BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Gratis-in-Berlin//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.14// METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Gratis-in-Berlin Tip Kalender X-WR-CALDESC:Erhalte Gratis-in-Berlin Tips in deinem Kalender BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260929T003908UTC-3775ARjMpv@Gratis-in-Berlin DTSTAMP:20260929T003908Z DESCRIPTION:In dieser Edition unserer HOMAGE SESSION wird Das World-Jazz-En semble der WERKSTATT DER KULTUREN\, die 'Little Big Band'\, das Album 'Ast rakan Café' des Anouar Brahem Trio spielen.BesetzungBass - Ahmed HaniDrums - Mohamed Rafa'tOud - Alaa ZouitenArranger: Alaa Zouiten 'Astrakan Café' - An ouar Brahem TrioAstrakan Café is an album by Tunisian oud player Anouar Brah em recorded in 1999 and released on the ECM label.Review by ALLMUSIC: The Tunisian oud genius has done it again. Anouar Brahem has issued only five records under his own name over the past decade\, each more adventurous th an the last\, without compromising his original vision: for the music of h is region to meet with the other music of Africa and Asia and create a del irious sound that is equal thirds past\, present\, and future\, along the precipice of historical lineage. For Brahem there is no attempt to synthes ize the globe\, or even the sounds of the East with those of the West. He is content in his knowledge that sound is infinite\, and that his traditio n\, as it evolves and expands into a deeper pan-African/trans-Asian whole\ , is more than large enough for a master musician to rummage through in on e lifetime. Astrakan Café\, the follow-up to his brilliant Thimar\, is a sma ller-sounding recording that reaches farther into the deep crags of the Ba lkans. With Barbaros Erköse on clarinet and the Indian and Turkish percussion stylings of the professor of somber precision\, Lassad Hosni\, Brahem's o ud enters into a dialogue\, musically\, that has never before existed (tho ugh he has collaborated with both players previously). Erköse is a Turkish cl arinetist of gypsy origin. His low\, warm\, rounded tones are consonant wi th the oud. Erköse plays equal parts music of the Balkan and Arab worlds with a tinge of the ancient klezmorim whispering their secrets through his hor n. Despite the journeying these musicians do here\, they never stray far f rom the takht\, a small ensemble capable of improvising to the point of dr unken ecstasy. Listening through Astrakan Café\, you can hear the gypsy flam enco tied deeply to Indian ragas and even a kind of Eastern jazz. But ther e is no hyperactivity in it\, no need to cram as many traditions as possib le into one putridly excessive mix that expresses nothing but the novelty of the moment. Astrakan Café has many highlights: its two title tracks that have their roots in Russian and Azerbaijan music\; 'Ashkabad\,' which is a n improvisation on a melody from the folk music of Turkmenistan\; 'Astara\ ,' a modal improvisation based on love songs from Azerbaijan\; 'Halfounie\ ,' a segment from a Brahem-composed soundtrack inspired by the medina or m arketplace in Tunis\; and 'Parfum de Gitanie\,' which takes a fragment fro m Ethiopian sacred music\, slows it to the point of stillness\, and waxes lazily and jazzily over the top\, with the oud and the clarinet trading sy ncopated eights. This is deeply personal\, profound music. It is also high ly iconographic\, with timelessness woven through every measure. The only 'exotica' on Astrakan Café is its 'otherness' out of space and any discernab le era. The tempos are languid and full of purpose\, the dynamics clean an d clearly demarcated\, the tones and modes warm\, rich\, and linear. This would be traditional music if a tradition such as this - which is original \, though adapted from many sources on inspiration - actually existed. Hig hly recommended.\n\nViel Spass wünscht Gratis-in-Berlin\n\nLink zum Tip: \nZu d en Gratis-in-Berlin Angeboten: http://www.gratis-in-berlin.de\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181028 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181029 SUMMARY:Homage Session: Little Big Band presents: 'Astrakan Café' - Album by Anouar Brahem Trio END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR