21 April 20171640Oğuz Büyükberber combines the “impossibility” I tried to convey above with professionality and presents us with his new album “Off Monk” released by Kabak + Lin.
“Motel ATM” is a great example of a first solo album of a musician, making the listener “think in modern mentality” with its creativity and the contribution of this special group of musicians.
11 March 20171070“Who do you like the most? Is there any particular album, musician or jazz standard that you prefer?” are questions about jazz that makes me feel uneasy.
15 February 2017955Bergüzar Korel shines like the sun next to promising and young Turkish actors and actresses, making hours-long TV shows seem to end in the blink of an eye.
14 January 20171015Another reason why I like Tamer Temel’s music is the way he names his pieces. The titles represent the feelings these pieces stir in our hearts, and his ability to pinpoint these names make Tamer Temel very special.
12 January 2017104737 years old Baltimore native Warren Wolf is a star vibraphonist of the beginning of the 2000s. He naturally plays marimba, piano and drums in addition to the vibraphone.
6 January 2017966Act Company released several albums with the title “Jazz At Berlin Philarmonic” in the recent years. As suggested by this title, the company was bringing to light some very interesting albums with very different musical concepts.
5 January 20171007Act Company released several albums with the title “Jazz At Berlin Philarmonic” in the recent years. As suggested by this title, the company was bringing to light some very interesting albums with very different musical concepts.
24 December 2016970Jazz vocalist Martha Mavroidi is one of the youngest players of lavta (a plucked string instrument, which is made famous in Turkey by Tamburi Cemil Bey) in a country where guitar, mandolin, balalaika, and Balkan instruments like oud are popular.
26 November 2016909“Hello everyone! We will now listen to Norah Jones’s first single from her latest Blue Note studio album "Day Breaks”, and yes the album is really great!”
18 November 2016796Joey Alexander. He was born in June 2003, meaning he is 13 years old now. He started listening to and playing jazz when he was 6 years old. He released his first album “My Favorite Things” in 2015 when he was 11 years old. He released his second album “Countdown” in 2016 when he was 13 years old.
3 November 20161087It should be mentioned before anything else that it isn’t likely to see a musician with a Turkish nationality or background in the famous jazz magazine Downbeat, known and respected not only in the States but worldwide.
29 August 20161072Robert Glasper is a successful jazz pianist who never fails to surprise his audience with his pieces by looking at music through an incredibly wide perspective.