold-148914/
https://motherslug.substack.com/p/028-yazz-ahmed-a-paradise-in-the

Tony Ernst (se)
https://www.lira.se/skivrecension/a-paradise-in-the-hold/

Radio France (fr)
https://www.radiofrance.fr/francemusique/podcasts/au-coeur-du-jazz/yazz-ahmed-racines-tradition-et-innovation-3194400

Caravan Jazz (es)
https://www.caravanjazz.es/index.php/discoteca-caravan-jazz/yazz-ahmed-a-paradise-in-the-hold/