Le Pas Du Chat Noir is a hypnotic, magnetic 2002 album by Anouar Brahem which added a new dimension to our knowledge of this exceptional Tunisian musician. The 12-track collection gave the clearest indication yet of the work of Brahem as a composer and features a spacious 'chamber music' that resonates with the freshness of improvisation. The instrumentation is unique: oud, piano, accordion. Brahem's writing for this combination is highly evocative, meticulously controlled and sparse. Half of the magic, as he notes, resides in the not-played, in the marvelous mingling of overtones, sounds that rise from the piano to blend with the warm tones of the oud and the breath of the accordion's bellows.