Hailed as one of the most influential trumpet players of her generation, Yazz Ahmed is an award winning composer who makes sweeping epics that are rich with storytelling, depicting evocative ancient worlds and mythological muses.
Yazz has led her ensembles in performances across the UK & Europe, and further afield in Algeria, Bahrain, Beirut, Kuwait, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, USA & Canada. She has also enchanted audiences at major festivals such as WOMAD, Love Supreme, NYC Winter Jazz Fest and Montreux Jazz Festival.
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, Arturo O’Farrill, Natacha Atlas, Obongjayar, Richard Russell, and These New Puritans.