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Tunecino de 38 años, Anouar Brahem comenzó a tocar el oud a los diez años y ha logrado durante este tiempo convertirse en solista de lo que tradicionalmente se concebía como un mero instrumento de acompañamiento. En 1981 marcha a París y descubre el jazz. En 1990 graba para ECM Barzakl, un trabajo que supone un radiante debut al que han seguido hasta el momento otros tres discos más. |
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"es muy peligroso tocar siempre para el mismo público"
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Anouar Brahem ha compuesto también música para teatro, danza y cine. Este torbellino norteafricano ha desafiado múltiples tabúes en su trayectoria artística, en la que se ha rodeado en numerosas ocasiones de músicos representativos de la variedad de culturas y el buen gusto al mismo tiempo: Manu Dibango, Fareed Haque, Jan Garbarek, Palle Danielson, Jon Christensen, François Couturier, Shankat Hussain, Kudsi Erguner y los hermanos Erköse. |
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El oud, la variedad que se utiliza en los países árabes de lo que aquí conocemos como laúd, es el corazón musical de Anouar Brahem. Por sus cuerdas pasa la vida con mucha alegría y, a la vez, con mucha tristeza, con todo el sentimiento y también toda la ilusión. La claridad de su fraseo, la facilidad con que desarrolla las improvisaciones hacen de esta música una experiencia hermosa e intensa que nos muestra una tradición sin conservantes nocivos, sin olor a naftalina. |
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Lo que hoy es Túnez, como otros territorios árabes, fue morada de muchos pueblos y por eso el pulso que habita en las cuerdas del oud de Anouar Brahem late con sonidos que tienen por frontera todo el Mediterráneo, aunque siempre dentro de la tradición árabe. Recordamos ahora que su primer disco se abría con el tema Raf Raf y sonaban unos compases... ni más ni menos que flamencos. Pero también se atreve con la música popular, las bandas sonoras y el jazz, porque como él mismo sentencia, "es muy peligroso tocar siempre para el mismo público". |
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Obra recomendada |
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Le Pas du Chat Noir
Anouar Brahem
(World Fusion) ****
Pistas:
1 Le Pas du Chat Noir 8:01 2 De Tout Ton Coeur 7:41 3 Leila au Pays du Carrousel 6:37 4 Pique-Nique À Nagpur 4:13 5 C'est Ailleurs 8:04 6 Toi Qui Sait 6:03 7 L' Arbe Qui Voit 6:13 8 Un Point Bleu 1:52 9 Les Ailes du Bourak 4:54 10 Rue du Départ 6:05 11 Leila au Pays du Carrousel 5:39 12 Déjà la Nuit 5:10 |
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Album Details Release Date: 08/27/2002 Label: ECM RECORDS Catalog No.: 016373 UPC: 044001637322 Sales Rank: 34,606
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Técnicos
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Anouar Brahem - Primary Artist, Oud
Francois Couturier - Piano
Jean-Louis Matinier - Accordion
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Anouar Brahem - Liner Notes
Manfred Eicher - Producer
Martin Pearson - Engineer
André Kertesz - Cover Photo
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Barnes & Noble
Being one of the world's foremost oud players has its drawbacks. Anouar Brahem, the Tunisian virtuoso who has extended the Arabic lute's repertoire into the realms of jazz, experimental, and (Western) classical music, found himself so taxed after his recording Thimar that he set his instrument aside. The pressure was understandable, as that critically acclaimed set joined his oud with heavy hitters Dave Holland on bass and saxophonist John Surman. The exhausted Brahem began composing for -- and on -- piano, and from that break comes Le Pas du Chat Noir. Once again with a trio -- pianist François Couturier and accordionist Jean-Louis Matineir -- Brahem takes his oud into new territory, as different from Thimar as that record was from his other recordings. Tonally, the combination of dry lute with percussive piano and breathy accordion conjures images of Parisian byways and Buenos Aires alleys. As befits the project's genesis, it's the piano that seems to have pride of place on this recording. The oud, doubling and wrapping around the piano's melodies, lends a North African burr to the music, until the keys dip into the modal scales that are its home territory, and the roles are reversed, the piano taking its supporting place as it does in Mahgreb café music. But this isn't café music: With deliberate tempos and dreamy commentaries, the songs on Le Pas du Chat Noir seem to freeze time and open up the mind to contemplation and association. It's the type of profound connection that's prized in Arabic classical music, and it's proof once more of the deep roots that this astonishing player brings to the contemporary music he creates. Mark Schwartz
All Music Guide
Oud player Brahem has established his own little niche with the instrument; his music, strongly Arab-inflected, has the spare, chamber feel that makes it a perfect fit in the ECM catalog. He's a contemplative player, and this melding with piano and accordion suits his style perfectly, as notes and ideas draw out marvelously. The interplay between musicians is as delicate as lace -- thoughtful, with everyone listening as much as playing. It's a record with many moments of great beauty, like the exquisite piano on "C'est Ailleurs" or the filigree touches between accordion and piano that decorate and nudge along many of the tracks. Brahem is a superb, if reserved, musician, as are his colleagues: Francois Couturier on piano and Jean-Louis Matinier on accordion. Together they trace something exquisite, an experience for the eras and the heart. Chris Nickson |
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