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Performance / Tour

Guitarist Sinan Bakir’s Luxuriant Solo Ideas Take Root At Middletown’s Buttonwood Tree

Source: Sinan Bakir
January 10, 2015

Guitarist/composer Sinan Bakir, a Nutmeg State transplant who’s originally from Ankara, Turkey, has set Gold Medal standards of excellence in expression in recent years with his two acclaimed recordings and live performances in many venues stretching from Connecticut to New York. You’ll get a chance to hear Bakir up close and personal in a solo electric guitar performance at 8:00 pm on Saturday, January 10, in the cozy, casual intimacy of the performance gallery space at The Buttonwood Tree Performing ...

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Recording

Guitarist and composer Sinan Bakir Releases "Tales & Stories"

Source: Sinan Bakir
November 8, 2012

Guitarist and composer Sinan Bakir, a native of Ankara, Turkey, who has chosen Hartford as his adopted home town, celebrates the launching of his second album, Tales & Stories (Aslan Records) with a CD release concert Saturday, Nov. 10, at 7:30 p.m. at the Buttonwood Tree, 605 Main St., Middletown. And he has much to celebrate with his fine new release, a welcome follow-up to his debut disc, the acclaimed and aptly titled, On My Way. Graced with Bakir's distinctive ...

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Performance / Tour

Windsor Jazz Series Runs Through June

Source: Sinan Bakir
August 28, 2012

Sinan Bakir, the young, Turkish-born guitarist/composer who embraced Hartford as his hometown, has established himself as a much-respected, expressive and independent- minded player on the talent-laden local scene. Now virtually a brand name for quality as a sideman or leader, he's worked in numerous local venues, including his regular, long-running Wednesday night gig at Cuvee, a restaurant in West Hartford Center, and at festivals and clubs in Connecticut and New York. With an encore album on its way, the native ...

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Performance / Tour

Sinan Bakir at Mark Twain House on March 11

Source: Sinan Bakir
March 11, 2012

You can take-in a first-rate jazz doubleheader Sunday, March 11, in Hartford by attending the sizzling jazz brunch at the Mark Twain House and Museum, followed by the red-hot, admission-free jazz matinee series that has been drawing record-breaking turnouts at the downtown Hartford Public Library. Guitarist/composer Sinan Bakir, Turkey's crown jewel gift to the city of Hartford, leads his trio in the “Sunday Jazz Brunch" series at the Twain House's Murasaki Café, an event curated by Hartford's colorful concert producer/fashion ...

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Interview

Guitarist Sinan Bakir, Turkey's Great Gift to Hartford's Ongoing Jazz Renaissance

Source: Sinan Bakir
February 10, 2012

Guitarist Sinan Bakir Next Up In Library Jazz Series: Turkish Musician Ultimately Makes Hartford His Home Guitarist Sinan Bakir, Turkey's great gift to Hartford's ongoing jazzrenaissance, was so homesick when he first arrived in Hartford 11 years ago as a scholarship student that he almost turned around and went home to his beloved hometown of Ankara, the capital of Turkey. Luckily for Hartford, Bakir chose Connecticut's capital city over Ankara, and has established himself as a much respected player on ...

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Performance / Tour

Sinan Bakir/Larry Willis at the Hartford Monday Night Jazz Festival

Source: Sinan Bakir
July 18, 2011

The Hartford Jazz Society presents its free Monday Night Jazz in Bushnell Park series featuring noted pianist Larry Willis on Monday, July 18. Willis, who made his recording debut as a teenager with Hartford jazz great Jackie McLean, has played with a who's who in jazz and even served a seven-year stint with Blood, Sweat & Tears. Over the years, he's been the pianist of choice for stylists ranging from Dizzy Gillespie and Stan Getz to Hugh Masekela and Shirley ...

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Performance / Tour

Sinan Bakir Trio at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe on April 23rd

Source: Sinan Bakir
April 17, 2011

Jazz guitarist Sinan Bakir and his trio will be performing at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe in Manhattan's East Village on Saturday, April 23rd. Since releasing his debut album On My Way in 2009 Hartford based guitarist has been receiving rave reviews from All About Jazz, Jazz Review, Jazz Chicago, Courant and many other publications around the world. Bakir, originally from Turkey came to United States on a scholarship to study jazz almost a decade ago and since then keeping busy ...

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