Composer, singer and oud player, born 1967 in Teboulba, Tunisia.
ALBUMS
Dhafer Youssef
Street Of Minarets
2023, 
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, Abstract/Contemporary Jazz/Free Jazz
Raffaele Casarano Feat Dhafer Youssef & M1 Dead Prez
ANI'
2022, CD, Tǔk Music, 
Dhafer Youssef
Sounds Of Mirrors
2018, 
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, African/Contemporary Jazz
Iain Ballamy And Dave McKean Featuring Dhafer Youssef, Emilia Mårtensson With Stian Carstensen, Stuart Hall, Matthew Sharp
Luna (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2017, CDr, Album, Feral Records, 
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, Soundtrack
Dhafer Youssef
Diwan Of Beauty And Odd
2016, ,
, African/Contemporary Jazz
Dhafer Youssef
Birds Requiem
2013
Дхафер Юсеф* и Wadhom
Машина Желаний
2011, CDr, Comp, Promo, Dig, Ultimate Experience Club
Dhafer Youssef
Abu Nawas Rhapsody
2010, CD, 
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, Fusion/Contemporary Jazz
Paolo Fresu, Dhafer Youssef, Eivind Aarset
Latitudini - Omaggio Alla World Music
2008, CD, Album, Casa Del Jazz, ,
, Contemporary Jazz
Dhafer Youssef, Wolfgang Muthspiel
Glow
2007, CD, Album, Material Records, ,
, Contemporary Jazz
Nguyên Lê Duos Paolo Fresu, Dhafer Youssef
Homescape
2006, CD, Album, ACT (4), 
,
, Future Jazz
Dhafer Youssef
Divine Shadows
2006,
Wolfgang Puschnig, Jatinder Thakur, Dhafer Youssef
Odem
2005, ,
, Contemporary Jazz
Dhafer Youssef with Eivind Aarset, Dieter Ilg, Rune Arnesen, Ronu Majumdar, Bugge Wesseltoft, Jan Bang, N.P.M.*
Digital Prophecy
2003, 
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, Contemporary Jazz
Gilad Atzmon & The Orient House Ensemble Featuring Reem Kelani & Dhafer Youssef
Exile
2003, CD Digipak, ,
, Fusion
Dhafer Youssef
Electric Sufi
2001, CD, ,
, Contemporary Jazz
Dhafer Youssef With Markus Stockhausen, Nguyên Lê, Renaud Garcia-Fons, Jatinder Thakur
Malak
1999, CD, ,
, Contemporary Jazz
Lechner* / Puschnig* / Tang* / Youssef*
hot ROOM
1998, CD, Extraplatte, Extraplatte, 
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, Free Improvisation
Uri Caine Ensemble
The Othello Syndrome
2008, CD, Album, Winter & Winter, ,
, Contemporary Jazz/Romantic
Blue Planet
Peace For Kabul
1997
Dhafer Youssef Ensemble
Mousafer
1995, CD, MiniAlbum, Extraplatte, ,
, Fusion
Dhafer Youssef
Live At Cully Jazz Festival
2008, CD, Album, Unofficial, Not On Label (Dhafer Youssef)
Dhafer Youssef
Electric Sufi
2001, 
,
, Contemporary Jazz
APPEARANCES +
David Helbock
Austrian Syndicate
2023, Vinyl, ,
, Contemporary Jazz
Dairo Miyamoto
Last Picture
2017, CD, Album, Cristal Records, ,
, Contemporary Jazz
Various
Jazzonze + Festival Lausanne 30 Ans De Live
2017, 2xCD, Album, Dig, Espace 2, 
,
, Free Improvisation/Contemporary Jazz
Jun Miyake
Lost Memory Theatre - Act 3
2017, CD Paper Sleeve, 
,
, Bossa Nova/Contemporary Jazz/Neo-Classical/Latin Jazz/Experimental
Wolfgang Puschnig
Faces And Stories
2016, 2xCD, Album, Universal Music Group, EmArcy, ,
, Contemporary Jazz
Various
Entre 20 Aguas - A La Música de Paco de Lucía
2015, CD, Album, El País, Universal Music Group, Casa Limón
Alberto Iglesias
Exodus: Gods And Kings (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2015, ,
, Score
Various
The Sound Of Okeh
