if you like arab influenced jazz — and i certainly do, with that different scale — have a look also at two other shows here, by sophie alour and by imbrahim maalouf. i tend to think of this flavour of jazz as largely a french phenomenon (and there is a lot in france), but like most music, a pigeon hole doesn’t really work.
back in 2017, this was on the jazz serendipity live blog which seems to have disappeared, and is well worth re-posting here (btw, i think this was originally an unclewolfi share on dime). btw, the first two tracks are from the la saboteuse cd, which i really enjoyed.
yazz ahmed’s family hafla
jazzfest berlin
haus der berliner festspiele, seitenbuehne
berlin, germany
04.nov.2016
yazz ahmed – tp,flh
george crowley – bcl
ralph wyld – vibes
naadia sheriff – p
dudley phillips – b
martin france – dr
corrina silvester – perc
01. jamil jamal (ahmed) 07:43
02. announcement yazz ahmed 01:36
03. la saboteuse (ahmed) 08:15
04. announcement yazz ahmed 00:31
05. paradise in the hold (ahmed) 10:02
06. announcement yazz ahmed 00:39
07. 2857 (ahmed) 03:14
08. lahan al mansour (ahmed) 03:01
09. whispering gallery (ahmed) 11:42
10. announcement yazz ahmed 01:12
11. organ eternal (barnet) 08:46
12. paradise in the hold (ahmed) [fade out] 01:30
source: dvb-s > techno trend tt-premium s2-6400 twin hd > hdd > nero wave editor > flac
(mpeg1 layer 2/320 kbps) [radio station – nordwestradio]
sample: t09 whispering gallery 192k.mp3
download: YazzAhmed_2016-11-04_BerlinGermany.zip
image: from the photo gallery on yazz ahmed’s website, used without permission.