Jan Garbarek Anouar Brahem Shaukat Hussain madar

Jan Garbarek / Anouar Brahem / Shaukat Hussain - Madar (1994) Music

Posted by popsakov at Dec. 11, 2023

Madar is an album by Norwegian saxophonist Jan Garbarek featuring Tunisian oud player Anouar Brahem and Pakistani tabla master Ustad Shaukat Hussain recorded in 1992 and released on the ECM label in 1994. On this CD Jan Garbarek (doubling on tenor and soprano) is accompanied only by Anouar Brahem on oud and Ustad Shaukat Hussain's tabla. Garbarek shows off his distinctive tones and lyricism on a set of gradually developing group originals, two of which are based on traditional Norwegian melodies. It may take some time for listeners to get into this music and notice the fire beneath the ice but the close communication between the players is apparent from the start.

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Anouar Brahem - Blue Maqams (2017) [Official Digital Download 24/96] Vinyl & HR

Posted by SERTiL at Oct. 13, 2017

Anouar Brahem - Blue Maqams (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time - 76:53 minutes | 1.32 GB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Digital booklet

Three brilliant improvisers join Tunisian oud master Anouar Brahem in this album, recorded in New York in May 2017. For Brahem and Dave Holland the album marks a reunion: they first collaborated 20 years ago on the very widely-acclaimed Thimar album, a trio recording with John Surman. Brahem meets Jack DeJohnette for the first time here, but Holland and DeJohnette have, of course, been frequent musical partners over the last half-century, beginning with ground-breaking work with Miles Davis: their collaborations are legendary. British pianist Django Bates also rises superbly to the challenge of Brahem’s compositions. And Anouar in turn is inspired to some of his most outgoing playing.

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