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Jazz World Vol.  17

I Hate To Lose You

Sunset Mission (Full Album) HD

Released 28th October 2022
Buy/stream: https://LateNightTales.lnk.to/withoutstarorcompass

Kennebec is the critically acclaimed musical outlet of Eric Phillips, a composer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist living in Portland, Oregon. Drawing from an eclectic array of influences to create his own unique style of cinematic electronic music, he is set to release his sophomore album ‘Without Star or Compass’ on the 28th October via Night Times Stories, the sister label to LateNightTales. 

Releasing his debut album ‘Departure’ at the beginning of the pandemic in early 2020, ‘Without Star or Compass’ was written and recorded during a phase in Phillips’ life which allowed him to re-examine his motivations. “The first primary influence for this record is that, more so than ‘Departure’, I wanted to write this record for my friends and others rather than for myself. Maybe it's also a product of maturing, but I wanted the music to communicate more clearly to others, and be less of an exercise of some kind for myself.” 

From the subtle electronica of ‘Leaving The Canyons’ featuring the distinctive vocals of Future Islands frontman Samuel T. Herring, the expanding electronic beats of ‘Tall Tales’ featuring Hemlock Ernst (the rap moniker of Samuel T. Herring) and US singer Sudan Archives, to the effortlessly cast rhythms of ‘The Great Divide’ featuring Yazz Ahmed on horns, Phillips set out to make an album which was more direct with sparser arrangements and distinct melodies, while still maintaining the eclectic and creative nature of his debut. “I think if I were a writer, my words would be all setting and very little narrative. I'm really trying to evoke a sense of place and motion and journey and environment but the facts of the story are left vague.” 

On working with Herring, Phillips adds, “I think our styles just resonated well with one another, and we clicked naturally. We sent some ideas back and forth remotely and then he flew out to Portland and we recorded all the vocals in three days together. It was so fun and inspiring - and really deepened my appreciation for his craft. He's such a nice guy and a total genius. Sam's lyrics really hit a beautiful balance between that sense of magic and folklore in the natural world that I'm after, while really bringing his own sense of narrative. He's really amazing at constructing lyrical concepts in a way that I think compliments my own strengths (and weaknesses).” 

Throughout ‘Without Star or Compass’, Phillips masterfully creates an evocative sense of place and motion in a cinematic way, in part due to his love of soundtrack music, a heavy influence on the album. ‘Castalay's Fountain’ was inspired by classic JRPG music such as ‘Zelda’, ‘Chrono Trigger’ and ‘Final Fantasy’, while instrumental tracks ‘Friendship song’, ‘The Great Divide’ and ‘Calyptra’ are rich in cinematic grandeur.  

In addition to the Kennebec project, Phillips has composed the music for numerous feature films, documentaries, podcasts and games. In 2020, alongside Mark Orton (of Tin Hat Trio) and John Hancock, Phillips co-composed the soundtrack to 'Wind of Change', a podcast created by New York Times Journalist Patrick Radden Keefe and produced by Spotify, recorded the Moscow Bowtie Orchestra for the feature-length film ‘12 Mighty Orphans’ starring Luke Wilson, Robert Duvall and Martin Sheen and scored Northfork Studios documentary ‘Chehalis: A Watershed Moment.'
 
Running since 2013, 'Night Time Stories’, the sister label to LateNightTales, is a platform for original artist material, hosting artists connected by a common thread of authenticity. 

#Kennebec #NightTimeStories #LateNightTales

Kennebec - The Great Divide Feat. Yazz Ahmed

Watch '' Bidad '' on YouTube:  https://youtu.be/zvqjhWJf7ao
When words are removed from music, the doors of communication between all the listeners of the world are opened and it doesn't matter what nationality or culture. Ears instinctively find musical notes and create the eternal vibration of our world.
Music, Arrangement, mixing and mastering by Majid Kazemi
Video: Ugur Evin

Bidad | بیداد

Lorenzo Vitolo - piano
Ethan Cohn - double bass
Aron Talas - drums
2021

Mirror Dialogue

Buy the 2024 Yazz Ahmed vinyl reissues: https://yazz-ahmed.lnk.to/backcatalogue

We’re delighted to welcome British-Bahraini trumpeter and flugelhorn player Yazz Ahmed to the Night Time Stories family. And, to mark the occasion, we’re releasing her entire back catalogue on vinyl.

First up - and available for the first time on vinyl - we have 2011’s "Finding My Way Home”. It’s Yazz Ahmed’s debut album, and it blends original compositions and improvisations, reflecting Yazz's Arabic heritage and classic jazz influences from the 1950s and 60s. 

Next up in our series of special Yazz Ahmed vinyl reissues, we have 2017’s "La Saboteuse". A revolutionary record, the album blends music from her dual heritage with electronic effects to redefine the genre. Finally available again on vinyl, the record delves into her British and Bahraini roots, featuring musicians including Samuel Hällkvist and Shabaka Hutchings, and is characterised by the flavour of its Middle Eastern melodies and evocative rhythms. 

Finally, we have Yazz Ahmed's acclaimed album ‘Polyhymnia’, which celebrates female courage, determination, and creativity. This album contrasts her previous work, "La Saboteuse," which was driven by her inner-destroyer or anti-muse.

Yazz Ahmed - Barbara

Yazz Ahmed - One Girl Among Many

Bella Sarris - Foundation FM Takeover x Sentimental Voices

Pre-order the new album: https://yazz-ahmed.lnk.to/aparadise
Stream/download the single: https://yazz-ahmed.lnk.to/paradisesingle/

British-Bahraini trumpeter and composer Yazz Ahmed today announces her much-anticipated fourth studio album, A Paradise In The Hold, set for release on 28 February via her new label Night Time Stories. Alongside this announcement, she is releasing the record’s title track, a powerful 10-minute piece inspired by the voyages of Bahraini pearl divers braving the seas to bring home their precious cargo. It blends traditional Bahraini influences with dynamic textures, eerily manipulated field recordings, polyrhythmic clapping and layered instrumentation that crescendos into a euphoric celebration of collective strength. 

