UDI JOSEPH KOUYOUMJIAN ORCHESTRA
Beautiful Belly - Music for Listening and Dancing
Federated Records FR-1000; 1975
Photography by Nicholas McClelland
Album Design & Lettering by Linda von Helwig
Body, Booklet, & Costume by Isis Revan
SIDE ONE Dance of the Bedouins (Middle-Eastern Dance Routine): Iben El Ballud, Bedouin Bolero, Konyali (Turkish) * Askimla Oynama (Turkish) * Uskudara (Turkish) * Banat il Mookala (Arabic) * Hijaz Taksim
SIDE TWO Dance of the Pharoahs (Middle-Eastern Dance Routine): Azziza; Bir Demet Yasemen; Zena, Zena; Rumpi, Rumpi * Hava Nagila (Israeli) * Acem Asiram Taksim
PERSONNEL: Joseph Kouyoumjian (ud) * Fred Elias (violin) * Esber Koprucu 9kanun) * Richard Bayrouty (ud) * George Kokoras (accordion) * Nick Kokoras (guitar) * Manny Petro (guitar) * Steve Kouyoumjian (durbeki [metal]) * Arthur Chingris (durbeki [clay] & trap drums) * Kasim (zills) * VOCALISTS: Soraya Melik * Esber Koprucu * Richard Bayrouty