De Amsterdam Klezmer Band & The Galata Gypsy Band - Katakofti (Kalan CD 285 - distribution Choice Music)

Kulsan introduced De Amsterdam Klezmer Band to The Galata Gypsy Band, Gypsy musicians from Edirne, Turkey. In December 2002 they recorded the CD Katakofti at Arif Sag's famous ASM Studio in Istanbul. Besides being one of the musicians, Gijs was also involved in the production side of this CD.

De Amsterdam Klezmer Band: Janfie van Strien - clarinet Gijs Levelt - trumpet Job Chajes - alto saxophone, vocals Joop van der Linden - trombone, baritone, percussion Theo van Tol - accordion Jasper de Beer - double bass, guitar banjo Alec Kopyt - percussion, vocals The Galata Gypsy Band: Göksel Zurna - clarinet, davul Selami Karaali - violin Hicret Onat - kanun Mehmet Yerkabartan - oud Remzi Üründülcü - darbuka, davul Tracks: 1. Katakofti (traditional) 2. Harmandali (traditional) 3. Soski (traditional/lyrics: Alec Kopyt) 4. Der Terkishe Yale Ve Yove (traditional/lyrics: Job Chajes) 5. Didem (Gijs Levelt) 6. Bambi Café (Joop van der Linden) 7. Magnificent Seven (Janfie van Strien) 8. Elfje (Jasper de Beer) 9. Moya Raba (traditional/lyrics: Alec Kopyt) 10. On the Fly (Janfie van Strien) 11. Tulum Havasi (traditional) 12. Di Naie Chuppe (Job Chajes) 13. Limonchiki (traditional) 14. Bahriye Çiftetellisi (traditional) Total duration: 72.27

Produced by: Gijs Levelt, Melih Duygulu, AKB and GGB Recorded at: ASM Studio, Istanbul (TR), 22-24 Dec 2002 Recorded by: Can Sarvazlar, Göktürk Sarvazlar Mixing: Michiel Cornelisse and AKB at Blaisdell Studio, Groningen (NL) Digital transfer: Walter Tremp at Tremp Studio, Beetgum (NL) Digital editing: Joop van der Linden Mastering: Maarten de Boer at The Masters, Soest (NL) Text CD booklet: Veronica Divendal, Gijs Levelt, Melih Duygulu, Sjoerd Levelt English translation: Klaas Levelt, Simone Veenstra, Alec Kopyt (song lyrics) Turkish translation: Tamar Koçyan Photography: Theo van Tol, Abdullah H. Geels, Ceren Gülketin Graphic design: Ceren Gülketin Executive production: Veronica Divendal and Adnan Dalkiran for Kulsan, Hasan Saltuk for Kalan Production assistants: Abdullah H. Geels for Kulsan, Ulas Özdemir for Kalan Play excerpts from this CD using the: AKB Jukebox