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Sarpay Ozcagatay: Unexpectable
by Edward Blanco
Born in Ankara, Turkey, Sarpay Ozcagatay is a flautist and EWI player who feels that the flute does not have the respect in the jazz world that it should. Accordingly, Ozcagatay is on a mission to change the perception of the flute as an accompanying instrument and believes the flute is as much a lead instrument as the jazz saxophone or trumpet. His first album as leader, Unexpectable (perhaps a reference to the correct spelling of “unacceptable"), is an unexpectedly ...
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by AAJ Staff
Meet Sarpay Özçağatay:Sarpay Özçağatay born in Ankara, Turkey, is a talented flutist, EWI player, composer, performer, and bandleader. Sarpay has performed with many jazz musicians and legends such as Ron Carter, Kevin Eubanks, David Fiuczynski. Terri Lyne Carrington, Eric Gould, Greg Osby, Steve Turre, and many more. He studied classical flute performance at Hacettepe University State Conservatory in 2002. After his studies at the conservatory he became more interested in jazz. He attended jazz ...
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