Aziza Al-Tawil's World

Wow! How do I say this? Just a great collection of songs, many of which I'm already familiar with through my background in belly dance as a child performer in the "heyday"and from a massive collection of authentic old world record albums accumulated by my mother, NYC belly dancer Johanna. Had the pleasure of seeing quite a few of these artists in person, "live," either from the "audience" perspective or even as the main attraction myself (Anestos Athanasiou was not only a dear friend of the family, but was almost my "Stepfather" and was even my accompanist on several occasions). Yes, "Gyftos" Athanasiou is here as well as many others that made that wonderful era so indeed "wonderful." You'll hear Jimmy Linardos and Gus Vali. Her name is spelled different here but the cd includes two tracks from my favorite Greek singer Rena Dalia. My mother Johanna worked the "Britannia" club with her. A truly beautiful and...