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Caz Plak To Release Don Cherry & Okay Temiz's Music For Turkish Theatre On Vinyl

Source: Matthew Hutchison
October 23, 2024

The fourth chapter in the partnership between Turkish jazz percussionist Okay Temiz and Istanbul-based record label Caz Plak is a special release that is seeing light 54 years after its inception. Music For Turkish Theatre, the soundtrack composed by Don Cherry and Temiz and commissioned by the revered novelist and civil rights activist James Baldwin for his and renowned Turkish stage actor/director Engin Cezzar's adaptation of John Herbert's play Fortune And Men's Eyes, will be released by the forefronting jazz ...

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Performance / Tour

Quatuor Hot Club De Suisse! - Pierre Omer's Swing Revue Announce Spanish Tour Dates And More

Source: Matthew Hutchison
September 25, 2024

Pierre Omer’s Swing Revue, the Genevese troupe of exotica, lounge-trash specialists, heads to Spain in October with their blend of gypsy jazz and garage swing in tow as they continue a European tour to promote their latest album, Tropical Breakdown on Voodoo Rhythm Records. This week-long string of shows marks The Swing Revue’s first time touring the country, where the quintet will debut in the Cantabria region and conclude in the capital city of Madrid. Confirmed dates 10/10—Secret Place (Montpellier, ...

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Recording

Caz Plak Reissues Okay Temiz's Landmark Album, 'Drummer Of Two Worlds'

Source: Matthew Hutchison
January 23, 2024

One of Turkish Jazz's most sought-after and sampled records is coming back to life. Caz Plak's partnership with notable jazz drummer Okay Temiz reaches a third stage with the long-awaited reissue of his landmark album, Drummer of Two Worlds. Initially released in Turkey, Scandinavia, and the United States in 1980, Caz Plak's modern reintroduction of a Turkish Psychedelic Jazz essential will see its reissue on vinyl on March 1st for the first time in almost half a century. The Drummer ...

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Quatuor Hot Club De Suisse! - Pierre Omer's Swing Revue Returns With Tropical Breakdown

Source: Matthew Hutchison
September 21, 2023

Pierre Omer's music catalog is steeped in bygone eras and rooted in brass, anachronism, and harmonious strings. Gypsy jazz laced with Eastern European folk is prevalent in music he's written for the vaudevillian doom-blues funeral orchestra, The Dead Brothers, which he co-founded at the turn of the century. His dark blues trio, Los Gatillos, takes influence from Southern Gothic lore, while early 20th-century roots music melds with Appalachian folk to back Omer's low baritone croon with The Night Cruisers. A ...

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Caz Plak To Release Don Cherry Trio 'The ORTF Recordings Paris 1971' On Vinyl

Source: Matthew Hutchison
September 8, 2023

The second chapter of Caz Plak's ambitious Turkish Jazz Trilogy will be released next month with three region-specific vinyl LP releases of The ORTF Recordings Paris 1971 by Don Cherry Trio, in line with Caz Plak's curatorial efforts in showcasing the far-reach of Turkish Jazz's influence. The Istanbul-based label has licensed two recordings of Don Cherry's work from the archives of the legendary Parisian jazz label BYG Records. These recordings feature joint performances with long-time Don Cherry Trio members, Turkish ...

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