Abderraouf Ouertani Quartet

Abderraouf Oud / Daum Jung, piano / Benedict Meynier, Sax / Yousef Zayed, percussion

A Tunisian, a South Korean, a French, a Palestinian. Peace on Earth, as said the Great John Coltrane!

The World without you is a nice nostalgic melody, she put in value the touch sensitive leader. Followed a centerpiece Lost Medina, Tunis. Even tempo until the revolt music in midcourse. In my case, I would have placed this as the opening of the concert. But the spirited Abderraouf knows what to do!

Then came a loud and emotional time, Abderraouf, my father and the sea played a duet with the pianist. Magnificent empathy on minor chords beautiful, sometimes shifted, with surprising and  daring rhythmic cutting .

This is a flagship title, De Versailles to Gaza that ended too soon for my taste, this captivating concert.

Set completely instrumental where the protagonists were distinguished, Daum with his delicate touch but often farm Benedict with a voluble soprano who owes nothing to Coltrane (He played the last song on tenor). Soprano whose sound is well suited to oriental music. Yousef, mastery of totally stunning in diversity, with a passage unarmed … sewn entirely by hand. Me that worships Zakir Hussain, Trilok Gurtu and Ramon Lopez, I took a big slap.

ALEX HEPBURN

Soul music is the specialty of this Scottish panther. Like his colleague Welsh Bonnie Tyler, it features sturdy lungs that make it a volcanic interpreter, sometimes worthy of the great Janis Joplin. Angelic face, in complete contradiction with his hoarse voice, she luscious thigh suburbs.

But her performance is outstanding. Under the blazing propels the front of the stage and hits like Miss Misery and Pain is Joplinesque confirm. This evening of April 4, she would have problems of sound and showed herself strong-man to stay gentleman. Having made up her mind, she went to her recital with a certain lack of soul and conviction, strange for a volatile woman. We noted a beautiful Woman version of Neneh Cherry, the adopted daughter of revolutionary trompinettiste Don Cherry.

Michel Delorme  Culture Jazz

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