The Radio Bastet LP Cover Gallery

YOUSEF (KOUYOUMDJIAN) & HIS BAGDAD ENSEMBLE
Bagdad
Bagdad Cabaret BG-1001; no date given
Cover: “Leona Wood’s drawing of JAMILA [Salimpour], the beautiful and authentic Mid-Eastern dancer. Wearing the elegant costume of the Turkish Empire period, she performs with infinite grace and skill the classical dance that is the visual part of Mid-Eastern music.”

SIDE ONE  Elef Leila Wa Leila (One Thousand and One Nights) * Dulab El Houb (The Wheel of Love) * Baghdad Havasih (Bagdad Air) in Turkish * Wen El Habib (Where is the Beloved?)

SIDE TWO  Fantezy Nahawand (Composition in Maqam Nahawand) * Jara El Helwa (The Sweet One Nearby)* Siroun Aghchik (Beautiful Maiden) Sung in Armenian * Baba Karam (Sung in Persian)

FEATURED MUSICIAN:  Yousef Kouyoumdjian (kemenjeh [viol])