Nana Rashid

“Is it really possible to uncover such great unknown talent in todays jazzmusic?”(Jazznyt) The strong, raw and melancholic debut EP «Sorrow In Sunlight» (2016) is proof that it’s still possible to uncover great, unknown talents in jazz music in our day and age. The EP got ***** in the Danish national paper Berlingske tidende. The voice of Danish jazzsinger, Nana Rashid has a timeless quality, reminiscent of such greats as Nina Simone and Radka Toneff. The heart and soul of everything Nana Rashid does is rooted in the believe that music can reveal everything human and remind of what we have in common - our humanity. As a composer and performer she very much relates to her time politically and spiritually in that way she firmly places herself in the present both through her lyrics and sounds. In April 2023 her first full-length album, “Music For Betty”, recorded together with the members of the Danish trio Little North, will be released on the Danish jazzlabel April Records. The album title was a work title referring to the Song “Poor Blue Betty” - as a reference to the parts we dismiss in ourself but still so badly want cause they are what makes us whole.The 8 songs on the record are written and chosen out of a wish to make music for all of the dismissed part of her own soul as a tool to integrate them further.