Ayman Fanous - Brooklyn Stories 3 (2026) [Hi-Res]

This album features guitarist Ayman Fanous and the late, brilliant Susan Alcorn on pedal steel, in two trio performances with percussionist Tatsuya Nakatani, and two quartet performances with both Nakatani and saxophonist Ned Rothenberg. This release is part of a 5-disc box set of recordings featuring Fanous with a wide array of New York’s premiere improvisers. Fanous’s distinctive voice on classical guitar, electric guitar, and bouzouki synthesizes classical, flamenco, and free jazz techniques, producing a “stylistic amalgam of Derek Bailey and Paco de Lucia” (Jay Collins, Signal to Noise). Fanous draws on his Egyptian ancestry, to create an approach to free improvisation that is informed by musical traditions of the Arab world, Turkey, India, North Africa, Persia, and the Balkans.

Tracklist:
1-1 Ayman Fanous - Trio With Susan Alcorn, Tatsuya Nakatani - 1 [25:39]
1-2 Ayman Fanous - Trio With Susan Alcorn, Tatsuya Nakatani - 2 [8:01]
1-3 Ayman Fanous - Trio With Susan Alcorn, Ned Rothenberg - 2 [9:19]
1-4 Ayman Fanous - Quartet With Susan Alcorn, Ned Rothenberg, Tatsuya Nakatani [13:58]