DESCRIPTION:
I uploaded this track to contribute to the YouTube series of covers of the great Macedonian (*) dance tune: 'Sulejmanovo Oro'. This version was recorded by Andy Irvine & Davy Spillane on the album 'East Wind', where it was called 'Dance of Suleiman'.

Other versions can be found at the following YouTube 'channels':

• 'Suleiman's Kopanitsa' -- by Mozaik, live at Dolgellau ['pdebee' and 'AndyzFanz']: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAPepcWn5gg
• 'Suleiman's Kopanitsa' -- by Andy Irvine & Rens van der Zalm, live in Rotterdam ['dubbelin']: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1NuXEqV0bI
• 'Sulejmanovo Oro' -- by the Dutch band Čalgija ['pdebee']:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWOvnoGbhO4
• 'Dance of Suleiman' -- by Tim Hugh & Friends ['pdebee']:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSAj1Ms7YeY

For those of us learning this lovely tune: the basic structure is made of 3 parts A/B/C, each played twice in succession, followed by a repeat of A (x2) played a fourth higher; then--in this version--the basic structure is followed by some jazz improvisations, before a final A (x2) played in the original key:

0:00 -- A (x2)
0:54 -- B (x2)
1:20 -- C (x2)
1:46 -- A (x2) played a fourth higher
2:39 -- (Jazz improvisations)
4:41 -- A (x2)

This piece is in the 'kopanitsa' rhythm of 11/8 time (2-2-3-2-2), with the accent on the first note in the triplet.

Musicians:
Andy Irvine -- bouzouki
Davy Spillane -- uilleann pipes
Nikola Parov -- gadulka, kaval
Bill Whelan -- keyboards
Anthony Drennan -- guitar
Tony Molloy -- bass
Paul Moran & Noel Eccles -- percussion
Máirtín O'Connor -- accordion
Carl Geraghty & Kenneth Edge -- saxophones

Front cover painting by Tim Goulding

With kind regards;
Patrick.

(*) In this case, from 'Aegean Macedonia', part of Northern Greece.