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Anouar Brahem - Khomsa

ECM

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Cat. no: 4541162
Format: CD
Barcode: 602445411627
Release Date: 01 Apr 2022
Genre: Jazz

Reissue of Anouar Brahem’s 1995 album ‘Khomsa’ featuring Richard Galliano, Jean Marc Larché and Bechir Selmi, alongside ECM mainstays Palle Danielsson and Jon Christensen

Brahem is recognised as a masterly interpreter of the Tunisian and pan-Islamic music traditions and as an exceptional improviser, able to build on those traditions. Inside his home country, however, Anouar also has a long history of working with flm and theatre, and ‘Khomsa’ revisits and quite freely reworks material he had written over the preceding decade for these contexts. “These pieces”, he notes, “have remained within me as the image of a collection of
sensations quick to vibrate.” They emphasize Brahem’s compositional skills as much as his soloistic abilities.

The musicians brought together on Khomsa - the album’s dramaturgy calls for continually shifting permutations of the personnel - include three players Brahem has often worked with over the years (Selmi, Couturier and Larché) and three whom he encountered here for the frst time (Galliano, Danielsson and
Christensen). 

Brahem continues to reveal new aspects of his oud playing on Khomsa. If “Claquent les voiles”, a duet with Danielsson, intensifes the Andalusian strain hinted at on the Barzakh album, “En robe d’olivier” suggests West African colours, the oud taking on some of the bright, percussive quality of the kalimba. In these pieces, as on his subtle, extended solo on “L’infni jour”, Brahem - who is often praised for his virtuosity - shows his ability to transcend mere “technique” to get to the essence, the heart, of the music.

Anouar Brahem: oud
Richard Galliano: accordion
François Couturier: piano, synthesizer
Jean Marc Larché: soprano saxophone
Bechir Selmi: violin
Palle Danielsson: double-bass
Jon Christensen: drums

Tracks: Comme Un Départ / L'Infni Jour / Soufe Un Vent De Sable / Regard De Mouette / Sur I'Infni Bleu / Claquent Les Voiles / Vague / E La Nave Va / Aln Ghazel / Khomsa / Seule / Nouvelle Vague / En Robe D'Olivier / Des Rayons Et Des Ombres / Un Sentier D'Alliance / Comme Une Absence

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