The Disorientalists
Who Was Essad Bey? (CD)

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Born as Lew Abramovich Nussimbaum in 1905 and grewing up in Baku, Essad Bey was an Azerbaijani patriot, a dreamed oil prince, a Russian Jew who had fled from the Bolsheviks and the Nazis, a Muslim convert, a Mussolini fan and a German star author.
In the footsteps of this mysterious and legendary figure the "Disorientalists" Yuriy Gurzhy, Daniel Kahn and Marina Frenk rock through the abysses of a bizarre life. A biographical revue, produced for and played in the studioЯ of the Gorki Theater Berlin, now finally on CD.

Track listing:

1. Who Was Essad Bey? (Gurzhy - Gurzhy/Kahn) 2:08
2. Die Drittellösung (Frenk) 2:46
3. Joseph (Gurzhy - Gurzhy/Kahn) 2:04
4. Der Bolschewismus trägt die Fratze als Gesicht (Frenk) 3:10
5. Reborn In Displacement (Kahn) 2:24
6. Konstantinopel (Frenk) 2:55
7. The Streets Of Charlottengrad (Gurzhy - Gurzhy/Kahn) 3:07
8. Links-Rechts-Schwäche (Frenk) 3:27 9. Oy Vey / Ой Вей (Gurzhy - Gurzhy/Kahn) 1:50
10. Ostbahnhof (Kahn) 3:27
11. Prince Of The Orient (Gurzhy - Gurzhy/Kahn) 3:23
12. Who Was Kurban Said? (Kahn) 3:53
13. Ali and Nino (Gurzhy - Gurzhy/Kahn) 2:47
14. Kiss In Tiflis (Gurzhy) 2:06
15. Fascho-Lövchen (Frenk) 2:44
16. Alilushka (Gurzhy - Gurzhy/Kahn) 2:42
17. Die In Positano (Gurzhy) 2:52
18. Who Was Essad Bey, REPRISE 2:11

Published: 2016

Genre: Klezmer & Izrael & Jiddish & Sephardic
Label: Oriente Musik