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konstruKt: Turkish Free Music
by Mark Corroto
When we think of the term “virus," we equate it with human disease or an infection, as in a computer virus. But consider the musical virus known as free jazz, or improvisation. Its origins can be traced back to a Louis Armstrong solo deviating from his brass band's arrangement. Quickly, his extemporizing blossomed into jazz music ...
Turkish Free Music Box Set
by Eyal Hareuveni
This project is a labor of love. It began when guitarist Umut Çağlar, head of the Turkish avant-jazz label and musicians collective and band KonstruKt, found a new edition of a rare album documenting the musical meeting of American multi-instrumentalist Phil Musra with one of the forefathers of Turkish free jazz scene, drummer Hüseyin Ertunç (At ...
Istanbul To Host The International Jazz Day
UNESCO DIRECTOR-GENERAL IRINA BOKOVA AND HERBIE HANCOCK, TOGETHER WITH THE REPUBLIC OF TURKEY, ANNOUNCE THE SECOND ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL JAZZ DAY ON 30thAPRIL, FEATURING AN ALL-STAR CONCERT IN ISTANBUL, THE 2013 GLOBAL HOST CITY UNESCO, the Republic of Turkey, and the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz join together to celebrate jazz as a universal language of freedom. ...
Leonard Cohen Live in Istanbul
by Nenad Georgievski
Leonard CohenUlker Sports ArenaIstanbul, TurkeySeptember 19, 2012Singer Leonard Cohen does not play songs--he plays feelings. Besides being blessed with the “gift of a golden voice," he is blessed with the power to communicate with huge crowds of people. Only a handful of performers have that ability to grab people's attention with ...
