Jazz Articles about Korhan Erel

Tom Soloveitzik / Korhan Erel / Kevin Davis: Three States of Freedom

by Eyal Hareuveni
May 25, 2012

These three experimental musicians-- Israeli saxophonist Tom Soloveitzik, Turkish electronics player Korhan Erel (founding member of the Turkey's pioneering free improvisation group, Islak Köpek), and American expat cellist Kevin Davis met in Istanbul in 2009. This album was recorded a year later, in June 2010, following a short Israeli tour, conducted during troubled political times, both between Israel and Turkey and within Israel itself. The seven free improvisations focus on sounds at their most abstract and vulnerable. ...