Dhafer Youssef

Dhafer Youssef
Born: Jan 1, 1967 in Teboulba, Tunisia
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Styles: Worldbeat, Post-Bop
Biography: Singer, composer, and oud player Dhafer Youssef was born in 1967 in Teboulba, Tunisia. The oud is an Arabic lute, a string instrument that can achieve a beautiful sound from those who know how to master it.

Youssef began singing when he was only five-years-old. Since then he has performed for audiences

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Electric Sufi
Released: 2002
Label: Enja
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Tunisian-born oud performer/vocalist Dhafer Youssef attains a happy medium while integrating the oud (an Arabic lute instrument) with jazzy grooves and wide-ranging improvisational forums. On this outing, ...Read full review
Digital Prophecy
Released: 2003
Label: Justin-time Records
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Tunisia-born singer and oudist Dhafer Youssef should be recording for ECM. His albums have a similar spiritual, centered quality to the work appearing on that label, and his work on this album with some ...Read full review
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