Songs and Dances of Greece: Early 1950s Istanbul Recordings, by Roza Eskenazi

Songs and Dances of Greece: Early 1950s Istanbul Recordings

by Roza Eskenazi

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1.	Ela Na Se Kano Teris (Come, I'm Your Match) 03:04	buy track
2.	Manes Tsiftetelli Ala Polis (I Complain to God) 03:05	buy track
3.	Perasan Ta Mesanukta (Midnight Has Passed) 02:59	buy track
4.	Poses Fores Me Gelases (How Many Times Have You Lied to Me) 02:54	buy track
5.	Bam Kai Boum Metros (Bang and Boom Mickey) 02:52	buy track
6.	Smyrneiko Minore 02:54	buy track
7.	Pes Ton Den Haneis (Say You're Not Losing) 03:00	buy track
8.	Athenoula (Athenian Woman) 02:54	buy track
9.	Ta Emorfa Hanoumakia (The Beautiful Turkish Ladies) 03:00	buy track
10.	E Marika Stin Athena (Marika in Athens) 03:02	buy track
11.	De Thelo Na Me Pantreuthis, Ase Me (I Don't Want You to Marry Me, Leave) 03:07	buy track
12.	Oso Vareia Ein Ta Sidera (No Matter How Heavy the Chains) 03:02	buy track
13.	Tsakitzi 03:04	buy track
14.	To Tragoudi Tis Virtzinias (Virginia's Song) 03:00	buy track
15.	Kai Morias (From the Peloponnese) 02:42	buy track
16.	Vgeni O Ilios Kokinos (The Red Sun Comes Out) 03:16	buy track
17.	Paliozi Psefti Dounia (Damned-Life Liar People) 02:56	buy track
18.	Ta Matakia Sou Ta Duo (Your Two Eyes) 03:08	buy track
19.	Bulbul Canarya (Nightingale Canary) 03:00	buy track
20.	Her Yer Karanlik (Darkness Pervades Everywhere) 03:10	buy track

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Roza Eskenazi was born at the end of the 19th century in Constantinople. Of Jewish descent, she settled in Thessaloniki (then a majority-Jewish city), where she worked as a cabaret dancer. In the mid-1920s she moved to Athens, where she was discovered around 1929 as a singer and began a recording career that lasted over 30 years, yielding about 350 recorded performances. A significant star during the 1930s, she narrowly survived the holocaust when 9 out of every 10 Jews in Greece were killed by the Nazis.

After the war, she restarted her career. These recordings were made ca. 1952 in Istanbul for release in the United States for the Greek-American market by Adjin Asllan's Balkan label. Shortly afterward, she made an extensive tours of the U.S., where she also recorded prolifically. Returning ultimately to Athens, her career was revived in Greece during the 60s and 70s. She died December 2, 1980.

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released April 29, 2021

Tracks 1-12 derived from Balkan LP 881.
Tracks 13-20 derived from 78rpm discs on the Balkan label.

Among the assumed accompanists throughout are Agapios Tomboulis (oud), Lambros Leontarides (lyra), and Sukru Tunar (clarinet).

Thanks for translation help to Manolis Orfanidis, Phaedon Sinis, and Joe Graziosi.

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