After The Last Sky colored_vinyl Benjamin Bratt

Benjamin Bratt

Booklet / Lithos / Poster

ART BLAKEY'S JAZZ MESSENGERS (tracks 1

Turnaround (BBC John Peel Session 1990)

Arrest the President

After The Last Sky colored_vinyl Benjamin BrattEight years after Blue Maqams, Anouar Brahem returns with a poignant project, titled after a line of verse by poet Mahmoud Darwish, which asks Where should the birds fly, after the last sky? Graceful chamber pieces for oud, cello, piano and bass subtly address the metaphysical question and its broad resonances in a troubled time. While drawing upon the traditional modes of Arab music, Brahem has consistently sought to engage with the wider world, too,