Alla-Turca

featuring Özel Türkbas

(CD 4324)

Recorded in Istanbul in the 1960s, the heyday of the Turkish nightclub scene, Alla-Turca is one of the most influential bellydance albums of the era, featuring dancer Özel Türkbas and a line-up of legendary Turkish and Turkish-Gypsy musicians. This reissue includes bonus tracks from a second classic Özel bellydance album, Kismet, featuring the great ney master Aka Gündüz Kutbay.

Notes include Özel’s original bellydance instructions, with pictures.

Featuring:

Tracks 1-8

Yilmaz Sanliel, clarinet
Baki Duyarlar, ud
Bahattin Duyarlar, kanun
Yasar Isin, first violin
Irfan Küçükçaglar, second violin
Rifat Sanliel, piano
Mustafa Özkent, guitar
Merih Dumlu, bass
Metin Sanliel, dumbeg
Ilkin Dinletir, bongo drums
Kemal Gürses, tambourine
Erdogan Sabunuç, wooden spoons
Özel Türkbas, finger cymbals and vocals

Tracks 9-15

Tarik Bulut, musical arranger, conductor, piano
Aka Gündüz Kutbay, ney
Aslan Hepgür, violin
Faik Dramali, ud
Hüsnü Anil, kanun
Mustafa Karadeniz, clarinet
Merih Dumlu, bass
Remzi Emek, guitar
Ergün Sener, darbuka
Ramazan Senyaylar, bongos
Özel Türkbas, finger cymbals

1. Özel’s Bellydance Routine (a complete bellydance routine) 14:31
2. Rompi Rompi (Karsilama) 3:42
3. Sultaniyegah Longa 3:58
4. Salla Salla (Wave to Me) 3:23
5. Bursali (The Bride from Bursa) 2:23
6. Keep Dancing, Keep Turning 1:53
7. Deveci (The Camel Driver) 2:43
8. Taksimler (improvisations on clarinet, ud, kanun, violin) 8:34
9. Keman Karsilama 3:34
10. Özel Special 3:54
11. Arabamin Atlari Deh 3:16
12. Ud Çiftetelli 3:57
13. Farfara 3:47
14. Telgrafin Tellerine 3:17
15. Nihavent Longa 3:11

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