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The 25th Istanbul Jazz Festival: June 26 to July 17, 2018
Organised by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (İKSV) and sponsored by Garanti Bank, the Istanbul Jazz Festival celebrates its 25th anniversary in 2018. The festival will once again host leading names and new discoveries from the world of jazz, as well as the stars of contemporary music between 26 June and 17 July 2018. ...
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Erkan Sonmez
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Erkan Sonmez, musician who was born in 1989 in Istanbul. His musical journey started by playing darbuka in his childhood, continued when he met drums at the age of 14. He took his first music lessons at the age of 15 from Mustafa Yılgor. In 2008, he studied in Modern Music Academy for a year, he trained by Berke Ozgumus in drum, by Guc Basar Gulle and Sevket Akinci in harmony, ear training and piano, by Serdar Oztop in production, by Mert Medeni in sound and music technologies; after a year for training, he started to be a part of some popular singer’s stage performances and long playing recordings
Burak Bedikyan: Awakening
by Hrayr Attarian
On his third release as a leader, Istanbul based pianist, Burak Bedikyan seamlessly blends his dual education in western classical and jazz and his national/ethnic heritage into an intriguing and cohesive album. Awakening comprises of nine Bedikyan originals that are elegantly crafted balancing intricate harmonies with deceptively effortless fluidity. The gently rolling refrains on ...
Istanbul Sessions: Istanbul Underground
by James Nadal
A secretive, renaissance saxophonist who travels in a multi-ethnic, trans-cultural dimension, Ilhan Ersahin embodies all aspects of the particular blend of cross-pollinated musical styles he produces. Started in 2002, his New York City club and record label Nublu, established his pioneering reputation, and he continues on a creative tear. Istanbul Sessions was formed in 2008, producing ...
Ferit Odman: Dameronia With Strings
by Jim Olin
In his latest album Dameronia With Strings, Ferit Odman pays tribute to the great Tadd Dameron. He treats listeners to a smorgasbord of Dameron jazz--a sparkling kind that soothes the soul but pumps the heart. Accompanied by an outstanding group of musicians, namely trumpeter Terell Stafford, composer and guitarist David O'Rourke, pianist Danny Grissett, bassist Peter ...
Take Five With Ferit Odman
by Ferit Odman
About Ferit Odman: Ferit Odman is an on demand and busy jazz drummer based in jny: Istanbul. He started his music studies in Sweden as an AFS exchange student (1999), got a full scholarship to get his B.A. in Music at Istanbul Bilgi University (2001), attended the School For Improvisation workshops in NYC (2004), ...
Konstrukt & Joe McPhee: If You Have Time
by Mark Corroto
There was a time when free jazz was a mysteriously strange and exotic beast, a music that evoked the “what did I just hear?" response. Today's jazz snob may quote the motto of the rock band Jane's Addiction and tell you “nothing's shocking." And that may be true. That is, if one's ears are not open ...
Elif Çağlar: Misfit
by Dan Bilawsky
Elif Çağlar sure knows how to put together a band. For her sophomore release, this Istanbul-based vocalist--a former pupil of Sheila Jordan--enlisted three modernist luminaries to help light the way: drummer Eric Harland brings his usual rhythmic ingenuity, energy, and play-for-the-song perspective to the production; bassist Harish Raghavan--Harland's bassist of choice for his own Voyager project--is ...
Jacqui Naylor Invites Fans To Rate Songs At Upcoming Yoshi's Concert
Tuesday, November 17th , vocalist and songwriter Jacqui Naylor returns to Yoshi’s in jny: Oakland with new music and the opportunity for fans to vote. Guests will be invited to rate each song on a 1-5 scale and the artist will include the highest rated on her tenth recording, due out 2016, Ruby Star Records, eOne ...
Konstrukt and William Parker: Live At NHKM
by Mark Corroto
Let me propose the notion that American poet Emily Dickinson was a free jazz fan. Sure, you have to look past the fact that she died in 1886, when Buddy Bolden was but nine years old. But consider her words: “The worthlessness of Earthly things/The Ditty is that Nature Sings -/And then -enforces their delight/Til Synods ...
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