Souvenance
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| name = Souvenance
| type = Studio
| artist = Anouar Brahem
| cover = Souvenance.jpg
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| released = {{Start date|2014|11|28}}
| recorded = {{Start date|2014|05}}
| studio = Auditorio Stelio Molo RSI
Lugano, Switzerland
| genre = Jazz
| length = {{Duration|h=1|m=29|s=08}}
| label = ECM
ECM 2423/24
| producer = Manfred Eicher
| prev_title = The Astounding Eyes of Rita
| prev_year = 2009
| next_title = Blue Maqams
| next_year = 2017
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{{Album ratings
| rev1 = All About Jazz
| rev1Score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite news | title=Souvenance (All About Jazz Review)| url =https://www.allaboutjazz.com/souvenance-anouar-brahem-ecm-records-review-by-mario-calvitti| publisher = All About Jazz | accessdate = July 18, 2017}}
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Souvenance is the first double album by Tunisian oud player Anouar Brahem, recorded in May 2014 and released on ECM a few months later on November 28.{{cite news |title=Souvenance |publisher=ECM |url=https://www.ecmrecords.com/catalogue/143038752917/souvenance-anouar-brahem |accessdate=July 18, 2017}}
Composition
The album was written during the Arab Spring in Tunisia, Brahem says about this that "I had to wait for the pressure to fall, before I could resume work." and that "I don’t claim a direct link between my compositions and the events that have taken place in Tunisia [...] but I was deeply affected by them."
Track listing
{{Track listing
| all_music = Anouar Brahem
| headline = Disc one
|title1 = Improbable Day
|length1 = 12:41
|title2 = Ashen Sky
|length2 = 7:36
|title3 = Delivrance
|length3 = 5:07
|title4 = Souvenance
|length4 = 9:16
|title5 = Tunis at Dawn
|length5 = 6:42
|title6 = Youssef's Song
|length6 = 10:23
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Disc two
| total_length = 1:28:58
|title1 = January
|length1 = 7:19
|title2 = Like a Dream
|length2 = 9:40
|title3 = On the Road
|length3 = 7:59
|title4 = Kasserine
|length4 = 9:35
|title5 = Nouvelle Vague
|length5 = 2:40
}}
Personnel
- Anouar Brahem – oud
- François Couturier – piano
- Klaus Gesing – bass clarinet
- Björn Meyer – bass
- Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana - Pietro Mianiti
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