Band of Gypsies

Amazon.com's Best of 2001
Romania's best-known music export, Taraf De Haidouks, returns with a live album that perfectly displays their ample talents. On tracks like "The Return of the Magic Horses," the playing is incendiary, accelerating almost to the speed of light, while the songs have their trademark, mournful gypsy quality. The album might share its title with a Jimi Hendrix record, but this is the real deal, bringing in enough guests from around the Balkan, including Macedonia's Kocani Orkestar Brass Band, to qualify as a joyous summit on modern Roma culture, and completely irresistible. Concert recordings aren't always successful, but this brings the atmosphere right into your living room--you can almost see the musicians smiling as they try to outpace each other, before launching into the kind of instrumental passage that seems beyond human ability--only to pull it off without breaking a sweat. 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

Band of Gypsies,Taraf de Haïdouks,Nonesuch,Balkans,Eastern Europe,Gypsy,Int'l & World Music,Pop,World Music

Average customer rating: THE REAL STUFF CD Bent bluegrass played by Cossacks on methamphetamine. Some of most amazing music and creative virtuostic musicians of our time!!!!! Great stuff

Band of Gypsies Taraf de Haïdouks Manufacturer: Nonesuch ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Romania | Eastern Europe | Europe | International | Styles | Music Gypsy | Eastern Europe | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music Similar Items: Taraf de Haïdouks Voi-La Intruder Dumbala Dumba East Infection Multi Kontra Culti vs. Irony ASIN: B00005M98J Release Date: 2001-07-31

Tracks:

1. Dance of the Firemen
2. A la Turk
3. Aorrow, Only My Sorrow
4. The Return of the Magic Horses
5. A Gypsy Had a House
6. A Stork Crosses the Danube, in the Company of a Raven
7. Absinth I Drink You, Absinth I Eat You
8. Cacurica Dances
9. Carolina
10. Green Leaf, Clover Leaf
11. I'm a Gambling Man
12. Little Buds
13. Bride in a Red Dress
14. Back to Clejani

Amazon.com's Best of 2001

Romania's best-known music export, Taraf De Haidouks, returns with a live album that perfectly displays their ample talents. On tracks like "The Return of the Magic Horses," the playing is incendiary, accelerating almost to the speed of light, while the songs have their trademark, mournful gypsy quality. The album might share its title with a Jimi Hendrix record, but this is the real deal, bringing in enough guests from around the Balkan, including Macedonia's Kocani Orkestar Brass Band, to qualify as a joyous summit on modern Roma culture, and completely irresistible. Concert recordings aren't always successful, but this brings the atmosphere right into your living room--you can almost see the musicians smiling as they try to outpace each other, before launching into the kind of instrumental passage that seems beyond human ability--only to pull it off without breaking a sweat. 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

Customer Reviews:

THE REAL STUFF.......2007-07-15

Why didn't I come across this band before! I love eastern European music --klezmer, Ivo Papasov, Yuri Yanakov-- and I love kicking bands. Taraf de Haidouks definitely kicks! On "The Return of the Magic Horses," they start off at furious pace --violin, woodwinds, cymbalum, double bass and accordion-- and never flag, handing the lead from one instrument to another, over and over, without any hitch in the tempo and no letting up of intensity. The band plays simultaneously tight and loose in ensemble, separate instruments weaving their own lines around each other, following each other's lead but each one creating a niche of sound and melody. But it is the vocals that appeal to me most: the sweet romantic "Little Buds," the trading off of vocals in the marvelous "Absinthe I Drink You, Absinthe I Eat You," and in "Green Leaf, Cover Leaf" and "Sorrow, Only My Sorrow." When I listen to this magical recording it brings memories of my father-in-law singing around the house in Slovak. The musicianship of the members of this band, and their guests for the concerts, is exceptional. I am especially impressed by Neculae Neacsu's playfully pizzicato violin solos on the first and last cuts ("Dance of the Firemen" and "Back to Clewjani") and the lightning fast accordion playing of Ionel "Ionitsa" Manole ("A Gypsy Had a House," "A Stork Crosses the Danube..." and "Green Leaf, Cover Leaf"). The cymbalum, which I've considered a musical instrument designed by a committee --part percussion, part zither-- fits here!

