between gypsies and latinos

om fragmenten van de CD te beluisteren klik rechts op de knop "PopUp mp3 Player"

Titels

1. El gato negro con la pata coja
   (Steven Kamperman)
   This little black cat stretches her three-and-a-half legs between Cuba and Turkey.
   
   
2. Zapantófi
   (Anneke Frankenberg) (lyrics)
   Hora de mina pe batai
   (Rumania; trad)
   A Dutch St. Nicholas children song from the Bucharest suburbs in ‘Mahala’ style, followed by a high-speed tune from Southern Rumania.
3. La Pobrecita
   (Atahualpa Yupanqui; Argentina) (lyrics)
   A zamba from the pampas of Tucuman: a rough life, only four strings left on your guitar, and the city far away.
   
   
4. Zaza
   (Gijs Levelt)
   A tune from the Amsterdam Klezmer Band trumpet player Gijs Levelt about the Dutch national hero Zaza, a little cockroach from a childrens book by Annie M.G. Schmidt.
5. Pelhas Romanas
   (trad; Rumania)
   Montilla
   (trad; Venezuela) (lyrics)
   A combination between a Rumanian Învîrtită and a Venezuelan Golpe recalling the death of a Chilean black army officer fighting the ‘Conquistadores’ long, long ago...
   
   
6. Pandelasul
   (trad; Rumania; arr. Anneke Frankenberg)
   Geamparale-like dance from Dobrogea, the border between Rumania and Bulgaria.
   
   
7. Vidala para mi sombra
   (Atahualpa Yupanqui; Argentina) (lyrics)
   ‘Sometimes my shadow follows me, sometimes I follow my shadow. Poor shadow, where will you go, when I’ll no longer be here...’
   
   
8. Zvonija, Zvonija
   (Ljiljana Buttler; Bosnia) (lyrics)
   A čoček from the famous Bosnian singer Ljiljana Butler about dancing, singing, and drinking: a gipsy party!
   
   
9. Déjeuner du matin
   (Jacques Prévert; Bart Lelivelt) (lyrics)
   He pours in his coffee, adds milk and sugar, without saying a word, without looking at me, smokes his cigarettes and walks away. And me...? I’m crying.
   
   
10. Fumando espero
    (Juan V. Masanas; J. Viladomat & Felix Garzó) (lyrics)
    Long ago ‘nostalgia’: smoking while waiting for your love, imagining smoke curling from her mouth to yours when kissing. Romantic! The piece continues with a cha-cha part in Cuban style.
    
    
11. Cerrado
    (Joep Everts) (lyrics)
    A virgin - strong, cold and lonely - does not open her door for the guy outside. Open up my room, my heart, my life!

produced by the Charivari trio / recorded and mixed by Raoul Soentken, Edge Tip Studio, Arnhem, july-september 2007 / mastered by Tom Peeters, Mediatrack Amsterdam / graphic design by Connie Nijman, Amsterdam