Burak Kaya
Kaya had a strong influence of world music, latin jazz and Anatolian traditional musics in his style. Instead of using amplified guitars he prefers to play nylon string classical guitar which creates an natural acoustic sound. He plays mostly in small groups such as jazz trios including double bass and percussions or duo instrument projects. After playing in several groups, he established Çekirdek with his friends and recorded an album named 'Siste Yürümek' in 1992.
In 2006, he recorded a duo album with Hakan Küçükçınar the bass player and vocalist at Çekirdek.
He was a writer and publisher of an online magazine Çalakalem since 2001. Some of his short stories published in several literary magazines in Turkey.
He arranged Anatolian folk songs for jazz quartet and recorded an album named Songs For Cango in 2013. The album is including 9 traditional songs and a requiem for Uludere Massacre. His latest album Climate Change was released in 2015.
He started learning and playing fretless guitar in 2014. He is teaching jazz guitar in Burak Kaya Jazz Guitar Academy since 2010.
Tags
Primary Instrument
Guitar
Location
Istanbul
Willing to teach
Advanced only
Credentials/Background
Classical Guitar, Jazz Guitar, Latin Jazz Guitar
Albums
Gerze
From: Climate ChangeBy Burak Kaya
Yalgızam
From: Songs For CangoBy Burak Kaya
Activists
From: Climate ChangeBy Burak Kaya
Aman Avci
From: Songs For CangoBy Burak Kaya
Gezi Park
From: Climate ChangeBy Burak Kaya
Uludere Requiem
From: Songs For CangoBy Burak Kaya
HES Off
From: Climate ChangeBy Burak Kaya