YAZZ AHMED
Genres: World Fusion, Jazz Related Electronica, Hip-Hop, Jazz Education • United Kingdom

Born in 1983, in Carshalton, Surrey, trumpet and flugelhorn player Yazz Ahmed grew up surrounded by music. Yazz’s mother was a ballet dancer for the Royal Ballet and would play classical music - as well as jazz - around the house while Yazz’s grandfather, Terry Brown, a successful jazz trumpeter in the 1950s, would share with Yazz the music and stories from his days on the road. During the 1950’s, Terry performed with the original John Dankworth Seven, Tubby Hayes, Ronnie Scott, Jimmy Skidmore, Phil Seamen, and many other British jazz musicians. Terry later became a record producer for Pye and Philips Records. Yazz has always had a love for music. By the age of nine she had started to take up a personal interest when she began trumpet lessons at school. Yazz found an instant connection with the trumpet and took to the instrument naturally. During her time at school, Yazz read more...