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Charles ‘Chick’ Ganimian was an Armenian-American musician known mostly for playing the oud. Born in Troy, NY, to Armenian parents, died in late 1989 in New Jersey. Ganimian played Turkish, Armenian, and Arabic music in the “kef” style of the Armenian immigrants from Turkey to the US. He played at Armenian-American dance parties as well as belly dance shows in the Manhattan ethnic nightclubs and elsewhere. Ganimian was born in 1926 in Troy, N.Y., to Armenian parents who had emigrated from Marash, Turkey in 1922. In his home, he heard the music of the "old country" performe… read more
Charles ‘Chick’ Ganimian was an Armenian-American musician known mostly for playing the oud. Born in Troy, NY, to Armenian parents, died in late 1989 in New Jersey. Ganimian played Turkish,… read more
Charles ‘Chick’ Ganimian was an Armenian-American musician known mostly for playing the oud. Born in Troy, NY, to Armenian parents, died in late 1989 in New Jersey. Ganimian played Turkish, Armenian, and Arabic music in the “kef” style… read more
