Release Date: 31 December 2008
Label: ECM Records
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 601215949421
Genres: Jazz  
Release Date: 31 December 2008
Label: ECM Records
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 601215949421
Genres: Jazz  
Description
Tunisian oud virtuoso Anouar Brahem counts as one of ECM's most important discoveries" of the last decade. After his highly successful trans-cultural recording "Thimar", he returns to a more purely Middle Eastern music on "Astrakan Café", with the trio that has been his first priority for several years. The improvisational exchanges between Brahem, clarinettist Barbaros Erköse and percussionist Lassad Hosni are exceptionally fluid, and the atmospheres that they create by turns mysterious, hypnotic, dramatic..."
Tracklisting
Tord Gustavsen; Harald Johnsen; Jarle Vespestad
Wolfgang Muthspiel; Scott Colley; Brian Blade
Maxim Rysanov; Dasol Kim; Roman Mints; Kristina Blaumane; BBC Concert Orchestra; Dobrinka Tabakova
John Taylor; Marc Johnson; Joey Baron
Vox Clamantis; Ene Salumae; Jaan-Eik Tulve
Rolf Lislevand
Keith Jarrett; Gary Peacock; Paul Motian
Signum Quartett
Boz Scaggs
Various Artists
Alan Barnes Quartet
Wynder K Frog
The New Tony Williams Lifetime
Fred Hersch Trio
Chet Baker Quartet
Christy Baron