The first installment of Anouar Brahem Trio with the pianist François Couturier and accordionist Jean-Louis Matinier, "Le pas du Chat Noir" proposed us a surprising and very personal album. This appeased music of extreme refinement of timbre and fragile equilibria was unanimously appreciated by the press and the public Heard, to the point of becoming one of the best sales of the label. As the previous installment, this second disc, "Le voyage de Sahar " from various...

" Vague" is a selection of the most beautiful melodies to have come from oud virtuoso Anouar Brahem. In merely twelve years, Anouar has become one of the leading lights of the ECM label, after the release of some magnificent albums resulting from collaborations with such peerless musicians as Barbaros Erköse, Jan Garbarek, Dave Holland, John Surman, François Couturier and others: " Le pas du chat noir", " Astrakan café", " Thimar", " Barzakh" or again, " Conte de l’incroyable...

First ECM album by the French big band celebrated as an important institution in contemporary jazz. ONJ projects have stressed both the strength of French improvising and the potential for collaboration with musicians of other backgrounds and cultures. For “Charmediterranéen” (“Mediterranean Spell”), the orchestra is joined by two artists familiar to ECM listeners: Tunisian oud master Anouar Brahem, and Italian reedman Gianluigi Trovesi. The ONJ operates a revolving...

Hypnotic, magnetic new album by Anouar Brahem which adds a new dimension to our knowledge of this exceptional Tunisian musician. "Le pas du chat noir" gives the clearest indication yet of the work of Brahem as composer and features a spacious "chamber music" that resonates with the freshness of improvisation. The instrumentation is unique: oud, piano, accordion. Brahem's writing for this combination is highly evocative, meticulously controlled and sparse. Half of the magic...