{"id":1945,"date":"2010-11-12T20:42:07","date_gmt":"2010-11-12T18:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mandoisland.com\/?p=1945"},"modified":"2017-10-21T09:50:41","modified_gmt":"2017-10-21T07:50:41","slug":"new-york-rock-roll-ensemble-reflections-manos-hadjidakis-kemal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mandoisland.com\/?p=1945","title":{"rendered":"New York Rock &#038; Roll Ensemble &#8211; Reflections &#8211; Manos Hadjidakis &#8211; Kemal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After I have listened to <strong>Giocondas Smile<\/strong> by <strong>Manos Hadjidakis<\/strong> I want to present another famous work by this composer.<\/p>\n<p>In the late 1960s Hadjidakis lived in New York and made a recording of some of his compositions with a group named the <strong>New York Rock &amp; Roll Ensemble<\/strong>. This LP was titled <strong>Reflections <\/strong>and was released in 1970.<\/p>\n<p>All the songs from this album are available as youtube videos now. I have listened to this album now several times, and I like it very much. Especially one song sticks to my mind, the song <strong>Kemal<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<h4 id=\"watch-headline-title\">New York Rock &amp; Roll Ensemble (Manos Hadjidakis) &#8211; Kemal<\/h4>\n<blockquote><p>KEMAL &#8211;\u00a0This is the story of foolish Prince Bass Fiddle and wise Jerry Kemal.<br \/>\nAs you remember, last time, the Prince was found without a dime on the Ponce Valdez while Jerry<br \/>\nwatched from a tree&#8230; (complete text can be found with the video)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"New York Rock &amp; Roll Ensemble (Manos Hadjidakis) - Kemal\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9oxwENvNeJ4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>More than 20 years after the release of this album <strong>Nikos Gatsos<\/strong> has translated the songs to the Greek language, and <strong>Aliki Kayaloglou<\/strong> has made a greek version of this Album.<\/p>\n<p>I have selected a live recording of Kemal &#8211; but you can find some videos with the recorde version too:<\/p>\n<h4 id=\"watch-headline-title\">Kemal &#8211; Hadjidakis\/Reflections &#8211; Aliki Kayaloglou Live at Herodes Atticus Theater<\/h4>\n<blockquote><p>Aliki Kagialoglou sings Kemal from her album with Manos Hadjidakis Reflections 1993, words by Nikos Gatsos. Live from her concert on October the 3rd 2008 at Herodion Athens.<br \/>\nPiano: Frixos Mortzos<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kemal - Hadjidakis\/Reflections - Aliki Kayaloglou Live at Herodes Atticus Theater\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FIyIZIs4uCM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>The Greek indy group <strong>Raining Pleasure<\/strong> has recorded another version of this music in 2005. And again this is a very interesting recording. I have again selected a version of Kemal, a nice video with the english text of the story. You can very good hear the mandolin that was used in this song by Rainig Pleasure.<!--more--><\/p>\n<h4 id=\"watch-headline-title\">KEMAL &#8211; MANOS HATZIDAKIS &#8211; RAINING PLEASURE<\/h4>\n<blockquote><p>Raining Pleasure performing &#8220;kemal&#8221; live (25\/09\/2009, Patras<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"kemal - raining pleasure - live\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HaYUtOix6AA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><strong>Album Songs<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Orpheus<\/li>\n<li>The Day<\/li>\n<li>Love Her<\/li>\n<li>Dance of the Dogs<\/li>\n<li>Kemal<\/li>\n<li>Dedication<\/li>\n<li>The Three Answers<\/li>\n<li>Street Song<\/li>\n<li>Bitter Way<\/li>\n<li>Noble Dame<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Additional\u00a0 Information<\/h4>\n<p>Big playlist with recordings by the New York Rock &amp; Roll Ensemble, Raining Pleasure and Aliki Kayaloglou<\/p>\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hadjidakis - Reflections - New York Rock &amp; Roll Ensemble\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/videoseries?list=PLD1CD1FC681DA6C22\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Wikipedia about the <strong>New York Rock &amp; Roll Ensemble<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_York_Rock_%26_Roll_Ensemble\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_York_Rock_%26_Roll_Ensemble<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Wikipedia about the album <strong>Reflections<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Reflections_%28Manos_Hadjidakis_album%29\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Reflections_%28Manos_Hadjidakis_album%29<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Videos by Raining Pleasure: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/results?search_query=raining+pleasure+hadjidakis&amp;aq=f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/results?search_query=raining+pleasure+hadjidakis&amp;aq=f<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Homepage Raining Pleasure: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rainingpleasure.gr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.rainingpleasure.gr\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Wikipedia about Raining Pleasure: <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Raining_Pleasure\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Raining_Pleasure<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Related article:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Permanent Link: Attika Plucked String Orchestra 2012 \u2013 Music by Manos Hadzidakis \u2013 With the Opus Femina Choir and Soloists\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mandoisland.com\/?p=4786\" rel=\"bookmark\">Attika Plucked String Orchestra 2012 \u2013 Music by Manos Hadzidakis \u2013 With the Opus Femina Choir and Soloists<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After I have listened to Giocondas Smile by Manos Hadjidakis I want to present another famous work by this composer. In the late 1960s Hadjidakis lived in New York and made a recording of some of his compositions with a group named the New York Rock &amp; Roll Ensemble. This LP was titled Reflections and 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