On her new single, Yazz offers: “Composition began during experimentation with recordings from a research trip to hear the Pearl Divers of Muharraq in 2014. I processed short fragments of ceremonial sounds and morphed them into an undulating beat emulating the rise and fall, the breathing of the ocean, the creaking of the boat’s timbers.The piece has evolved during live performances into something of an epic, with solos from myself, George Crowley on bass clarinet and Naadia Sheriff on Fender Rhodes. It continues with a darbuka solo by Corrina Silvester, played over an extended vamp with polyrhythmic clapping from the ensemble, before the uplifting coda. I wanted to paint a picture of the joyful celebrations of the collective efforts of the sailors to bring their riches home.”

A Paradise In The Hold is an album of yearning. It’s about Yazz’s dual heritage, drawing on traditional music and folklore as well as her own personal experience as a British-Bahraini woman. A sweeping epic where tradition meets innovation, she melds ancient rhythms with contemporary musicianship. The record is a tribute to the sorrowful songs of Bahrain’s pearl divers, the strength of Arab women, and the celebratory rhythms of women's traditional drumming circles, while also telling the story of Yazz’s own decade-long voyage of self-discovery. 

On the album, Yazz says: “A thread in my work has been searching for, establishing, and now finally embracing and celebrating my cultural identity. I want to change the narrative about Arab women. So often, they are misrepresented as oppressed, but in Bahrain, there are many creative women forging new paths. I hope this album shines a light on that vibrancy and strength.” 

The album also marks Yazz’s first foray into writing lyrics, in both English and Arabic, bringing a new dimension to her expansive sound. The project features an impressive roster of collaborators, including vocalists Natacha Atlas, Brigitte Beraha, and percussionist Corrina Silvester. An Ivor Novello Award-winning composer and one of the most innovative trumpet players of her generation, with A Paradise In The Hold, Yazz Ahmed delivers a groundbreaking fusion of tradition and innovation, creating a contemporary jazz project that is set to make a lasting impact on the genre.

Yazz Ahmed - A Paradise In The Hold

Stream/download 'Into The Night': https://yazz-ahmed.lnk.to/intothenight
Pre-order the new album, 'A Paradise In The Hold': https://yazz-ahmed.lnk.to/aparadise

British-Bahraini trumpeter and composer Yazz Ahmed shares a new track, ‘Into The Night’. A standout piece from her forthcoming album, A Paradise In The Hold, (out 28 February via Night Time Stories), the new single is constructed with carefully assembled layers of sound, all hinging on recordings of percussive, joyful hubbub at Yazz’s family home in Bahrain. Deeply personal, it is one of the pieces from the album that wears its Bahraini influence proudly whilst also being a remarkable celebration of female independence. 

On her new single, Yazz offers: “This short interlude continues the narrative of the celebratory song of independence, Dancing Barefoot. We follow the reluctant bride outside, dancing, laughing and singing into the night. Adding a very personal touch to the piece, the track features members of my own family, recorded at our home in Bahrain, providing the party hubbub and the joyful ululations. I recorded a fragment of the original melody over a drum ensemble, which was created entirely by Corrina Silvester, with multi-tracked layers of percussion and clapping. It is perhaps the most purely Bahraini piece on the album.”

Due 28 February, A Paradise In The Hold is an album of yearning. It’s about Yazz’s dual heritage, drawing on traditional music and folklore as well as her own personal experience as a British-Bahraini woman. A sweeping epic where tradition meets innovation, she melds ancient rhythms with contemporary musicianship. The record is a tribute to the sorrowful songs of Bahrain’s pearl divers, the strength of Arab women, and the celebratory rhythms of women's traditional drumming circles, while also telling the story of Yazz’s own decade-long voyage of self-discovery. 

The album also marks Yazz’s first foray into writing lyrics, in both English and Arabic, bringing a new dimension to her expansive sound. The project features an impressive roster of collaborators, including vocalists Natacha Atlas, Brigitte Beraha, and percussionist Corrina Silvester. An Ivor Novello Award-winning composer and one of the most innovative trumpet players of her generation, with A Paradise In The Hold, Yazz Ahmed delivers a groundbreaking fusion of tradition and innovation, creating a contemporary jazz project that is set to make a lasting impact on the genre.

Yazz Ahmed - Into The Night

SAY NO MORE its this track yeah you know it and u love it

Daso  - Meine

15 - Clair De Lune

Superb Starling

Blue And Sentimental

Blue And Sentimental (Remastered 2007/Rudy Van Gelder Edition)

Things Ain’t What They Used To Be

Blues On The Corner (Live At Merkin Hall, NYC / 1989)

ROBAG WRUHME⎢ Tulpa Ovi

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عاشق من و دیوانه من و شیدا من
شهره من و افسانه من و رسوا من
کافر من و بت پرست من، ترسا من
این‌ها من و صد بار بتر زین‌ها من

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Chenan ke Hastam Hastam - Farbod Mjl Ft. Axiom Of Choice Remix

One of E.S.T.'s greatest live sets. Amazing performance.

02 - The Face of Love

03 - Providence

04 - Good Morning Susie Soho

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Charles Lloyd & Gabor Szabo ~ Majorca

Night Time Stories is the sister label of Late Night Tales for original artist releases. The label hosts a family of artists connected by a common thread of authenticity. Releases have featured the likes of Khruangbin, Garden City Movement, Sasha’s ‘Scene Delete’, Rae & Christian and Chaouche.