CD.......2007-01-11

This CD is great! It is nice to have a different cultural input!

Bent bluegrass played by Cossacks on methamphetamine. .......2006-03-23

Closer to human speed than I recall on their eponymous 1999 CD, but still it generates a sense of bent bluegrass played by Cossacks on methamphetamine. Minor chords and ancient shadows have hooks in their souls, and they play like demons striving for the light. Remember to look for the strange attractor that offers an archetypal inner sstructure for the whirling, wild sparks of music. Focus of the calm center and let the whirling particles around it just fly right by. Live performance brings hints of Negresses Vertes. Stand-out: tr 13-Bride in a red dress (one instrument hands off to another, rotating a formidable pulse of power).

Some of most amazing music and creative virtuostic musicians of our time!!!!!.......2005-09-29

If you haven't seen theese guys live yet you are missing some of the most inspiring and electrifing musicians of our time. Raw gypsy that will make any of your hairs stand up!
I hope they make more albums in the near future.

Great stuff.......2003-10-16

I heard this CD playing at FNAC in Paris two years ago. I bought it and 'Chagrin Seulement' and 'Une Tsigane' are now always on my laptop (and therefor always where I am). These guys play great and sing greater. The rawness and elemental qualities of the music make this a must have CD in any international music collection

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Band of Gypsies Taraf de Haïdouks Manufacturer: Cramworld ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Romania | Eastern Europe | Europe | International | Styles | Music Gypsy | Eastern Europe | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music International | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B00005B6I1 Release Date: 2001-05-14

Tracks:

1. Dance of the Firemen
2. A la Turk
3. Sorrow, Only My Sorrow
4. Return of the Magic Horses
5. Gypsy Had a House
6. Stork Crosses the Danube, in the Company of a Raven
7. Absinth I Drink You, Absinth I Eat You
8. Cacurica Dances
9. Carolina
10. Green Leaf, Clover Leaf
11. I'm a Gambling Man
12. Little Buds
13. Bride in a Red Dress
14. Back to Clejani

Album Details

Fourth Release from the Romanian Band. Recorded in Bucharest During Three Special Concerts, it Includes a Variety of Guest Contributions to Expand their Style to Many Other Balkan Countries. Gypsy Virtuoso Musicians from Macedonia (Kotani Orkestar Brass Band), Bulgaria (Clarinet Palyer Filip Simeonov), and Turkey (Percussionist Tarik Tuysuzoglu) Contribute to this Recording.

Average customer rating: Goys can have fun, too Fiery mix of gypsy, Jewish, and Russian tunes East European gypsy music mixed with Jewish favorites!

Band of Gypsies Les Yeux Noirs Manufacturer: Buda Musique ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD France | Continental Europe | Europe | International | Styles | Music Gypsy | Eastern Europe | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music Jewish & Yiddish Music | Folk | Styles | Music General | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music International | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Suites Live Balamouk Tchorba ASIN: B00000J8CM Release Date: 1999-06-01

Tracks:

1. Danse Roumaine
2. Danse Des Fleches
3. Moyshele
4. Le Chale Bleu
5. Dragoutsa Mia
6. Chamil
7. La Fille Devient Femme
8. L'Accordeon Solitaire
9. Fraylekh
10. Drogoi Dalneyou
11. Danse De La Mariee
12. Les Deux Oiseaux
13. Avreml
14. Yulishka
15. Colo
16. Poite Tzigane
17. Akacos Ut
18. Tolke Ras

Customer Reviews:

Goys can have fun, too.......2007-02-26

Fast & slow melodies interplay throughout the disc. These guys are having a good time and sharing the fun. Track 10 and 'Those were the days my friend' are both from traditional Russian folk music.
These tunes make you dance.
Like you are at a hoe down (I've not actually been to one...) or an Irish pub.
The Pogues "If I Should Fall From Grace with God" gives me the same feelings, although this is more upbeat.
This group is more sophisticated musically than most gypsy bands, which makes the name,Les Yeux Noirs, perfect. It means 'Dark Eyes', a piece by the king of Gypsy Jazz, Django Reinhardt.
Their musicianship is clear, but does not take away from the barefoot freewheeling party that begins at track 1.

