Dhafer Youssef
Electric Sufi

Enja    ENJ-9412-2  (2002)

Jazz
CD, 13   Tracks, 67:17  Length
01 Mandakini Dhafer Youssef 05:09
02 Yabay Dhafer Youssef; Wolfgang Muthspiel 03:16
03 Electric Sufi Dhafer Youssef 04:56
04 Oil on Water Dhafer Youssef 02:45
05 La Priere De L'absent Dhafer Youssef 06:44
06 Man of Wool Dhafer Youssef 07:04
07 La Nuit Sacree Dhafer Youssef 06:26
08 Nouba Dhafer Youssef 06:47
09 Farha Dhafer Youssef 05:35
10 Nafha Dhafer Youssef; Wolfgang Muthspiel 05:26
11 Al-hallaj Dhafer Youssef 03:20
12 Suraj Dhafer Youssef 06:16
13 Langue Muette Dhafer Youssef 03:33
Music Details
Product Details
UPC (Barcode) 063757941224
Packaging Jewel Case
Spars DDD
Sound Stereo
Musicians  &  Credits
Oud Dhafer Youssef
Guitar Wolfgang Muthspiel
Trumpet Markus Stockhausen
Bansuri Deepak Ram
Bass Dieter Ilg
Bass Doug Wimbish
Percussion Minu Cinelu
Drums Will Calhoun
Ambient sounds Rodericke Packe
Producer Dhafer Youssef; Steve Arguelles
Engineer Christian Heck; Peter Karl
Personal Details
Index # 4007
Owner Dave
Tags Contemporary Jazz
Links Amazon US
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Notes
Tunisian-born oud performer/vocalist Dhafer Youssef attains a happy medium while integrating the oud (an Arabic lute instrument) with jazzy grooves and wide-ranging improvisational forums. On this outing, the artist crafts an appealing worldbeat/jazz scenario partly due to his nimble plucking and mood-evoking unison choruses with trumpeter Markus Stockhausen. There's also a drum'n'bass element here, as the leader utilizes the talents of ex-Living Colour rhythmic aces Will Calhoun (drums) and Doug Wimbish (bass). Jazz guitarist Wolfgang Muthspiel adds textural patterns to many of these pieces while embarking on a pleasant mainstream jazz-based solo passage on the piece entitled "Farha." Youssef also displays a multi-octave vocal range on several tracks -- as he renders wordless vocals that often conjure up notions of religiously inclined mantras. A good portion of this affair features lightly rumbling percussion vamps intertwined with North African modalities and alternating dialogue among the soloists. A nice effort that ages well upon repeated spins. -- Glenn Astarita (allmusic.com)