Scott Wilson Musician.com

Scott Wilson, Syrena Nicole,George Stathos, Avram Pengas, Chuck Yegian
The Best in Mediterranean and Belly Dance Music
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As the son of the famous dancer, Serena, I grew up immersed in the music of the Middle East. my mother often brought me to the clubs on 8th Ave NYC, such as the Egyptian Gardens, Port Said, Brittania, and Greecian Cave, where in the 70's I played the oud 3 nights a week for the belly dancers there. As a teenager, I frequented the Feenjon on McDougal Street, and The Sirocco, where the internationally famous Aris San performed. I fell in love with all the music of the Mid-East that was both popular over there as well as here inthe US. I performed for many years at the Figaro, shown in this clip with many great musicians including Souren Baronian, Elias Sarkar, George Stathos, Raquy Danziger and musicians from Greece and Turkey such as Umut Yasmut. I also performed for years with the great Eddie "The Sheik" Kochak.

Having studied Turkish at NYU, I was fortunate to make contacts in Turkey, where I was able to acquire some fame as an Americanwho sang and played Turkish music. A song was written for me by Fikret Yildiz called "Canim Turkiyem" - my beloved Turkey. I was fortunate to have traveled all over Turkey performing this song for the video clip shown here. I was able to travel to places even Turkish people are generally not permitted. I now travel for a month every year to Ankara to work for their department of tourism, giving concerts as an American singing and playing popular Turkish music.

I am fortunate to perform 3 times a year with the new York Turkish Music Choir. my most recent performance was 9/28/2014 at Merkin Hall NYC.

I perform regularly in clubs throughout the village in NYC, often at Jebon, on 15 St. marks Place NYC.

My original invention combination oud, guitar and Turkish saz-"Baglama-Hydra"

My first appearance on national Turkish television...

Performing with the NYC Turkish Choir

Popular Arabic song...

Scott Wilson at Merkin Hall with the Turkish Choir Ensemble 9/28/2014

The Elias Ladino Ensemble

The Elias Ladino Ensemble
Danny Elias, Scott Wilson, Casey Bond and Maurice Sedacca

The Elias Ladino Ensemble has performed the songs of the Sephardic Jews in venues all over the world. Many of the Jews who were expelled from Spain in the Inquisition relocated to the Ottoman Empire. There they lived in insular communities, practicing their religion and speaking the Spanish language that they brought out of Spain. Over the next 450 years this language evolved into the language we call Ladino, a distinct dialect spoken only by Sephardic Jews. Today Ladino is on the verge of extinction.

http://www.amazon.com/Ladino-Lives-Authentic-Music-Sephardic/dp/B00006RVH8