Fiery mix of gypsy, Jewish, and Russian tunes .......2006-03-14

This is a compilation of wonderful tunes played with amazing virtuosity, gusto, and taste at the same time. All of these melodies have stood the test of time and have been the popular favorites for the last century at least.

East European gypsy music mixed with Jewish favorites!.......1999-08-16

Really a great cd for background music for shabbat dinners or other holidays and Jewish grandparents from eastern europe will love it. This is also wonderful for a guy or gal living far from their Jewish family. It makes me nostalgic and I listen to it on holidays to think of my family and remind me of holidays spent together.

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Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Requiems | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Marches | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music ASIN: B00005YOU7 Release Date: 1999-06-15

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Come Here, Gypsies of Budapest Andras Suki & His Gysy Band Manufacturer: Hungaroton ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music International | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B000RGSW2K Release Date: 2007-06-26

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Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition No1-10; Stravinsky: Petrushka Manufacturer: Pearl ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Ballets | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Mussorgsky | Mussorgsky, Modest | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Stravinsky | Stravinsky, Igor | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Ballets & Dances | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Piano | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Marches | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Classic Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music ASIN: B000000WMX Release Date: 1993-11-15

Tracks:

1. Petrushka - Suite: Tableau I: Russian Dance
2. Petrushka - Suite: Tableau II: Petrushka's Room
3. Petrushka - Suite: Tableau IV: Poco piu mosso
4. Petrushka - Suite: Tableau IV: Dance Of The Mermaids
5. Petrushka - Suite: Tableau IV: Dance Of The Peasant And The Bear
6. Petrushka - Suite: Tableau IV: Dance Of The Gypsies
7. Petrushka - Suite: Tableau IV: Dance Of The Coachmen
8. Petrushka - Suite: Tableau IV: The Masqueraders
9. Apollo: Pas de Deux: Apollo & Terpsichore
10. Song Of The Volga Boatmen
11. Capriccio For Piano & Orchestra: I. Presto
12. Capriccio For Piano & Orchestra: II. Andante rapsodico
13. Capriccio For Piano & Orchestra: III. Allegro capriccioso ma tempo giusto
14. Pictures At An Exhibition: Promenade
15. Pictures At An Exhibition: Gnomus
16. Pictures At An Exhibition: Promenade
17. Pictures At An Exhibition: Il Vecchio Castello
18. Pictures At An Exhibition: Promenade
19. Pictures At An Exhibition: Tuileries
20. Pictures At An Exhibition: Bydlo
21. Pictures At An Exhibition: Promenade
22. Pictures At An Exhibition: Ballet Of The Chicks In Their Shells
23. Pictures At An Exhibition: Samuel Goldenberg And Schmuyle
24. Pictures At An Exhibition: The Market Place At Limoges
25. Pictures At An Exhibition: Catacombae (Sepulchrum Romanum)
26. Pictures At An Exhibition: Con Mortuis In Lingua Mortua
27. Pictures At An Exhibition: The Hut On Fowl's Legs
28. Pictures At An Exhibition: The Great Gate At Kiev

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Footlights Manufacturer: Polydor ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Psychedelic Rock | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Guitar Gods | Rock Guitarists | Rock | Styles | Music ASIN: B0009GUTFG

Product Description

Special Limited Edition Deluxe Box Set-Includes Previously Unreleased Tracks.Contains Digitally Remixed & Remastered CDS Of 1)Plays Montery 2)Isle Of Wight-New Compilation-Previously Unreleased Tracks 3)Band Of Gypsies-Previously Unreleased Tracks 4)Live At Winterland

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Rock Music

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