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Taraf De Haidouks

'Band Of Gypsies'

(CRAW 24)

Musicians:
Neculae Neacsu - voice, violin
Ilie Iorga - voice
Dumitru Baicu "Cacurica" - voice, small cymbalum
Paul Giuclea "Pasalan" - voice, violin
Marin P. Manole - voice, accordion
Gheorghe Falcaru - flute
Anghel Gheorghe "Caliu" - violin
Constantin Lautaru "Costica Boieru": - violin, voice
Ionel Manole "Ionitsa" - accordion, voice
Marin Manole "Marius" - accordion
Ion Tanase "Ionica" - small and large cymbalums
Viorel Vlad - double bass
Cristinel Turturica - large cymbalum

Label - Crammed Discs, Belgium

From record label:
"Recorded in Bucharest during three special concerts and additional studio recordings in December 2000, "Band Of Gypsies" is the fourth album by Romanian band Taraf de Haïdouks.

Always eager to expand the scope of their music, the "best Gypsy band in the world" (as recently described by UK daily The Independent) have decided to confront their styles to those of other Balkan countries by inviting Gypsy virtuoso musicians from Macedonia (the Koçani Orkestar brass band), Bulgaria (clarinet player Filip Simeonov) and Turkey (percussionist Tarik Tuysuzoglu) to join them on stage. The result is a series of exciting mixtures in which magical moments abound.

Along with these ambitious compositions one will rediscover with great pleasure the fantastic atmosphere of a Taraf de Haïdouks live performance in a collection of previously-unrecorded pieces featuring the various singers and soloists in top form and particularly galvanized by the importance of the event. These were indeed the band's first ever concerts in the Romanian capital; after ten years of international success the Taraf were still not recognized in their own country (maybe because they were perceived as Gypsies rather than as musicians)."

"Romania's best-known music export, Taraf De Haidouks, returns with a live album that perfectly displays their ample talents.... Growing international success hasn't spoiled the band--they're still rooted in the village tradition. But when the fiddle bows scrape and the improvisations hit the stratosphere, the village becomes the world."
Chris Nickson

Read a bio of the Taraf De Haidouks courtesy of BBC Radio 3 at:
www.bbc.co.uk/radio3

GBP 11.69

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Taraf De Haidouks

'Band Of Gypsies'

(CRAW 24)


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Tracks


1. Dance Of The Firemen (1'30")
2. A La Turk (6'08") 
3. Sorrow, Only My Sorrow (4'07")
4. The Return Of The Magic Horses (5'01")
5. A Gypsy Had A House (3'46")
6. A Stork Crosses The Danube, In (6'35")
7. Absinth I Drink You, Absinth I (5'03")
8. Cacurica Dances (1'31")
9. Carolina (5'26")
10. Green Leaf, Cover Leaf (3'55")
11. I'm a Gambling Man 6'46")
12. Little Buds (4'58")
13. Bride In A Red Dress (4'36")
14. Back To Clejani (2'55")

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