Program 17

Program 17 features a section of slower tunes instead of the usual routine; enjoy!

1. GEORGE MGRDICHIAN & HIS ENSEMBLE
Take 5
from the album The Now Sounds of the Middle East, no date given
(Marisa's note: You've never heard Dave Brubeck played like this!)

2. NAIF AGBY & THE LEBANESE RADIO ORCHESTRA
Rakset Samarah (Samarah Dance)
from the album An Evening with Uncle Tanous, 1974

3. HORST WENDE & HIS ORCHESTRA
Come, My Shepherd (Hawel Ya Ghannem)
from the album Oriental Caravan, no date given

4. SAFFET'S ORIENTAL ORCHESTRA
Mevlana (Chifte Telli)
from the album Belly Dance Festival, no date given

5. JALALEDDIN TAKESH
Homo Homo (vocals: Jalal)
from the album Jalaleddin Presents Vol. VII - Kashmira's Fantasy, 1984

6. YOUSEF KOUYOUMJIAN & HIS BAGDAD ENSEMBLE
Yasmeena
from the album Bagdad Cabaret, no date given

7. SPERO SPYROS & HIS MODERN ANATOLIAN ENSEMBLE
Farfara
from the album Anatolian Introduction, no date given

8. THE SEVEN PLAYERS
The Nomad
from the album West Digs East - Dig?, 1966

9. THE SULTAN'S CARAVAN (FEATURING GUS VALI)
Chant
from the album Belly Dance to Great Navel Music, 1976

10. THE FEENJON GROUP
Erev Shel Shoshanim (Evening of Roses)
from the album Belly Dancing at the Cafe Feenjon, no date given

11. SONNY LESTER - HIS ORCHESTRA & CHORUS
The Dream
from the album Little Egypt Presents: How to Belly Dance For Your Husband, 1968

12. RAJA
Cheftatelli
from the album Journey Into Rhythm, 1982

13. UNKNOWN ARTISTS
Ma Alee
from the album Sweet Nights, 1967

14. GEORGE ABDO & HIS "FLAMES OF ARABY" ORCHESTRA
Lila, My Love (Rhumba)
from the album Belly Dancing with George Abdo, 1976

15. MOHAMMED EL-BAKKAR & HIS ORIENTAL ENSEMBLE
Sultan of Bagdad
from the album Sultan of Bagdad - Music of the Middle East Vol. 2, 1957

16. JODETTE
Jodette's live performance at the Worlds Fair
from the album Evening By The Nile, 1975

17. THE SHEIK'S MEN
Sherry's Dream
from the album The Belly Dancer, 1961

18. JOHN BERBERIAN
Siseler (Turkish)
from the album Ode To An Oud, 1974