2014, 8xFile, MP3, Comp, Smplr, VBR, Okeh, ,
, Fusion/Bop/Latin Jazz/Contemporary Jazz/Soul-Jazz
Jun Miyake
Lost Memory Theatre - Act-1
2013, CD, Album, Yellowbird, ,
, Bossa Nova/Latin Jazz/Contemporary/Folk/Avant-garde Jazz/Trip Hop/Schlager/Light Music/Chanson/Ska/Ottoman Classical/Blues Rock
Le Trio Joubran*
The First 10 Years
2013, 5xCD + DVD + Box, Comp, Dlx, World Village, Randana, ,
, Soundtrack/Contemporary/Acoustic
Nguyên Lê, Tùng Dương
Độc Đạo
2013, CD, Album, Dihavina
Paolo Fresu
Cinquant'Anni Suonati - 2
2012, CD, Album, Gruppo Editoriale L'Espresso S.p.A., ,
, Fusion/Contemporary Jazz
Paolo Fresu
Cinquant'Anni Suonati - 3
2012, CD, Album, Gruppo Editoriale L'Espresso S.p.A., ,
, Fusion/Contemporary Jazz
Nguyên Lê & Guests*
Songs Of Freedom
2012, DVDr, DVD-V, La Seine TV, ,
, Hard Rock/Pop Rock/Vocal/Fusion
James Horner
Black Gold (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2012
James Horner
The Amazing Spider-Man - Music From The Motion Picture
2012, 
,
, Soundtrack
Various
40 Years Of Enja Records
2011, CD, Comp, Promo, Enja Records,
Nguyên Lê
Songs Of Freedom
2011, CD, Album, ACT (4), ,
, Jazz-Rock
Absolute Ensemble, Kristjan Järvi
Arabian Nights (Live At Town Hall NYC)
2011, CD, Album, Enja Records,
Le Trio Joubran*
AsFar
2011
Various
Verve Today 2010
2010, CD, Comp, Verve Records, Universal Music Group, ,
, Smooth Jazz/Contemporary Jazz/Jump Blues/Fusion/Rhythm & Blues/Rockabilly/Neo Soul/Electro/Abstract/Funk
Nguyên Lê
Signature Edition
2010, 2xCD, Album, Comp, ACT (4), ,
, Fusion/Contemporary Jazz
Tina Turner, Bugge Wesseltoft, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Kiri Te Kanawa, Danielle de Niese, Nederlands Kamerkoor, Reinbert de Leeuw, Gabrieli Consort, Paul McCreesh, The Sixteen, Harry Christophers, Tyler Rix, Spiritus, The King's College Choir Of Cambridge, Wiener Philharmoniker, Georg Solti, Concertgebouworkest, Riccardo Chailly
Musica Humana II - Muziek Voor Hart En Ziel
2010, 3xCD, Comp, Deutsche Grammophon, 
Javier Limón
Mujeres De Agua
2010, CD, 
,
, Sephardic/Andalusian Classical/Ottoman Classical/Rebetiko/Flamenco/Fado
Jun Miyake
The Miraculous Mandarin
2009, CD, Album, Videoarts Music, ,
, Soundtrack
Anna Maria Jopek
Jo & Co
2008, CD, Album, Universal Music Polska, 
,
, Contemporary Jazz
Paolo Fresu
Le Fresiadi
2008, CD, Album, Time In Jazz,
Various
Austrian Jazz Volume 2
2008, CD, Comp, Austrian Airlines, Universal Music Austria,
Anna Maria Jopek
ID
2008, ,
, Contemporary Jazz
Bugge Wesseltoft
New Conceptions Of Jazz
2008, 3x CD, DVD, 
,
, Future Jazz/Deep House/Experimental
Various
Desert Blues 3 (Entre Dunes Et Savanes)
2008, ,
, African/Griot/Desert Blues
Various
Siesta 3 (Muzyka Świata)
2007, CD, Comp, Universal Music Polska,
Various
Megasoft Office 2007
2007, CD Digipak, ,
, Electro/Downtempo
Jun Miyake
Stolen From Strangers
2007, ,
, Contemporary Jazz
Various
Verve Today 2006
2006, CD, Comp, Verve Records, Universal Music Group, ,
, Soul-Jazz/Fusion/Smooth Jazz/Funk/Swing
Various
ACT: Visions Of Jazz
2006, CD, Comp, ACT (4), ACT (4), ,
, Contemporary Jazz
Various
Beijing
2006, 2xCD, Comp, P/Mixed, High Note Records, 
,
, Downtempo
Various
Blue Flame Records Presents: Ethno World Music
2006, CD-ROM, Comp, MP3, RMG Records, ,
, Tribal/Downtempo/Ambient
Various
