Yazz Ahmed - Finding My Way Home (2011/2024) [Official Digital Download]
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/44.1 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 50:39 minutes | 470 MB
Jazz | Studio Master, Official Digital Download
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/44.1 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 50:39 minutes | 470 MB
Jazz | Studio Master, Official Digital Download
Finding My Way Home is the debut release from British-Bahraini trumpet player, Yazz Ahmed.
The album is a collection of original compositions and improvisations, exploring the sounds and rhythms of Yasmeen’s Arabic heritage, revisiting memories from her early childhood in Bahrain. These are contrasted with pieces reflecting the classic British jazz from the 1950s and 60s, which was the soundtrack to her teenage years and was her gateway into improvised music.
Yazz’s Grandfather, Terry Brown, was a jazz trumpeter who played alongside Tubby Hayes, Ronnie Scott and as a member of the original John Dankworth Seven. He went on to become a successful record producer for Pye and Philips Records. Yazz picked up the trumpet inspired by the music and the stories that Terry shared with her.
Finding My Way Home also features the sublime talents of bass guitar virtuoso, Janek Gwizdala. Now widely regarded as one of the finest players in the world, Janek was actually a nineteen-year-old beginner on the trumpet when he and Yazz first met in the brass ensemble at the Merton Music Foundation. After a ten-year gap, their friendship was renewed, thanks to the power of Facebook. Noticing he would be visiting London during November 2008, Yazz asked Janek if he would be interested in recording a session of duets. Janek was delighted to accept, even though they had last played together when Yazz was just fourteen years old.
These intimate tracks, specially arranged for flugelhorn and bass guitar, recorded at the Cowshed in London, form the main body of the album. In addition to Yazz’s Affirmation, Stan Sulzmann’s Birthdays, Birthdays and the Miles Davis classic So What, the pair also recorded four spontaneous compositions, utilizing Arabic scales. These evocative and mysterious pieces, Embarkation, Al Muharraq, Birth of the Fool and Finding My Way Home, bind the album together but also become the vehicles for a musical journey of self-discovery.
Whist at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Yazz began writing for her first quintet. Two of her original compositions for this band, the poignant ballad, Conciliation and the Joe Henderson inspired Flip Flop, are performed here by Alam Nathoo tenor sax, John Bailey piano, Jay Darwish double bass and George Hart on drums.
Yazz also met Shabaka Hutchings while at the Guildhall. His bass clarinet playing is featured on Wah-Wah Sowahwah, the first of Yazz’s Arabic flavoured compositions, inspired by the session with Janek. The other musicians on this track are Simon Hale, playing Fender Rhodes, cellist, Chris Fish, Corrina Silvester - an expert in North African and Arabic hand drumming - and bass guitarist, Laurence Cottle.
TRACKLIST
1. Yazz Ahmed - Embarkation
2. Yazz Ahmed - Wah-Wah Sowahwah
3. Yazz Ahmed - Al Muharraq
4. Yazz Ahmed - Flip Flop
5. Yazz Ahmed - Affirmation
6. Yazz Ahmed - Conciliation
7. Yazz Ahmed - So What
8. Yazz Ahmed - Birthdays, Birthdays
9. Yazz Ahmed - The Birth of the Fool
10. Yazz Ahmed - Finding My Way Home
foobar2000 1.6.2 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2024-08-02 05:29:24
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Analyzed: Yazz Ahmed / Finding My Way Home
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR9 -3.28 dB -16.05 dB 1:51 01-Embarkation
DR9 -1.10 dB -11.87 dB 7:31 02-Wah-Wah Sowahwah
DR10 -1.72 dB -15.74 dB 2:21 03-Al Muharraq
DR9 -1.10 dB -12.28 dB 5:22 04-Flip Flop
DR10 -2.00 dB -14.39 dB 5:45 05-Affirmation
DR11 -1.10 dB -14.70 dB 5:21 06-Conciliation
DR10 -1.10 dB -14.09 dB 5:07 07-So What
DR11 -1.47 dB -14.94 dB 5:44 08-Birthdays, Birthdays
DR11 -1.10 dB -13.74 dB 1:33 09-The Birth of the Fool
DR11 -1.10 dB -14.39 dB 10:04 10-Finding My Way Home
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Number of tracks: 10
Official DR value: DR10
Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 1296 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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log date: 2024-08-02 05:29:24
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Analyzed: Yazz Ahmed / Finding My Way Home
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR9 -3.28 dB -16.05 dB 1:51 01-Embarkation
DR9 -1.10 dB -11.87 dB 7:31 02-Wah-Wah Sowahwah
DR10 -1.72 dB -15.74 dB 2:21 03-Al Muharraq
DR9 -1.10 dB -12.28 dB 5:22 04-Flip Flop
DR10 -2.00 dB -14.39 dB 5:45 05-Affirmation
DR11 -1.10 dB -14.70 dB 5:21 06-Conciliation
DR10 -1.10 dB -14.09 dB 5:07 07-So What
DR11 -1.47 dB -14.94 dB 5:44 08-Birthdays, Birthdays
DR11 -1.10 dB -13.74 dB 1:33 09-The Birth of the Fool
DR11 -1.10 dB -14.39 dB 10:04 10-Finding My Way Home
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Number of tracks: 10
Official DR value: DR10
Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 1296 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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