Biography
Dhafer Youssef is a Tunisian oud master, vocalist, and composer, born in 1967 in the fishing village of Teboulba into a line of muezzins. Introduced to Quranic recitation by his grandfather, he discovered his vocal gift before taking up the oud and moving to Vienna at eighteen, where he immersed himself in jazz and world music. He fuses Islamic sacred vocal tradition with jazz, rock, and electronic sound, often playing an electric oud, and has collaborated with musicians from Scandinavia to India. Over more than two decades he has become one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary world jazz.
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- 2025 Shiraz album
- 2024 Izmir Concert album
- 2023 Street of Minarets album
- 2018 Sounds of Mirrors album
- 2016 Diwan of Beauty and Odd album
- 2013 Birds Requiem album
- 2011 Abu Navas Rhapsody album
- 2010 Abu Nawas Rhapsody album
- 2008 New Conception of Jazz Box Set album
- 2007 Glow album
- 2006 Divine Shadows album
- 2003 Digital Prophecy album
- 2001 Electric Sufi album
- 2000 In deiner Nähe (Close to You) album
- 1999 Malak album
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