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Astrakan café
Studio album by the Anouar Brahem Trio
ReleasedSeptember 18, 2000 (2000-09-18)
RecordedJune 1999 (1999-06)
StudioProstei Sankt Gerold
Sankt Gerold, Austria
GenreJazz
Length1:17:42
LabelECM
ECM 1718
ProducerManfred Eicher
Anouar Brahem chronology
Thimar
(1998) 		Astrakan café
(2000) 		Le pas du chat noir
(2002)

Astrakan café is an album by Tunisian oud player Anouar Brahem, recorded for ECM at the Propstei Sankt Gerold, Austria in June 1999 and released on September 18, 2000. Brahem's trio features clarinetist Barbaros Erköse and percussionist Lassad Hosni.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic

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."

Track listing

All tracks are written by Anouar Brahem except as indicated.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Aube rouge à Grozny"Barbaros Erköse4:22
2."Astrakan café Part 1" 3:18
3."The Mozdok's Train" 4:46
4."Blue Jewels" 8:31
5."Nihawend Lunga"Cemil Bey3:32
6."Ashkabad"
  • Anouar Brahem
  • Erköse
  • Lassad Hosni
5:38
7."Halfaouine" 5:57
8."Parfum de Gitane" 7:03
9."Khotan" 3:31
10."Karakoum" 5:08
11."Astara" 10:46
12."Dar es Salam" 3:47
13."Hijaz Pechref"
  • Brahem
  • Osman Bey (Fragment)
6:24
14."Astrakan café Part 2" 4:49
Total length:1:17:42

Personnel

Anouar Brahem Trio

Technical personnel

  • Manfred Eicher – producer
  • Markus Heiland – recording engineer
  • Sascha Kleis – cover design
  • Gérald Minkoff – cover photography
  • Dorian Shaw, Moncef Fehri – liner photography
  • Paolo Scarnecchia – liner notes
    • Alastair McEwen – liner note translation

References

  1. "Astrakan café".
  2. ECM discography Archived 2011-11-22 at the Wayback Machine accessed November 8, 2011
  3. ^ Jurek, T. Allmusic Review accessed November 8, 2011
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