Results for "Berke Can Özcan"

Berke Can Özcan

It Was Always Time

By Berke Can Özcan

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2024
Track listing: Portrait Of a Brick; A Cloud; São Paulo; Folk Memory; The Saint; That's Not What This Is; The Others.

Berke Can Özcan & Jonah Parzen-Johnson: It Was Always Time

by Karl Ackermann
October 15, 2024

In 2023, baritone saxophonist and electronics artist Jonah Parzen-Johnson performed at a benefit concert in Istanbul following a devastating earthquake that took tens of thousands of lives in Turkey and Syria. Parzen-Johnson had worked with diverse colleagues ranging from John Zorn to Pearl Jam, but each of his recordings had been a solo project. Minutes before ...

Jonah Parzen-Johnson: You're Never Really Alone

by Karl Ackermann
April 3, 2024

You're Never Really Alone is the seventh solo album from baritone saxophonist Jonah Parzen-Johnson. “Solo" is misleading as Parzen-Johnson's nuanced use of electronics has consistently added the kind of multiple dimensions that belie the work of a single player. This album, in contrast, is wholly acoustic but showcases Parzen-Johnson's remarkable ability to create enigmatic, deeply moving ...

Friendship Music for Turkey

By Jonah Parzen-Johnson

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2023
Track listing: Giant's Sleep; Roots.

Berke Can Özcan, Jonah Parzen-Johnson: Friendship Music for Turkey

by Karl Ackermann
March 30, 2023

The Brooklyn-based Chicagoan Jonah Parzen-Johnson has created clever, thought-provoking lo-fi music across all six of his previous releases. Each is a solo performance with Parzen-Johnson on baritone saxophone and a customized analog synthesizer. His work is entirely unique, but with a passing nod to the birthright of great Chicago saxophonists. Istanbul's Berke Can Özcan is a ...