Djivan's Song - Romani Cocek by Jim Stoynoff with Dromia & Shea Comfort

Romani folk music performed by Jim Stoynoff with Dromia and Shea Comfort at the Folk Dance Center in San Diego, California. The dance is Cocek and the tune is "Djivan's Song".

Jim Stoynoff is a native Chicagoan who began studying the clarinet in 1962. Since that time he has specialized in the research, preservation and performance of Greek Folk Music, with particular emphasis on the regional folk clarinet styles of Epiros, Macedonia, Central Greece and Turkey. Since 1965 Jim has performed regularly at major functions within the Greek and Turkish communities and has appeared with various groups throughout the U.S. He also gives lecture/performances and authors articles on the Balkan clarinet for various publications. Since 1986 he has appeared annually at various events sponsored by the Chicago Cultural Center, and performs with the Chicago Immigrant Orchestra. From September 2006 through September 2007 his ensemble performed as part of Yoyo Ma's Silk Road Chicago residency, and he recently made two appearances with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, for the opening of the Chicago World Music Festival. In 2007, Jim designed and curated the Hellenic Museum & Cultural Center's (HMCC) exhibit Road to Rembetika and is actively building HMCC's archive and permanent exhibit of discography and instruments for its new facilities.

San Diegos Dromia (pronounced DROMia), plays a wide range of southern Balkan dance tunes from Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, and Turkey; in addition to Roma (gypsy) melodies from this region, plus dances from Armenia. Dromia is somewhat of a coined word and has roots in the words Drom (journey / road in Romani) and Dromos (musical scales / road in Greek) and represents the many beautiful melodies and dances of the region.
Dromia is: Mary Marshall on percussion, Sanna Rosengren on vocals and violin, Mark Siprut on percussion, and Dan Ziagos on accordion. The band members have played and studied Balkan music for many years; Mary with Balkantones and Slavej; Sanna with Harmonija, Planina, and Sokalska Grupa; Mark with bands in Santa Barbara and Hawaii; and Dan with popular San Francisco Bay Area Balkan bands, Anoush and Turlu. Mary and Sanna also currently play with the popular San Diego Balkan band, Eastern Exposure.

Guest musician, Shea Comfort joins us on duduk, laouto and kaval. Shea is a multi-instrumentalist and also plays clarinet and other wind instruments. He lives and works in the San Francisco Bay Area. At the moment, Shea is currently working with "Turlu" - playing Balkan dance music with some old and new friends, and preparing for a series of concerts with a newly created traditional Armenian ensemble in the Bay Area. In addition to playing dance music, Shea also teaches the duduk and occasionally records soundtracks and specialty projects. Shea used to play with Anoush, a popular Bay Area Balkan band. Past musical collaborations have also included: Lily Storm's pending solo CD; "The Minds Fire", an independant film by Vivi Letsu; "Angel of Mercy" from Sharon Wiener's CD "Boundless"; multiple meditation/Yoga CD's done with Silvia Nakkach; Michael Nielson (film); and most recently Kitka.

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Music

Tags:

• Romani
• Rom
• Roma
• Djivan's
• Song
• Cocek
• Stoynoff
• Dromia
• Comfort
• clarinet
• accordion
• laouto
• darbuka
• folk
• music
• dance

[MeMeTsMuzik]

4/4th

[Drmrfordancing]

I just drum what I hear....I don't really think a lot about time signatures. lol

[harmik]

awsome :) is the beat 78 th?

[Drmrfordancing]

The rhythm is probably best described as a syncopated Romani 8/8. Glad you enjoy it!

[kisslena]

Very nice music! There's joy in your faces as you play (and sing) together.