Astrakan café

Astrakan café
Studio album by the Anouar Brahem Trio
Released	September 18, 2000 (2000-09-18)
Recorded	June 1999 (1999-06)
Studio	Prostei Sankt Gerold Sankt Gerold, Austria
Genre	Jazz
Length	1:17:42
Label	ECM ECM 1718
Producer	Manfred Eicher
Anouar Brahem chronology
Thimar (1998) Astrakan café (2000) Le pas du chat noir (2002)

Astrakan café is an album by Tunisian oud player Anouar Brahem, recorded for ECM at the Propstei Sankt Gerold, Austria in June 1999 and released on September 18, 2000. Brahem's trio features clarinetist Barbaros Erköse and percussionist Lassad Hosni.

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic

The AllMusic review by Thom Jurek called it "deeply personal, profound music. It is also highly iconographic, with timelessness woven through every measure.... This would be traditional music if a tradition such as this—which is original, though adapted from many sources on inspiration—actually existed. Highly recommended."

Track listing

All tracks are written by Anouar Brahem except as indicated.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Aube rouge à Grozny"	Barbaros Erköse	4:22
2.	"Astrakan café Part 1"		3:18
3.	"The Mozdok's Train"		4:46
4.	"Blue Jewels"		8:31
5.	"Nihawend Lunga"	Cemil Bey	3:32
6.	"Ashkabad"	Anouar Brahem Erköse Lassad Hosni	5:38
7.	"Halfaouine"		5:57
8.	"Parfum de Gitane"		7:03
9.	"Khotan"		3:31
10.	"Karakoum"		5:08
11.	"Astara"		10:46
12.	"Dar es Salam"		3:47
13.	"Hijaz Pechref"	Brahem Osman Bey (Fragment)	6:24
14.	"Astrakan café Part 2"		4:49
Total length:			1:17:42

Personnel

Anouar Brahem Trio

• Anouar Brahem – oud
• Barbaros Erköse – clarinet
• Lassad Hosni – bendir, darbouka

Technical personnel

• Manfred Eicher – producer
• Markus Heiland – recording engineer
• Sascha Kleis – cover design
• Gérald Minkoff – cover photography
• Dorian Shaw, Moncef Fehri – liner photography
• Paolo Scarnecchia – liner notes
  • Alastair McEwen – liner note translation