Dina/Tina Jandela is a composition by Mang Koko, a master of the kacapi – a 20 string zither from Indonesia. I made a solo kacapi arrangement for an Evergreen Club recording called Sunda Songs, which was released by Naxos (2003). I also added a coda to the arrangement. It’s a little tune that I overdubbed and includes Blair Mackay on percussion.

Here is the arrangement I wrote and performed on kacapi, with Blair Mackay on percussion. It is used unedited for the promotional video of a gamelan extravaganza going on in Vancouver, put on by friends and colleagues.

Here is a beautiful gamelan version of the original tune.

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Subsequently, I wrote French lyrics to the song and have performed it many times with Evergreen Club when we do the Sunda Songs show that features Jennifer Moore, Suba Sankaaran, and Maryem Tollar. Evergreen Club is working toward a release of the Sunda Songs project in the next year.