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Yazz Ahmed · 2019 · Ouverture de Polyhymnia (10 min)

Context

First track of the album, nearly ten minutes long. Polyhymnia, Yazz Ahmed's third studio album (Ropeadope, 11 October 2019), is a concept album celebrating the courage, determination and creativity of women; each track is dedicated to an activist or a collective.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to British jazz, Current scene (New York, Chicago, worldwide). Among the origins and influences of British jazz: Traditional revival, Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's).

By the same artist

• Ruby Bridges (2019)
• One Girl Among Many (2019)
• La Saboteuse (2017)

Sources

• EN: Polyhymnia (album)

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