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Dhafer Youssef: Abu Nawas Rhapsody
by AAJ Italy Staff
Di Dhafer Youssef, quarantatre anni, nativo di Teboulba, Tunisia, questo è il quinto album; e diciamo subito che, rispetto a quanto conosciamo di lui, non riserva sorprese di sorta, confermando pregi e difetti di una musica senz'altro suggestiva, con un suo pathos, ma non di rado un po' sopra le righe, un po' sguaiata, troppo attenta ...
Very Much Alive
by John Kelman
[NOTE]: This review is being republished as a celebration of just one aspect of the life of drummer Paolo Vinaccia, who passed away after a lengthy battle with cancer on July 5, 2019. Best-known in Norway, where he emigrated from Italy in 1979, enjoying a busy career with artists including Arild Andersen, Terje Rypdal, Mike Mainieri, ...
Dhafer Youssef: Abu Nawas Rhapsody
by John Kelman
After two albums exploring the nexus of ages-old Middle Eastern harmony and modernistic electronics, Tunisian-born oudist/vocalist Dhafer Youssef turns to a stripped-down, completely acoustic environs for Abu Nawas Rhapsody. Despite leaving Oslo behind--where, on Digital Prophecy (Enja, 2003) and Divine Shadows (Jazzland, 2006), he collaborated with some of Norway's more intrepid musicians including guitarist Eivind Aarset, ...
Dhafer Youssef
by AAJ Italy Staff
Auditorium Parco della Musica - Roma - 10.03.2010 Tra i tanti musicisti contemporanei in attività, il tunisino Dhafer Youssef è sicuramente uno di quelli che più merita l'appellativo di globale. Nella sua musica, testimoniata da alcune incisioni a suo nome e numerose collaborazioni, confluiscono svariate influenze e espressioni di diverse culture, amalgamate e rielaborate fino a ...
Glow
Label: Material Records
Released: 2007
Track listing: Mon Parfum; Babylon; Sand Dance; Mein Versprechen; Etude; Lamento; Maya; Emmerich; Cosmology; Rhapsodie.
Dhafer Youssef / Wolfgang Muthspiel: Glow
by Chris May
Although it's a dual-leader album, in which oud player Dhafer Youssef's performance is at least as important as that of guitarist Wolfgang Muthspiel, one of Glow's chief causes for celebration is Muthspiel's on-form presence. After releasing the shimmeringly beautiful Bright Side (Material Records, 2006)--a little-known masterpiece which may yet take its place alongside such jazz guitar ...
Digital Prophecy
Label: Enja Records
Released: 2004
Track listing: 1. Diaphanes 2. Aya (1984) 3. Dawn Prayer 4. Sparkling Truth 5. Ysamy 6. Holy Breath 7. Seventh Heaven Suite 8. Wood Talk 9. Holy Lie (Empire D'Ivresse Suite) 10. Flowing Water
