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 ~~~~~~~ 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. [...] -- 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/