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Eric Jacobsen, Kayhan Kahlor, Sandeep Das, and Karen Ouzounian Join The New York Gypsy All Stars On “Balkan Bollywood”’

The upcoming album Blue As The Turquoise Night is a remarkable collaboration between acclaimed conductor Eric Jacobsen, Kayhan Kalhor, Sandeep Das, cellist Karen Ouzounian, the New York Gypsy All Stars, and the Greater Bridgeport Symphony. The album is scheduled for release on November 12, 2021 through the Bright Shiny Things label.

The artists have launched an animated video with a new single from the record, “Balkan Bollywood.” The track
is inspired by Indian filmi tracks, Turkish melodies and Balkan ornamentation. New York Gypsy All Stars’s Ismail Lumanovski describes the origin of the piece, “I had been playing around with this melody, trying ornaments in places where they usually don’t happen. I brought it to the guys, and we jammed on it with Panagiotis, Tamer, and Engin for four hours after a show at Drom. We ended up staying until 5am playing the same thing over and over, and this very cool, hybrid stuff came out.”