Siesta 2 (Muzyka Świata)
2006, CD, Comp, Universal Music Polska,
Various
Hearafter Vol. 1
2005, CD, Matrix Musik, Škuc Ventilator, 
,
, Downtempo/Ambient
Michel Benita
Drastic
2005, ,
, Breakbeat/Future Jazz
Jon Hassell
Maarifa Street (Magic Realism 2)
2005, CD, ,
, Ambient/Fusion/Leftfield
Various
Verve Today 2004
2004, CD, Comp, Verve Records, Universal, ,
, Contemporary Jazz
Huong Thanh
Mangustao
2004, CD, Album, ACT (4), ,
, Folk/Contemporary Jazz/Fusion
Paolo Fresu
Ethnografie - Dialoghi Da Un'Isola
2004, CD, Album, Boo, Isre - Istituto Superiore Etnografia Della Sardegna
Laurent Garnier
The Cloud Making Machine
2004, CD, ,
, House/Future Jazz/Experimental
Omar Sosa
Mulatos
2004,
Bugge Wesseltoft
New Conception Of Jazz: Film Ing
2004, CD, ,
, Future Jazz/Jazzdance
Mercan Dede
Su
2004, CD, 
,
, Abstract/Tribal/Ambient
Eivind Aarset
Connected
2004, ,
, Future Jazz/Downtempo
Maria Pia De Vito - Patrice Heral - Paul Urbanek - Ernst Reijseger
Tumulti
2003, CD, Album, Il Manifesto, ,
, Free Jazz/Contemporary Jazz/Free Improvisation
Wolfgang Muthspiel
Steinhaus
2003, CD, Material Records
Arkady Shilkloper
Presente Para Moscou
2003, ,
, Fusion
Wolfgang Puschnig / Steve Swallow / Don Alias / Victor Lewis
Grey
2003, Vinyl Gatefold Cover, 180 g, ,
, Contemporary Jazz/Jazz-Funk
Paolo Fresu
Kind Of Porgy & Bess
2002, CD, Album, BMG France, RCA Victor, Bluebird (3), ,
, Contemporary Jazz
Markus Stockhausen
In Deiner Nähe - Close To You
2001, CD, Album, Aktivraum
Gandalf Featuring Julia Martins
Just Go On Believing
2001, CD, Single, Promo, Columbia, Columbia
Various
Reiziger In Muziek
2001, 2xCD, VPRO Eigenwijs,
Various
30ème Anniversaire Enja
2001, CD, Comp, Smplr, Enja Records,
Christian Muthspiel
Harmonices Mundi - Linzer Klangwolke 2001
2001, CD, Album, Blue Danube Records, Edel,
Various
The More We Know... (30 Years Of Enja Records)
2001,
Linda Sharrock
Alone
2000, CD, Album, Starmax Music, 
Gandalf
Into The Light
1999
Various
Chill 'N' Vibes: Outlaw Trance Vol. 2
1998, CD, Comp, P/Mixed, Black Flame, ,
, Tribal/Downtempo/Ambient
Zoltán Lantos
Mirrorworld
1998, CD, Album, Fonó Records
Various
Go Global
1998, CD, Comp, Blue Flame, BMG
Gandalf
Barakaya - Trees Water Life
1997
Elizah* E Guinha*
Beijo Manga
1996, CD, Album, Not On Label
Otto Lechner * Klaus Trabitsch
Still (Weihnachtslieder)
1996
Alegre Correa Sextett
Negro Coração
1995, CD, Album, Honk Records
Ziryab
Tarik (Live)
1994, CD, Album, Dig, Extraplatte
Alif
Nef's (N'efs)
CD, Album, Not On Label, ,
, Fusion/African/Tribal
Various
20 Years Of Jazzland
2016, CD, Comp, Jazzland Recordings, Jazzwise Magazine
Unlogic Thing
Moisture For Nobodies Sessions Vol.1
2015, File, MP3, Mixed, 320, Not On Label, ,
, Abstract/Ambient/Dark Ambient/Experimental/Minimal/IDM/Contemporary Jazz
Various
Entre 20 Aguas (A La Música De Paco De Lucía)
2015, CD, Album + DVD-V, Universal Music Group, Casa Limón
Various
Ethno Port Poznan Festival 2014 Promo CD
2014, CD, Comp, Promo, Centrum Kultury Zamek, ,
, Contemporary Jazz/Fusion
Various
:The Sound Of Next>
2014, CD, Comp, Promo, Okeh
Various
Oriental Blues
2013, CD, Album, Comp, Network Medien
Various
Travelogue
2013, CD, Comp, Smplr, Which Way Music
Various
That's OKeh
2013, CD,
Various
FMM Sines - Festival Músicas do Mundo 2012
2012, 2xCD, Comp, Promo, FMM Sines, 
