Le Pas du Chat Noir is an album by Tunisian oud player Anouar Brahem

Anouar Brahem

Anouar Brahem is an oud player and composer. He is widely acclaimed as an innovator in his field...

 recorded in 2001 and released on the ECM label.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Chris Nickson awarded the album 4 stars stating "The interplay between musicians is as delicate as lace -- thoughtful, with everyone listening as much as playing. It's a record with many moments of great beauty".

Track listing

All compositions by Anouar Brahem

1. "Le Pas du Chat Noir" - 7:51
2. "De Tout Ton Coeur" - 7:38
3. "Leila au Pays du Carrousel" - 6:33
4. "Pique-nique a Nagpur" - 4:11
5. "C'est Ailleurs" - 8:02
6. "Toi Qui Sait" - 5:56
7. "L'Arbre Qui Voit" - 6:07
8. "Un Point Bleu" - 1:44
9. "Les Ailes du Bourak" - 4:52
10. "Rue du Depart" - 6:00
11. "Leila au Pays au Carrousel (Variation)" - 5:36
12. "Deja la Nuit" - 5:10

• Recorded at Radio DRS in Zurich, Switzerland in July 2001

Personnel

• Anouar Brahem
  Anouar Brahem
  Anouar Brahem is an oud player and composer. He is widely acclaimed as an innovator in his field...
  
   - oud
  Oud
  The oud is a pear-shaped stringed instrument commonly used in North African and Middle Eastern music. The modern oud and the European lute both descend from a common ancestor via diverging paths...
  
  
• François Couturier - piano
  Piano
  The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
  
  
• Jean Louis Matinier - accordion
  Accordion
  The accordion is a box-shaped musical instrument of the bellows-driven free-reed aerophone family, sometimes referred to as a squeezebox. A person who plays the accordion is called an accordionist....