1, 2, 3 Soleils (1, 2, 3 Suns) is a live album performed by Algerian artists Rachid Taha, Khaled and Faudel, widely hailed as the three masters of raï music. The concert, a unique event, took place in 1998 in Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy in Paris, and the songs consisted of the most famous from all three artists plus a few Algerian classics. All 23 were divided into two discs, produced and arranged by Steve Hillage, released by Barclay in 1999.
The album has attained 2× gold certification and the DVD video has attained gold certification from Syndicat National de l'Edition Phonographique.
A shortened US one compact disc release of the album was released by Ark 21.
Track listing
Professional rating
Allmusic rated it 4 out of 5.
Personnel
Khaled, Faudel and Rachid Taha were supported by:
Zachary Alford - drums
Aziz Ben Salam - ney flute
Elsa Benabdallah - violin
Mohamed Bendjebour - guitar
Djaffar Bensetti - trumpet
Farhat Bouallagui - arranger, string arrangements, violin
Christophe Briquet - viola
Karen Brunon - leader, string director, violin
Mathieu Chédid - guitar
Mohsein Chentouf - bendir, darbouka, backing vocals
Simon Clarke - baritone saxophone
Khaled Dagher - cello
Gail Ann Dorsey - bass, backing vocals
Adel Eskande - violin
Guillaume Fontanarosa - violin
Steve Hillage - arranger, engineer, mixing, producer, string arrangements
Allen Hoist - alto and tenor saxophone
Hazem Ibrahim - violin
Randy Jacobs - guitar
Nabil Khalidi - banjo, oud, backing vocals
Hassan Lachal - darbouka
Sylvain Le Provost - double bass
Roddy Lorimer - trumpet
Abdel Wahab Mansy - violin
Jean-Max Mery - keyboards
Christophe Morin - cello
Hossam Ramzy - director, orchestra director, percussion
Geoffrey Richardson - string arrangements, viola
Medhat Abdel Samie - violin
Tim Sanders - soprano and tenor saxophone
Mahmoud Serour - string arrangements
Mark London Sims - trombone
Taha Taha - cello
Yasser Taha - cello
Ihab Tutu - violin
Marylene Vinciguerra - viola
Tamer Yassin - violin
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