Program 17 features a section of slower tunes instead of the usual routine; enjoy!

1. GEORGE MGRDICHIAN & HIS ENSEMBLE

Take 5

from the album The Now Sounds of the Middle East, no date given

(Marisa's note: You've never heard Dave Brubeck played like this!)

1. NAIF AGBY & THE LEBANESE RADIO ORCHESTRA

Rakset Samarah (Samarah Dance)

from the album An Evening with Uncle Tanous, 1974

1. HORST WENDE & HIS ORCHESTRA

Come, My Shepherd (Hawel Ya Ghannem)

from the album Oriental Caravan, no date given

1. SAFFET'S ORIENTAL ORCHESTRA

Mevlana (Chifte Telli)

from the album Belly Dance Festival, no date given

1. JALALEDDIN TAKESH

Homo Homo (vocals: Jalal)

from the album Jalaleddin Presents Vol. VII - Kashmira's Fantasy, 1984

1. YOUSEF KOUYOUMJIAN & HIS BAGDAD ENSEMBLE

Yasmeena

from the album Bagdad Cabaret, no date given

1. SPERO SPYROS & HIS MODERN ANATOLIAN ENSEMBLE

Farfara

from the album Anatolian Introduction, no date given

1. THE SEVEN PLAYERS

The Nomad

from the album West Digs East - Dig?, 1966

1. THE SULTAN'S CARAVAN (FEATURING GUS VALI)

Chant

from the album Belly Dance to Great Navel Music, 1976

1. THE FEENJON GROUP

Erev Shel Shoshanim (Evening of Roses)

from the album Belly Dancing at the Cafe Feenjon, no date given

1. SONNY LESTER - HIS ORCHESTRA & CHORUS

The Dream

from the album Little Egypt Presents: How to Belly Dance For Your Husband, 1968

1. RAJA

Cheftatelli

from the album Journey Into Rhythm, 1982

1. UNKNOWN ARTISTS

Ma Alee

from the album Sweet Nights, 1967

1. GEORGE ABDO & HIS "FLAMES OF ARABY" ORCHESTRA

Lila, My Love (Rhumba)

from the album Belly Dancing with George Abdo, 1976

1. MOHAMMED EL-BAKKAR & HIS ORIENTAL ENSEMBLE

Sultan of Bagdad

from the album Sultan of Bagdad - Music of the Middle East Vol. 2, 1957

1. JODETTE

Jodette's live performance at the Worlds Fair

from the album Evening By The Nile, 1975

1. THE SHEIK'S MEN

Sherry's Dream

from the album The Belly Dancer, 1961

1. JOHN BERBERIAN

Siseler (Turkish)

from the album Ode To An Oud, 1974