Paolo Fresu
Cinquant'Anni Suonati
2012, CD + CD + CD + CD + CD + DVD-V + Box, Gruppo Editoriale L'Espresso S.p.A., ,
, Fusion/Contemporary Jazz
Various
Jazz Magazine
2012, 5xCD, Comp, Wagram Music,
Kadebostan
Sgustok Magazine Podcast 015
2011, File, MP3, Comp, Mixed, 320, Sgustok Magazine, 
,
, Folk Rock/Modern Classical/Contemporary Jazz/Avantgarde/Ambient
Various
Sygnowano Fabryka Trzciny Volume 5
2010, CD, Comp, STX Records (2)
Various
Indétendances Spécial World
2010, CD, Comp, Indétendances
Rookie
Cosmic Love Grooves 9
2009, CDr, Promo, Not On Label (Daniel Schmitt Self-released), ,
, Abstract/Downtempo/Ambient
Various
Nova 24h
2009, 25xCD, Comp + Box, Nova Records, ,
, Folk Rock/Chanson/Trip Hop/Shoegaze/Afrobeat/Score/Neo Soul/Instrumental/Ballad/Soul-Jazz/Country Rock/Latin/Afro-Cuban Jazz/Contemporary Jazz/Jazzy Hip-Hop/Downtempo/Bossa Nova/Conscious/Vocal/New Wave/Rhythm & Blues/Synth-pop/Experimental/Classic Rock/Ragga/Bluegrass/IDM/Reggae/Latin Jazz/Salsa/Roots Reggae/Hard Bop/Contemporary R&B
Various
Nu Ballads
2009, CD, Comp, Enja Records, ,
, Easy Listening
Various
Hemispheres 09: Modern Journeys In Global Sounds
2009, CD, Comp, Promo, Car, Not On Label
Various
Chill Out In Paris 7: Kings Of Lounge - The Secret Garden
2008, CD, Comp, Dig, Stefano Cecchi Records, ,
, Downtempo
Various
Jazziz On Disc - August 2007 - Guitars Vol. 5
2007, CD, Album, Comp, Ltd, Promo, Jazziz
Various
Austrian Jazz
2007, CD, Comp, Universal,
Various
Act: 15 Magic Years (Act Story)
2007, CD, Comp, Musica Jazz
Various
Sufi's Secret
2006, 2xCD, Comp, Mixed, Lola's World, ,
, Tribal/Downtempo/Qawwali/Dub/House/Brass Band/Ottoman Classical
Various
Songlines Top Of The World Compilation CD Issue #36
2006, CD, Comp, Songlines
Various
Awards For World Music 2006
2006, 2xCD, Comp, Manteca
Various
Marrakech Express 2
2006, CD, Comp, Stefano Cecchi Records, ,
, Downtempo/Electro
Various
Rikskonsertene Presents: Oslo World Music Festival Oct. 31th - Nov. 5th 2006
2006, CD, Comp, Heilo
Various
Jazzsommer 2006
2006, CD, Comp, Promo, Universal Music GmbH, Austria,
Various
Mediterranean Jazz
2005, CD, Comp, Jazz & Τζαζ
Various
Fresh Sounds
2004, CD, Comp, Promo, Smplr, Songlines
Various
Traumzeit 03
2003, CD, Comp, Enja Records,
Various
Global Sounds 2 - Journey Into Music
2002, 2xCD, Comp, Smplr, Stichting CPG,
Various
Rhythm On Disc - September 2002
2002, CD, Ltd, Mondo Melodia, Ark 21
Various
Jazz Sous Les Pommiers
CD, Promo, Velvet SARL
Various
Audio Guide On Lanzarote
CD, ,
, Audiobook
Anna Maria Jopek
ID
2008
Dhafer Youssef, Jatinder Thakur & Koehne String Quartet
Live At The Bath International Music Festival 2007
2007, 2xCD, Album, Unofficial, Boo, Not On Label (Dhafer Youssef)
Various
Artefacts 2002-2005
2005, 2xCD, Comp, Ltd, Promo, Unofficial, ArteFacts, 
Wolfgang Puschnig, Jatinder Thakur, Dhafer Youssef
Odem
2005
Mercan Dede
Su
2005
Jon Hassell
Maarifa Street - Magic Realism 2
2005, ,
, Abstract/Future Jazz/Ambient
Bugge Wesseltoft
New Conception Of Jazz: Film Ing
2004
Dhafer Youssef With Eivind Aarset, Dieter Ilg, Rune Arnesen, Ronu Majumdar, Bugge Wesseltoft, Jan Bang, N.P.M.*
Digital Prophecy
2003
Various
Artefacts 2004-2005
2003
Dhafer Youssef With Markus Stockhausen, Nguyên Lê, Renaud Garcia-Fons, Jatinder Thakur
Malak
2002