“Homescape is based upon improvised duos with either trumpeter Paolo Fresu or oud player/ vocalist Dhafer Youssef, usually backed by simple, loops and samples. Le’s post-production (all at home, too) has then crafted these performances [More]
Of the many exceptional world music projects by the Lebanese oud master Khalil, this is one of the more intriguing cuts used from the soundtrack of the Yilmaz Arslan-directed film Yara. Though the verbose liner [More]
Jazz Sahara is the debut album by double bassist and oud player Ahmed Abdul-Malik featuring performances recorded in late 1958 and originally released on the Riverside label. AllMusic Review by Scott Yanow: This CD reissue [More]
“Blue Maqams” (Anouar Brahem). Recorded in New York’s Avatar Studios in May 2017 and produced by Manfred Eicher, Blue Maqams brings Tunisian oud master Anouar Brahem together with three brilliant improvisers. For Anouar Brahem and [More]
AllMusic Review by Kurt Keefner: One of Rabih Abou-Khalil’s earlier albums, Between Dusk and Dawn features stellar sidemen such as master percussionist Glen Velez and jazz saxophonist Charlie Mariano. In places it exhibits that ecstatic [More]
” Dance of the invisible dervishes” at Festival international de Carthage, Tunisia Dhafer Youssef – Oud, Vocal Eivind Aarset – Guitar Husnu Senlendirici – Clarinet Video by Shiraz Fradi Christian Ulbrich – sound engineer
