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| Greek Music in the US |
| Around 1920 the cream of Greek musicians from Asia Minor settled in New York. They brought along a sophisticated knowledge instruments (oud, violin, clarinet, sndouri, saz) and an immense local tradition borrowing elements from Turkish, Middle – Eastern and European music. Soon after they thrived both in live clubs and in record companies such as Columbia and RCA-Victor. |
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Remembrances of a Music Scene THE SMYRNEIKO ERA 1907-39 |
| Smyrneiko is the song from Asia Minor (western Turkey), sung by people all around the Mediteranean. This collection presents Smyrneiko saga through recordings from Smyrna and Istanbul (CD I: 1907-19), Athens (CDII: 1928-37) and New York (CD III: 1919-50). |
| 30,25 EUR |
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CDI - The Rembetiko & Smyrneiko Scene in New York: 1917-38 |
| THE AUTHENTIC RECORDINGS COLLECTION - CD I: By the 1920’s, several Greek musicians were already accomplished among the immigrants in New York. A bunch of nightclubs, some of them run by Greeks hosted bands playing Rembetika and Smyrneika. Artists such as Papagika, Doussias, Poulos, Katsaros and others performed such songs, composed their own and recorded lots of sides for Columbia, Victor and smaller record companies. |
| 12,00 EUR |
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CD II: Rembetika & Smyrneika released in the US |
| THE AUTHENTIC RECORDINGS COLLECTION CD II:
While the Rembetiko style was gradually flourishing in Greece during the 1920’s, another music scene had already been established in the States by a group of pioneering refugees: people coming from countries surrounding the eastern Mediterranean, many among which sang in Greek. |
| 12,00 EUR |
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CD III - Rembetika & Smyrneika released in US & The TB Songs |
| THE AUTHENTIC RECORDINGS COLLECTION - CD III:
This album concludes the presentation of Greek music (mainly rembetika & smyrneika songs) printed by US record companies (see above CD II) with ten more tracks. In addition to that, it includes 12 'fthisika' songs, that is, songs about tuberculosis |
| 12,00 EUR |
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CD IV - Homesick: Rembetika & Folk recordings in the US |
| THE AUTHENTIC RECORDINGS COLLECTION - CD IV:
All artists of the Greek music scene in the States during the 1920’s and 30’s responded to the immigrant’s nostalgia of their homelands. Homesick includes 13 rembetika songs about living abroad, plus 9 Greek mainland’s and islands’ folk songs. |
| 12,00 EUR |
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Yiorgos Katsaros |
| Katsaros is one of the main figures of the Greek Music Scene in the US in the 1930’s, 40’s and 50’s. His unique style is based on his voice, either melancholic, harsh or light-hearted depending on the lyrics, and the guitar playing he invented. |
| 12,00 EUR |
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Anestis Delias - Markos Melkon |
| Delias played the baglamas, an instrument similar to the bouzouki, only quite smaller. He was a member of the Legendary Four from Piraeus, the group that established Rembetiko in the 1930’s. He was a refugee from Asia Minor, and a heroine addict. This album includes all his compositions. |
| 12,00 EUR |
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Gus Gadinis - Greek Clarinet in The US |
| Gadinis was the single most significant clarinet virtuoso among Greeks in the States. His repertoire included Greek mainland folk songs, songs of the Asia Minor tradition (Smyrneika) and popular tunes of his time. |
| 12,00 EUR |
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