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Electric Sufi | 
| Artist: Dhafer Youssef
Label: Enja
Category: Music
List Price: £15.99
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Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 56975
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 063757941224
EAN: 0063757941224
ASIN: B00005JROR
Release Date: August 13, 2001
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| Tracks:
| • | Mandakini | | • | Yabay | | • | Electric Sufi | | • | Oil On Water | | • | La Priere De L'absent | | • | Man Of Wool | | • | La Nuit Sacre | | • | Nouba | | • | Farha | | • | Nafha | | • | Al Hallaj | | • | Suraj | | • | Langue Muette |
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| Customer Reviews:
a different direction for your CD collection November 3, 2006
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
If you like trying out new musical flavours you might just treat yourself to something like this. The combination of Marcus Stockhausen (son of...) on trumpet and Youssef on oud and vocals creates an aromatic and atmospheric brew, which the rest of the band compliments very well. Youssef is an excellent musician and vocalist with a stunning range and plenty of dynamic oomph, and if (particularly with his singing) he is inclined to showboat occasonally, who's complaining? Stockhausen has a gorgeous tone and knows when to hold back and when to welly.
There are dreamy, smoky numbers on here and some more upbeat stuff, some more recognisably jazz-influenced than others, but all shot through with plenty of middle eastern flavour. This was one of my first forays into more 'world'-type music, and I found it a great album to get started on in that sense; it's accessible enough to grow on you very quickly, whilst still providing plenty for those with more developed palates to get their teeth into.
The oud meets jazz September 27, 2002
24 out of 24 found this review helpful
This is a beautiful record - Dhafer Yousef plays the oud (a type of arabic lute)and sings like an angel. He mixes middle eastern melodies with cool jazz grooves in a unique way. The trunpet playing of Max Stockhausen on this album is great too.Many albums of "world music" mixed with jazz fail - but this one succeeds admirably. Buy it - you won't be dissapointed.
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