Astrakan Café
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| Studio album by Anouar Brahem | ||||
| Released | 2000 | |||
| Recorded | June 1999 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 77:42 | |||
| Label | ECM | |||
| Producer | Manfred Eicher | |||
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Astrakan Café is an album by Tunisian oud player Anouar Brahem recorded in 1999 and released on the ECM label.[1]
Reception
The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek called it "deeply personal, profound music. It is also highly iconographic, with timelessness woven through every measure... This would be traditional music if a tradition such as this -- which is original, though adapted from many sources on inspiration -- actually existed. Highly recommended "[2]
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Track listing
- All compositions by Anouar Brahem except as indicated
- "Aube Rouge à Grozny" (Barbaros Erköse) - 4:22
- "Astrakan Café Part 1" - 3:18
- "The Mozdok's Train" - 4:46
- "Blue Jewels" - 8:31
- "Nihawend Lunga" (Cemil Bey) - 3:32
- "Ashkabad" (Anouar Brahem, Barbaros Erköse, Lassad Hosni) - 5:38
- "Halfaouine" - 5:57
- "Parfumo de Gitane" - 7:03
- "Khotan" - 3:31
- "Karakoum" - 5:08
- "Astara" - 10:46
- "Dar Es Salam" - 3:47
- "Hijaz Pechref" (Brahem, Osman Bey Fragment) - 6:24
- "Astrakan Café Part 2" - 4:49
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- Recorded at Monastery of St Gerold in Austria in June 1999
Personnel
- Anouar Brahem - oud
- Barbaros Erköse - clarinet
- Lassad Hosni - bendir, darbouka
References
- ↑ ECM discography accessed November 8, 2011
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Jurek, T. Allmusic Review accessed November 8, 2011
