Anouar Brahem

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Anouar Brahem

Anouar Brahem (

folk music and jazz and has been recording since at least 1991, after becoming prominent in his own country in the late 1980s.[2]

Biography

Brahem was born and raised in the Halfaouine neighbourhood in the

Costa Gavras’ film Hanna K..[2]

After a period back in Tunisia in the late 1980s, when Brahem was appointed director of the Ensemble musical de la ville de Tunis, he toured in the United States and Canada and then signed with ECM Records, with whom he has recorded a series of critically acclaimed albums.[1][3] These include Thimar, recorded with saxophonist John Surman and bassist Dave Holland.[4][5]

Along with oud virtuosos Rabih Abou-Khalil and Dhafer Youssef, Brahem has helped establish the oud as an important instrument of Ethno jazz. Most often he plays in an ensemble of three or four further musicians. He has collaborated throughout his career and on several albums with other musicians: Tunisian percussionist Lassad Hosni and violinist Bechir Selmi and Turkish clarinetist Barbaros Erköse.[6] He has also performed live concerts with these same ensembles.

Anouar released Blue Maqams in 2017 with a band that included Jack DeJohnette, Dave Holland and Django Bates.[7]

Selected discography

As leader

Year Album Peak positions Notes
BEL
(Fl)
 BEL
(Wa)
 FRA
[8] 		SWI
1991 Barzakh with Lassad Hosni and Bechir Selmi
1992
Conte de l'incroyable amour
 		with Barbaros Erköse
1995 Khomsa with Richard Galliano, Bechir Selmi and François Couturier
1998 Thimar with John Surman and Dave Holland
2000
Astrakan Café

(as Anouar Brahem Trio) 		with Barbaros Erköse and Lassad Hosni
2002
Le Pas du chat noir
 		86 with François Couturier and Jean-Louis Matinier
2006
Le Voyage de Sahar
 		89 89 with François Couturier and Jean-Louis Matinier
2009 The Astounding Eyes of Rita 81 89 84 with Klaus Gesing, Björn Meyer and Khaled Yassine
2014 Souvenance 43 75 64 82 with Francois Couturier, Klaus Gesing and Björn Meyer
2017 Blue Maqams 40 62 51
 23 with Jack DeJohnette, Dave Holland and Django Bates

Soundtracks

Collaborations

References

  1. ^ a b Jurek, Thom. "Astrakan Café: Review". Allmusic. Retrieved 11 December 2010.
  2. ^ a b Harris, Craig. "Anouar Brahem: Biography". Allmusic. Retrieved 11 December 2010.
  3. ^ Fordham, John (31 December 2009). "Anouar Brahem: The Astounding Eyes of Rita". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 December 2010.
  4. ^ Fordham, John (2 January 1999). "Rhapsody in any colour you like". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 December 2010.
  5. ^ McKinney, Raymond. "Thimar: Review". Allmusic. Retrieved 11 December 2010.
  6. ^ "Biography ANOUAR BRAHEM" (PDF). beitalhikma.tn.
  7. ^ Honigmann, David (13 October 2017). "Anouar Brahem: Blue Maqams — 'freedom and fun'". Financial Times.
  8. ^ "Anouar Brahim discography". lescharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 24 February 2015.

External links

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