Yazz Ahmed, Robocobra Quartet & Katharine Timoney in the Stendhal line-up next week

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Jazz at Stendhal - yes there is some at the annual festival next week in bucolic north-coast surroundings in County Derry. Trumpeter Yazz Ahmed is on as are Belfast punk jazzers Robocobra Quartet. The need to know Cara Emerald like vocals of Katharine Timoney also from the Belfast scene figures. Top: Yazz Ahmed on Radiohead track 'Bloom' from King of Limbs (2007). Runs from 6-8 July - festival details

MORE READING AND LISTENING:

On She Said - a NYJO commission that included new work by Yazz Ahmed issued last year
On Living Isn't Easy by Robocobra Quartet, marlbank's top Irish jazz release last year - read more here
Towards the Emerald City - more on Katharine Timoney - 2021 piece & listen to 'Paris.' Yazz Ahmed, top

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Yazz Ahmed, Robocobra Quartet & Katharine Timoney in the Stendhal line-up next week

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