Astrakan Café

Astrakan Café is an album by Tunisian oud player Anouar Brahem recorded in 1999 and released on the ECM label.[1]

Astrakan Café
Studio album by
Anouar Brahem
Released2000
RecordedJune 1999
GenreJazz
Length77:42
LabelECM
ProducerManfred Eicher
Anouar Brahem chronology
Thimar
(1998)		 Astrakan Café
(2000)		 Le Pas du Chat Noir
(2002)

Reception

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 "[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]

Track listing
All compositions by Anouar Brahem except as indicated
  1. "Aube Rouge à Grozny" (Barbaros Erköse) - 4:22
  2. "Astrakan Café Part 1" - 3:18
  3. "The Mozdok's Train" - 4:46
  4. "Blue Jewels" - 8:31
  5. "Nihawend Lunga" (Cemil Bey) - 3:32
  6. "Ashkabad" (Anouar Brahem, Barbaros 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
    • Recorded at Monastery of St Gerold in Austria in June 1999

Personnel

References
  1. ECM discography Archived 2011-11-22 at the Wayback Machine accessed November 8, 2011
  2. Jurek, T. Allmusic Review accessed November 8, 2011
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