Dhafer Youssef oud Eivind Aarset guitar Kristjan Randalu piano Phil Donkin bass Chander Sardjoe drums & percussion
The oud is a pear-shaped guitar characteristic of Middle Eastern music. Its captivating sound finds an ideal exponent in Dhafer Youssef, who as a boy in Tunisia was so poor that he crafted his own instrument out of scraps, and who has gone on to dominate the world music and jazz scenes.